A Short Message to Bethesda and Microsoft

I'm writing to express my profound disappointment and concern about a recent social media post from Bethesda. A clip from the new Indiana Jones game, which I recently purchased, was used in a post that appeared to approve of violence and death related to a recent assassination.

I've been a longtime fan and customer of both Bethesda and Microsoft (I'm 49, so for over 30 years), with a 15-year Xbox Live subscription and a gamerscore of 36,404. While I've played games on dozens of other consoles and computers, I've always come "home" to Xbox. However, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to support companies whose employees and public-facing content seem to celebrate death rather than condemn it.

While I understand that artists often hold different values and that culture shifts over time, the apparent approval of this act is deeply troubling. It's a line that, for me, has been crossed. As a result, I will no longer be purchasing future Bethesda games or DLC (particularly the Indiana Jones DLC), and I will be paying close attention to the direction Microsoft takes.

If a company's internal culture celebrates destruction over creation, it is ultimately doomed.

- L W Johnson

ljbaby654@gmail.com

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