I hate to be the "bad gay" but I guess I have to. For whatever it is worth, I'm not upset the game is abandoned, I don't care. I just don't understand why everyone here is excusing the husband's behavior.
I don't think you're necessarily a bad guy, much less a "bad gay", but I think you have a bad reading of what many here are trying to say. I think few here attempt to excuse the behavior described. Instead, they express that they have an idea of how and why this reaction came about.
-Doxxing is a SHAMEFUL CRIME (...)
Agreed.
-Having a hissy fit over discovering your SO has been the victim of a crime is not OK. Having a hissy fit AS AN ADULT IS NOT OK. (...)
We have no way of knowing what provoked the reaction. And while 'having a hissy fit' might not be a very mature reaction in your eyes, it also is a rather human one. We are all human and thus prone to making mistakes and being less than perfect in some occasions. Also different people deal differently with stress - some indeed might need an initial time-out to be by themselves and process the situation.
-People have pasts and it's beyond absurd that you guys seem to believe married people know or should know EVERYTHING about each other.
I don't think it is a general consensus that married people should know 'everything' about each other. What I said prior is that if - for whatever reason - those things need to be adressed, it would be best for a spouse to learn them from their partner rather than a third party.
-It seems clear that the husband demanded the dev not only abandon his game but delete his entire online presence. (...)
Pure speculation. The Dev himself stated his wish to focus on his family life over continuing his work here, pointing out that both were at odds with each other. I do not blame him for valuing his family life over his game.
-People in this thread are assuming their marriage was perfect. (...)
I do not agree that people in general had that assumption. But ultimately it doesn't matter. Whether a relationship is picture perfect or a train wreck - I respect that it is a relationship somebody deeply cares for.
I think at the end of the day, this teaches us once more to respect the privacy and private lives of others. And to maybe not assume to much beyond what is actually being said and written, since at the end of the day we are not privy to all the information. So from here on out only a discussion of the game's contents really makes any sense. Who knows, perhaps at some point someone will create something new inspired by this game?