So after having a long debate with CameraLady I came to my senses, rather, was pushed kicking and screaming to a point where I'm tired of upholding the deception and just want to get off my chest the facts.

Now what I have to say is in part bad news that most people already expected, but in part good news of sorts.

Firstly I want to take a moment to thank CameraLady, Supbits and AntithesisD for standing firm and pushing for the truth, for that they should be commended, even by me the person they essentially exposed.

I did say I'd wait until tomorrow to write this up but as it stands I don't really think tomorrow will be any different from today, as I've been in this mindset for a while now.

Firstly, the admissions. Several months ago I used to chat with a dude I met on steam about the industry and how shitty things had been going, he claimed to be an amature journalist and I had no real reason to doubt it, but ultimately it wouldnt matter if he was telling the truth or not. After dabating it for a few days we came up with the idea of trying to force a situation where a large number of people believed developers were starting to come forward and talk about their experiences, as well as some media types, by setting up such a thing we hoped that other devs would feel spurred on by it and do so themselves, essentially we tried to start a wave in the hopes that it would continue to grow and make a significant change, after things went south with that approach we abandoned it, I haven't talked to them for months and they haven't been online for ages either, however I accept full responsibility for attempting this.

For a long time I just kicked back and tried to ignore the things going on that were pissing me off.

Then the whole samus thing happened and the mere thought of gamers defending a long standing franchise only to get again shit on as being tranaphobics pissed me off to no end, so I made the ChihiroDev account myself and a fake persona (ChihiroDev) and started posting tweets based on my first band and second hand knowledge in the industry. Only this time when confronted with demand for verification, what I did was mix both my personal evidence and the fake persona, using my wife's image (with her permission) to give this fake persona a face for those to verify with. Obviously this is a pretty shit approach but a combination of actual verifiable materials and a fake persona were enough to convince a few people, not enough to convince others.

So don't be getting pissy with those that either verified me or gave tentitive verification, but verifying someone is part evidence and part the availability of information to contradict, in the latter case the evidence presented was enough for staff to give '99%' verification, where that fell flat on its face however is that the verification was being attempted for a persona, not a real person, so sooner or later things were going to fall apart.

As with the first attempt, the second attempt was done largely to encourage other people with similar information to break their silence and give their own experiences in the topic, this in some instances actually worked with a few journalists either directly confirming and adding in their own experiences or indirectly confirming.

In making the persona both female and non-white I had hoped to deflect some of the generic 'hur dur white cis male' criticism most people get, but as CameraLady point out to me, people say that about her regardless so it really wouldn't make a difference.

Again the intention was to cause a wave that would hopefully bring out the other developed and journalists who are tired of what's going on and speak out about things, as normally its something most will shy away from doing.

I realize now that both attempts were bound to fail and that in attempting them I am solely to blame for the blowback, but at the same time I'm fully aware that my action seriously effect the genuine experience and knowledge I have if shared in future as being caught out twice obviously puts everything else in to question too.

But I write this because I'm honestly just fed up with the charade and trying to get the knowledge I have out in to the open in questionable methods.

I SHOULD be pissed off with Supbits and cameralady, for exposing my ploy and borderline doxing me, but honestly, I don't feel anger of hatred, if anything I feel like weights been lifted, I actually appreciate what they've done.

My stands throughout all of this has been that I love games, and it genuinely upsets and angers me to see journalists I once worked in an industry with, even if only indirectly at times, turn against gamers and push for a narrative in the media that paints an ugly picture of everyone while forcing a silence to prevent anything but the story they want to tell to be heard.

Throughout everything all I have wanted to do is put a dent in the constant onslaught of abuse and lies in the media towards gamers, but I see now. Clearer than ever before that how I chose to approach doing so was not the right approach at all, and if anything has impacted the cause rather than help it.

I won't ask for forgiveness because I don't deserve it, as CameraLady put it, I have a lot of cocks to suck and (added by me) a lot of muffs to dive to come close to making amends, but as far as deception and half truths go, I'm done with it.

So I will lay it out real simple. I'm a dude from the UK living in Japan I am ChihiroDev I am Rotprotocol I am glitchtokyo The interviews posted were a joint "project" by me and some dude on steam, but still my fault. I do have legit contacts within the industry but I have squandered the value of that connection by taking the absolute wrong approach in using the information.

And that is the genuine and honest truth.

My apologies to all involved, if you have any questions ask away.

On a parting note, regardless of what's transpired, I still firmly stand behind my opinion, this industry is corrupt and people need to follow the money.

Even though anything I have to say from this point on will obviously be highly questionable and taken with a grain of salt, I am still willing to offer any useful knowledge I have if it can help change things.

Thanks for reading this wall of text.