Boyfriend Dungeon recently got into a controversy about its content warning not being specific enough per the plot development. Find out more about the incident below!
Boyfriend Dungeon is a dungeon crawler-dating game developed and published by Kitfox Games.
The game was released on August 11, 2021, and became a huge hit among the gamers for its sizzling character sand story.
Boyfriend Dungeon takes place in an urban fantasy setting where the player character must fight through dungeons with the help of a human partner who can transform into a sentient weapon.
Meanwhile, the player can date their partner in visual novel-style sequences that increase their power in combat outside the dungeons.
Boyfriend Dungeon Controversy Explained
Boyfriend Dungeon has received a notable amount of complaints and controversy regarding its content warning.
Since the game’s release, players have complained that its content warning was not specific enough as to the nature of the story.
In the game, the villain Eric the Blacksmith stalks and harasses characters which is the main reason for players’ complaints.
While people took their complaints to the game-producing company Kitfox Games, others took out their rage to the villain’s voice actor Alexander Gross.
This way, the online abuse, and hate of the voice actor took the controversy to next level.
Meanwhile, the company has responded to the complaints and has worked on them.
Know The Response Of Alexander Gross aka Eric’s Voice Artist
Boyfriend Dungeon’s notable villain Alexander Gross aka Eric’s voice artist has responded to the hate that he has been receiving.
He addressed the complaints with two tweets in which he himself revealed his dislike for Eric’s character.
Similarly, he has appealed to the players to respect the work and that he is just a voice actor.
Alex also added that he does not support people like Eric in his next tweet. With his clarification, there came forward many others who defended his profession as a voice actor.
Follow Alexander Gross On Instagram
The voice actor of Eric, the villain of Boyfriend Dungeon goes by the username @octopimp on Instagram as well as on other social media platforms.
As of today, he is not much active on the site in comparison to his interactions on Twitter. He enjoys a whopping 66k followers on Twitter at the moment.
Likewise, he also operates his own Twitch channel as a verified Twitch partner.
His content on the streaming site is liked by more than 74k followers who watch his video games streams.