MindsEye Failed — But Did Alex Hernandez Deserve the Backlash?💔 with @aleahfinalgirl
Alex Hernandez — best known as Lincoln Clay in Mafia III — thought he might never work in games again after starring in MindsEye, one of 2025’s most infamous gaming flops.
With his face and voice front and center in marketing, Hernandez became the “symbol” of a game that launched buggy, broken, and disappointing. On the FRVR podcast, he admitted the backlash hit so hard he questioned his career, even joking:
“Do I have the opposite of the golden touch… the s**-brown touch*, where everything I touch turns to poop?”
In this video, we’re breaking down:
🎭 Why Hernandez felt the weight of the game’s failure
🕹️ What MindsEye promised vs. what it delivered
🔥 The bigger issue of accountability in gaming — should actors take the heat when games flop, or should the blame fall entirely on publishers and studios?
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