inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoApex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks likewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1768arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
arrow-up1761arrow-down1external-linkApex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks likewww.pcgamer.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square64linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86arrow-down6·1 year agoBullshit like this is why our industry is a mess, Nintendo may be greedy fucks but their code is good because the same dudes have been working there since the fucken 80s.
minus-squarepulido@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoI think a lot of what comes out of Japan is better than the West because they haven’t given up their idea of the company man. Like it or not, having to switch jobs every few years is going to impact your performance. Most of you have no idea how much easier it is to process information when you accept that you’ll be doing it the same way for decades.
minus-squaredesktop_user [they/them] @lemmy.blahaj.zoneBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoat least the west is starting to acknowledge the torturous monotony of doing the same job for decades.
minus-squarepulido@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoLots of people prefer the comfort of familiarity.
Bullshit like this is why our industry is a mess, Nintendo may be greedy fucks but their code is good because the same dudes have been working there since the fucken 80s.
I think a lot of what comes out of Japan is better than the West because they haven’t given up their idea of the company man.
Like it or not, having to switch jobs every few years is going to impact your performance.
Most of you have no idea how much easier it is to process information when you accept that you’ll be doing it the same way for decades.
at least the west is starting to acknowledge the torturous monotony of doing the same job for decades.
Lots of people prefer the comfort of familiarity.