inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months 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 · 6 months agomessage-square64linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86arrow-down6·6 months 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-up15·6 months 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-up1·6 months agoat least the west is starting to acknowledge the torturous monotony of doing the same job for decades.
minus-squarepulido@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months 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.