Overall I agree with you. I was very skeptical when I took a job at Riot Games several years ago. Luckily, Riot operates a successful massive online game and th

Overall I agree with you. I was very skeptical when I took a job at Riot Games several years ago. Luckily, Riot operates a successful massive online game and therefore operates more like a traditional internet company than it does a traditional game company (at least with respect to engineering culture and work/life balance). So it is possible. It's just going to take enough executives and producers to take a risk (while their competition continues to crunch) and see the long term results. That or we see some sort of union/guild action which most engineers shy away from.