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"The Games Industry" is a shit hole of illegal corporate exploitation. I am one of those rare "long term game developers" - but not, because I left after 15 yea
by bsenftner 8y ago
"The Games Industry" is a shit hole of illegal corporate exploitation. I am one of those rare "long term game developers" - but not, because I left after 15 years of trying to develop some/any collaboration against the exploitation. I was one of the OS developers for the 3DO and the first PlayStation, a lead tech at both E.A. and Sony, lead engineer of games I know you played, and I can state first hand the illegal employment behavior is rampant to the degree those in the industry are 100% blind to actual ethical working conditions.
Life is too short to spend time in an industry of assholes. I love my friends, but collectively the games industry is a hate machine, exploiting the enthusiasm of impressionable youth to create mindless crap - just like the Abe's Oddysee world of corporate slave drivers.
- AndrewKemendo 8y agoGod bless you. I was the only person I ever met with a R.E.A.L 3DO, but I loved it even though everyone else had a Playstation. Gex, Way of the Warrior, Alone in the Dark, Another World and Fifa 95 were my life after school etc...
- bsenftner 8y agoI wrote the video subsystem as well as the video playback for RoadRash 3DO
- pascalxus 8y agoIn the past, I've read so many horror stories of working at EA, that I always steered away from the gaming industry for nearly a decade. Then one day, a recruiter contacted me and told me all about a notable exception: Kabam. I ended up working at Kabam for 5 years and I have to say it was one of the best places I have ever worked, with decent pay and good work life balance, with lots of perks. I realize this is a rare exception, in the games industry.