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Well the good thing about so-called "AAA" is that there will be so many hundreds of people in the building that responsibility will feel so dispersed that you'l
by frou_dh 8y ago
Well the good thing about so-called "AAA" is that there will be so many hundreds of people in the building that responsibility will feel so dispersed that you'll effectively be an observer of the spectacle, despite being on the inside.
The AAA term in gamedev makes me laugh. As if it's some kind of status symbol. Just call it industrial-scale or factory-farming.
- SlightRespect 8y agoNo raindrop feels responsible for the flood
- draw_down 8y agoI’ll trade you for two: “the fish rots from the head”, and “a witty saying proves nothing”.
- rossdavidh 8y agoI realize they didn't come up with this, but I first read it here: https://despair.com/products/irresponsibility https://despair.com/products/irresponsibility
- Can_Not 8y agoAnd most of them shouldn't, the raindrops on the art team didn't create always online DRM for a single player game.
- scorn_tool 8y agoYou know the business model. If it's toxic you get out. I might not have been involved in choosing that casinos are horrible, but when I learned that I was developing software to support them, I left - quickly.
- pnw_hazor 8y agoSame for those who work at Facebook and Google I imagine. "It's not my fault my company is hurtling us towards a dystopian surveillance society." History is full of people like that.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoAnd so is the present, which is something we'd all do well to remember.
- scorn_tool 8y agoI don't blame either company for that. Legislation needs to be the driver here. Businesses were always going to follow the money. It's what they do and why regulation is always necessary.