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>It views players as weak-minded cash cows; and it views its developers as expendable, replaceable tools to create the machines that milk those cows. >Because
by tmh88j 15y ago
>It views players as weak-minded cash cows; and it views its developers as expendable, replaceable tools to create the machines that milk those cows.
>Because the company's values are completely opposed to my own values, professionally and creativel
>An evil company is trying to get rich quick, and has no regard for the harm they're doing along the way
Why does he not give any examples of how Zynga is evil? Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to defend them. I honestly don't even know and now I'm curious. The only thing I know about Zynga is from their stock revoking mess that occurred around the IPO.
- barefoot 15y agoWell, "evil" is fairly subjective and often times depends on what side of the table you are on, as I think he points out in the article. As for specific reasons why they could be viewed as such, there are plenty out there already. Here's an AMA with a previous engineer that doesn't paint a pretty picture: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/pc6j9/iama_former_fulltime_zynga_engineer_quit_6_months/ http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/pc6j9/iama_former_full...
- driverdan 15y agoHe did. He had 2 links at the top of the paragraph where he said "Zynga has been called "evil" by both industry pundits and former employees." http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/123490/Braids_Blow_Social_Games_Are_Not_Very_Social.php http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/123490/Braids_Blow_Social... http://gamasutra.com/view/news/30353/Zynga_Staff_Told_To_Copy_Competition_Claims_Senior_ExEmployee.php http://gamasutra.com/view/news/30353/Zynga_Staff_Told_To_Cop...
- kingatomic 15y agoThere's also the Tiny Towers/Dream Heights debacle where Zynga essentially ripped off the entire game.