She’s been great for a long time. One of the few people with public comments on the industry that has a really great intuitive grasp on the business side of it.
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mosiacmango@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Alanah is a great creator. She worked for IGN as a reporter for years, then at Funhaus as a host/editor, and finally broke into games writing, which was her goal for years. She also hosts a gaming cross discipline podcast with gaming actors/muscians/devs.
Shes seen the industry from every angle. Its telling that her conclusion is “this is fucked.”
kromem@lemmy.world 8 months ago
PeachMan@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I mean honestly it makes sense. If we assume that the average game dev is similar to the average “hardcore” gamer, then we can only assume that they’re toxic little shits 😆
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 8 months ago
She has a great deal of respect for the devs/writers/artists/workers. Its the system itself and the execs that are fucked. It’s the toxic atmosphere they cultivate to keep churn high so profits stay high. They build a bad place that attracts bad people that stay and good people that should leave.
Give the video a watch. It’s a very candid take from someone versed in all the layers of the field.
dojan@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I don’t think you need that much insight to see that the whole institution is fucked.
What is even the point, really? Maybe I’m an outlier but I don’t feel like the AAA gaming industry provides enough good to warrant all the crap they put their workers through, and the way the
sentient walletscustomers are treated.money_loo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The point is to make as much money as possible while paying the workers as little as is possible. Same as it ever was.
They could always pay us more, but we’re just supposed to be happy they aren’t sending the Pinkertons to shoot our women and children anymore, I guess?
dojan@lemmy.world 8 months ago
By asking “what’s the point” I meant less “what’s their goals” and more “what benefit do they serve?”
I’d love for some big swoop to just upend the entire industry. Create better conditions for the workers. Stop the companies from stealing from artists. Have actual consequences for nepotism, corruption, and abuse of power. Like crunch and all that BS is just expected as though it is because of the job, but it’s not, it’s because of the system.
money_loo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I guess the “benefit” they serve is to increase the payout % for the people at the top of the ladder and their goal is to do that until the breaking point that some higher up takes the blame and the fall with a golden parachute before landing at another company exactly the same as the last one.
Rinse and repeat until you’re Summering on a yacht? Seems pretty straightforward to me.
WHYAREWEALLCAPS@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah, all that you described? That’s what a union does. points at WGA They did it against some of the biggest multimedia companies. The only people who are going to fix the gaming industry are the workers and that takes a union.