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[-] gaael@beehaw.org 19 points 1 year ago

I never wondered about the conditions of videogames workers, but I'm really happy that they get better thanks to this movement !

[-] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago

It's 10x worse than whatever you're imagining.

[-] MJBrune@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

It all depends on where you work and what lines you personally draw in the sand. Some novice game developers will not draw a line in the sand near release and management will work them to death. Stress causality is the term for when people don't quit, don't say anything, and just stop showing up for work. If you work at a studio where crunch is normalized then usually there is a stress causality normalization too.

[-] Bipta@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

No guarantee anything gets better yet.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

And there’s no reason to think it will

[-] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Oh I can provide context with an entertaining and informative video!

https://youtu.be/DN-Hv3pnVz0?si=y11gki97RBZ5paQa

Shout out to Matt McMuscles who makes these. What a champ.

[-] gaael@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing ! Looks like the usual "small white male feeling powerful because he's the boss" bullshit more than a problem specific to the gaming industry.

Anyway, unionizing should protect them better from these kind of abuse, which is good :)

this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2023
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