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Dwarf Fortress creator blasts execs behind brutal industry layoffs: 'I think they're horrible… greedy, greedy people' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 30 points 8 months ago

Welcome to capitalism? The growth cannot stop or we will descend into war

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Life is just one big clicker. What is life if the numbers don’t go up?

[-] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 27 points 8 months ago

Blasting is okay, so long as no one got slammed. Decorum demands we draw a line somewhere!

[-] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 10 points 8 months ago

Modern media is so savage using such language such as "slammed" "destroyed" etc.

[-] isles@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Dwarf Fortress Devs Annihilated Execs

Typically the comments are merely somewhat critical. But it gets clicks. And ad revenue makes the world go round.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago

Wow PCG article destroyed by lemmy user

[-] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

What grotesquerie have our hands wrought?

[-] bulwark@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I love dwarf fortress, but it easy to throw stones when your company consists of two people.

[-] themoken@startrek.website 18 points 8 months ago

It's a bit more than that with Kitfox involved, but I don't see why that makes him wrong. Greed kills a ton of creativity in games. Not just layoffs but over aggressive monetization and fear of innovation.

[-] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 9 points 8 months ago

Doesn't make Tarn wrong.

I feel it's important to note that the brothers worked on this game for nearly twenty years, giving it away for free.

[-] Scientician@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I just want the macOS version of DF Steam. I bought that like two years ago when it came out to support.

[-] XenoStare@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

All the layoffs were inevitable with the extremely obvious bubble in any computer related jobs. Same as dotcom bubble with a bunch of superfluous hires for superfluous tasks and ridiculous budgets that were not going to pan out. So yes now we'll have tons of unemployed programmers and art departments from companies overhiring for at least a decade.

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