not quite the same term, and not quite the same situation, but still
Aftermath@aftermath.site · 2mo agoMost of Star Wars Zero Company's developers were furloughed weeks ago: aftermath.site/star-wars-zero...
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tired third world outsource concept artist forever one with @lancevl
Aftermath@aftermath.site · 2mo ago
Old sketch of my progenitor male back when I still had time to be active on the site. #FRFanart #FlightRising #Dragons
rockstar has boasted that all of GTA VI's NPCs are handmade and that human beings put thought into every random room and location—a breath of fresh air in an AI-obsessed industry. but we can't just ignore its long history of mistreating the humans responsible
Aftermath@aftermath.site · 3mo agoI wish Rockstar cared about people as much as it does GTA VI NPCs aftermath.site/gta-6-netflix-...
I'm aware my mind's in the gutter rn but I can't keep lying to myself that the sleep deprivation and lack of freedom is worth it. Don't know if it will EVER be worth it. Still plenty moments where I feel more alone than before. I miss my old self. Lowkey sucks being a mom. Just tired all the time.
I don't want to shoot videos I don't want to post tutorials I don't want to show my process I don't want to pour varnish I don't want to turn my canvas I don't want to record my screen I don't want to cultivate parasocial relationships I just want to make pictures and shitpost
RJ Palmer@rj-palmer.com · 7mo agoThe way profit maxxing corpo culture has invaded every form of art through algorithms pushing people into daily posting is really weighing on me lately. Efficiency and regularity of making "content" being prized above all else feels so grim, man.
Yeah, this makes perfect sense. A bunch of suits who showed up, rubbing their palms together, drooling, asking where the money comes out. It wouldn’t be the first company/industry they’ve destroyed.
Bill Mudron@mudron.bsky.social · 8mo agoGod knows you shouldn't trust anything on Reddit, but middle managers devouring Epic from the inside out as it verrrry slowly gets ready to launch a bunch of big Fortnite projects (a lot of them presumably related to Disney's $1.5 billion investment last year) makes as much sense as anything else.
Multiple game studios have recently closed because their titles couldn't compete with established live-service games like Fortnite. Meanwhile, you can also literally work on Fortnite and get laid off and Tim Sweeney remains a billionaire. Something has to change. The time is now. uvw-cwa.org
Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 8mo agoEpic Games has laid off over 1000 employees www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/n...
CEOs will be like "this is just an unfortunate fact of the market. This was a very hard decision to make" while buying their fifth yacht
The Game Awards cycle in a nutshell: Geoff Keighley pockets millions, executives rake in bonuses, shareholders see value increase, the projects get mismanaged... the workers get laid off and players are left disappointed. We deserve better.
Skeith - Platinum Princess@skeiththeterror.bsky.social · 8mo agoNew feature out! I decided to look at every The Game Awards showcase from the last decade and see how many games there were either canceled, had their servers shut down, or simply vanished off the face of the earth as their developers went radio silent. It's uh, a lot! raiderking.com/every-cancel...
Yeah, this is definitely accurate. Also, being a little older there’s a feeling of, “wow these young artists are much better than me! I’ve wasted so much time and will never be good enough.”
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer@princejvstin.com · 11mo agoErin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community on AI file770.com/erin-underwo... Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
Having done concept work… yes, 100% Zane is right. You get better, cooler, weirder, wilder, fresher ideas with creatives bouncing off each other than a plagiarised soulless mashup will get you. The earlier the stage of design, the more critical it IS to the design. Abandon AI. Choke the beast.
Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin@voicesbyzane.bsky.social · 11mo agoUsing genAI for concept art is so fucking stupid because like... that's where you get the cool shit. Thats the blue sky phase where artists make pieces of art that will be seen by a teenager later and change their life forever. Why would you want to start from mediocre. Why would you do that.
"Anyone who works in the games industry can identify that our art form is being sold for parts to make a few people a lot of money. And they don’t care about the games. They don’t care about the art. They just want their money." @alyssamerc.bsky.social
‘Our industry has been strip-mined’: video game workers protest at The Game Awards
Outside the lavish event, workers called out the ‘greed’ in the industry that has left games ‘being sold for parts to make a few people a lot of money’
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while industry figures, dressed to the nines, filtered into LA's peacock theater last week, protesters chanted "the industry is dead" outside of it. despite how often geoff keighley says the game awards exist to "celebrate" games and the people who make them, many feel ignored
!["We are the ones who poured our blood, sweat, tears, sanity, and health into these games,” shouted one who paid tribute to a friend who’d just passed, who he said loved video games and hated corporate exploitation. “The ones who made the games are outside. [Bosses and executives] are inside patting themselves on the back. ... And what was our reward? Many of us were cast aside as soon as the products were created because we weren't needed anymore. And those who were lucky enough to stay [now] find themselves debugging ChatGPT code."
Some present had direct personal experience with the video game industry’s current layoff-centric strategy. Earlier this year, Timothy Staton-Davis, who attended the protest dressed in a grim reaper cloak and holding a plastic scythe, was part of a small round of layoffs at Brass Lion Entertainment, which is currently working on Wu-Tang: Rise Of The Deceiver.
“There were a few of us they had to let go of because of monetary issues,” Staton-Davis told Aftermath. “It’s their first game. They’re trying to pull through. They’ve been negatively affected by the current industry situation in a lot of ways because of mismanagement of money. It’s not the studio’s fault, but from our partners and all that kind of stuff.”
“My first studio gig was at Monolith,” he continued. “Now they’re gone. Unfairly so. All these studios I’ve been connected to have been negatively affected in some way, shape, or form by people not doing the right things with their money and taking advantage of folks.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreifyv7erpamrntagfmpqwndofhftfpiszgguefbunyy6iyz6dhavxy)
Aftermath@aftermath.site · 11mo ago"Lay off CEOs instead": Game Awards protesters fed up with the show and the state of the industry aftermath.site/game-awards-...
So much money in video games and so little of it actually going to developers.
The rich countries does not care, as it does not affect them to the point of concern, it will but then it would be too later. Praying for Philipines.
Everyone's like wah wah we will die from climate change soon. SOON!! brother its already happening!! People from the global north dont give a fuck because its happening to countries like the Philippines!! People died already!! Theyre still buried under the mud!! And the rain still hasn't stopped!!
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A female Tropical Royal Flycatcher showing a bit of her crest for me today. After they catch a butterfly, they spend some time preening and they will often display a bit when they're floofing their feathers. At @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #birds #nature
going even more specific, unless you're losing *vital* depth information or unless the acting choice is *unintentionally* boring it's all just so subjective and this industry tries so hard to pretend it's not lol
Nonono! See, my boss insists the reason I had 2 burnouts last year is because I don't know how to manage my time, and not... you know... the fact that they cut a position in my team and the ineffective management with poor communication and constantly shifting goals!