The problem of abuse in the gaming industry is a problem with abuse everywhere.
Stop giving me a picture on PlayStation where female characters are happy if your female workers are not. Stop marketing to me that you’re good people unless you’re actually good people. Had we remained ignorant, we’d have been content not knowing the truth behind our favourite titles. The disappointment is in the discovery, not in the act itself. “But I LIKE their games” we say when we find out that certain developers have been accused of abuse. This disconnect between what they want us to feel and what we actual feel is why we keep getting so damn angry when this happens. What did that have to do with game development? I don’t know, but it gave me a nice glowing feeling. They even showed the actual Naughty Dog – an animal they let roam around while people worked.
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I remember a “meet the staff” video Naughty Dog did a couple of years ago, where everyone was saying how easy and free it felt. We’re supposed to like game developers, because we like games.
Come and see his movies, he’s oh so random, lol. Your favourite actor? He has a multi-million dollar campaign going on to highlight how down-to-earth he is. But your local MP? He wants you to think he has your best interests at heart. Nobody is pretending Terry from HR is a good guy. Game developers, along with anybody to do with politics, sports and film, are different. It is so normalised that you should be unhappy in your job, that any mention of that not being normal on social media will lead to long discussions where people defend poor practices JUST BECAUSE. Nose down, keep at it, and eventually the hard work will pay off. Say “My boss is so hard on me,” and you’ll be told that’s life.
Sometimes you need to be an asshole just to get your voice heard at all. Sometimes that’s because assholes recognise other assholes as “confident and dedicated” (read: not those things), and sometimes it’s because the hardest workers are strategically best placed to continue being the best workers, and others are given promotions. Assholes rise to the top is one of those things. There are certain things that anybody who has worked in the corporate world will tell you.
That will never be a positive thing.īut why does this keep happening? What is it about this industry that keeps rewarding the biggest assholes? The truth is, this stuff is everywhere. Talented people are being forced out because their bosses are assholes. If the actual abuse doesn’t bother you, and the hypocrisy doesn’t bother you either (both should), maybe the overall impact should. And whether these specific stories are true or not, the question of if abuse and ‘isms’ exist in the industry isn’t really a question at all. This week there have been stories about Moon Studios, Mountains, Fullbright and Funomena – as well as ongoing stories about Sony. Equal opportunities abuse – finally we’ve made it. These companies fly flags and issue press releases when International Women’s Day rolls around, but behind closed doors hate just about everybody regardless of anything. Add in Sony and Activision – and no doubt countless others – and it feels like the industry is just awful.
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Cares, Fabulous, First Responders, Heart's Medicine, Hotel Ever After, Maggie's Movies, Mary le Chef, Mortimer Beckett, Parker & Lane, Primrose Lake, Sally's Salon, Text Express, The Love Boat and Unsung Heroes.Author: Mat Growcott Category: Articles, PC News, PS4 News, PS5 News, Switch News, XBox One News, Xbox Series X News, Date: 20th March, 2022Īnother week, another list of publishers and developers that have been accused of treating their staff abysmally. Along with two other studios in Spain ( Barcelona and Alicante), GameHouse develops and publishes Amber's Airline, Cathy's Crafts, Delicious, Detective Jackie, Dr. This is a list of GameHouse Original Stories from the GameHouse division headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
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