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Chris Avellone (Planescape, KOTOR 2, and Fallout: New Vegas) just dropped a MEGATON NUKE regarding BioWare's hiring practices...
"...when applicants would apply to the studio, the producer would go through their LinkedIn to see what posts they liked, and if he disagreed with their political/social Like, he'd advocate not to hire them based on their Like."
ITS TRUE. EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN SAYING. ITS ALL TRUE.
HOLY SHIT!
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Chris Avellone (best known for Planescape: Torment, KOTOR II, and Fallout: New Vegas) talks about BioWare's hiring practices.
To the surprise of no one with common sense, they were discriminating based on political beliefs.
They literally went through people's LinkedIn profiles to see if they were woke enough for the studio.
If you were wondering why the Western AAA industry is in the shape it's in today, this is the reason.
Here's basically how I imagine it all happened:
First, studios started hiring based on DEI because companies wanted an easy ESG paycheck.
Then, the DEI hires, mostly white liberal women who aren't gamers, started hiring people based on the criteria Chris Avellone talks about.
Then, slowly but surely, studios ended up being entirely made up of liberal lunatics, or at best, people with no political beliefs.
DEI is basically a virus or a cancer.
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Chris Avellone is saying what many of us devs have know for years.
Yes, political purity tests were happening.
Yes, the modern left destroyed your favorite franchises and studios.
Yes, the modern left were the authoritarian nazis the entire time.
Chris Avellone (Planescape, KOTOR 2, and Fallout: New Vegas) just dropped a MEGATON NUKE regarding BioWare's hiring practices...
"...when applicants would apply to the studio, the producer would go through their LinkedIn to see what posts they liked, and if he disagreed with their political/social Like, he'd advocate not to hire them based on their Like."
ITS TRUE. EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN SAYING. ITS ALL TRUE.
HOLY SHIT!
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Chris Avellone shared his experience with a BioWare producer who “showcased the full extent of their hiring practices”, regarding it as “definitely” cause for a lawsuit🚀
He stated that the producer in question would allegedly go through applicants’ LinkedIn to see what post they like and if they align with his own political and social values
He would then advocate not to hire them based on their “likes”
Source: @ChrisAvellone
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I guess I can say it now - so when applicants would apply to the studio, the producer would go through their LinkedIn to see what posts they liked, and if he disagreed with their political/social Like, he'd advocate not to hire them based on their Like.
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> Buy studio that makes the greatest RPGs of all time
> Get studio to stop making RPGs because action games sell more I guess
> Every game bombs
> Baldur's Gate 3 uses your formula and wins GOTY
> Ignore that, tell devs Dragon Age should be more like Fortnite
> Close studio
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Sure, big corporations are evil. Nobody's arguing that. But at some point, you have to admit EA wasn't breathing down BioWare's neck every second of every day.
They wanted live service, pushed for it, and BioWare had to comply. Fine. The games suffered because of it. But did EA also force them to write shit dialogue, butcher character development, and forget how to tell a compelling story? Did EA hold a gun to their heads and tell them to make the writing that fucking bad?
At some point, you have to hold the developers accountable for their own shortcomings instead of treating them like helpless victims who can do no wrong.
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Silverlining in the Mass Effect cancellation
-Exodus. Helmed by Bioware veterans and written by Drew Karpyshyn (lead writer of ME 1 & 2)
-Star Wars: FOTOR. Led by ME Trilogy director Casey Hudson
-The Expanse: Osiris Reborn. An ME Inspired game
Mass Effect is alive in spirit!
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EA is shutting down BioWare. The next Mass Effect has been canceled: rpgsite.net/news/21611-biowa…
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We're now implementing Japanese voice acting! I can't wait to go through all characters! 😀
Applications are still up and will close in 2 days!
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Esta imagen de un hombre defendiendo su tienda de cómics y videojuegos en Niza me pone la sangre a hervir. Un tío se desloma todos los días para sacar adelante su negocio y un hijoputa lo patea porque sí.
El Estado falla cuando no defiende a los buenos.
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I never even played the games but the old Castlevania art had so much spirit from history, like you could clearly see the influence of delicate 18th century Japanese ink drawings, merged with the gothic aesthetic of European aristocracy in decline. Basically genre defining.
Today’s troon-coded iPad art could never, they’re just too brightly saturated cartoon slop, no appreciation for shadows and contrasts, the mood is ALL WRONG, there’s nothing of the baroque, nothing of romance, nothing of the prideful and beautiful and dark, and the characters are just UGLY.
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Inspired by #Castlevania SQ and SOTN #metroidvania #indiegamedev
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Silent Planet - Elegy of a Dying World
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I genuinely don't understand why Sonic got invaded by so many homos
Those games are clearly the opposite
- Rouge The Bat is a sexualized female and loves capitalism
- Amy Rose is a female obsessed with Sonic and follows him, the male
- Shadow is racist and loves guns
- Knuckles beats women (Rouge)
- Sonic is always making fun of people for being slower than him
And there are many more examples
