If there is anything I have earnestly learned from this Insomniac breach its that there is a not-so-unfair assumption that game devs irrationally hate journos
But that there are plenty of journos who are making it their life goal to very much justify why game devs may have a strong dislike of them
I know I get it I've only been here two years
But I have been a GAMER PROPER for 30
and in turn I have been very aware, this entire time of things like GDC, E3, PAX East/West, GDoCExpo, and all the BS shows people like Geoff Keighley has
It is fair to say you cannot see everything in game dev, yea
but in terms of working conditions and how expensive games are to make, not only have game devs been openly talking about that but we literally just had a whole break out of #metoo in 2020, the universal cheering of Bobby Kotick from his shitty leadership, the miles long receipts of the greed-driven decisions of John Riccitiello in not one but two companies, the constant conversation of Embracer being a shit-tier conglomerate usurping overlord that has pushed record breaking layoffs, Geoff Keighley still housing some of the Worst People Ever on his jury, and oh right over 10K layoffs in the gaming industry this year alone
I had talked about as much before Crystal hired me
Crystal is my first game dev job
Most of the events I have listed here happened pre-my time at Crystal or are just ongoing
What the ever-loving fuck do you mean 'you have no insights into game dev'
Y'all ask us to Signal you or DM us every time something shitty happens, maybe it's time if you have curiosities and the like you ask us about that BEFORE shit hits the fan
maybe