Piracy is cool and good. Legitimately don't even know if I'll play the game, but it's cool that the scene is just churning out cracks like mad

  • Ericthescruffy [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    3D artist who worked in videogames and film for about 10 years.

    Spot. On.

    Supporting indie developers is one thing but in cases like this: Piracy is praxis. The majority of people who worked on it were either laid off before the game even released OR were never employed directly by Rockstar to begin with.

    • anthm17 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Still had rockstar step in to force them to work insane hours for months.

      • Ericthescruffy [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Oh trust me, I know. I spent most of my decade in the industry working various gigs as a subcontractor and most people have no concept of how much shit gets outsourced.

        • anthm17 [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          I was thinking of the wrong game, Rockstar stepped in to help finish LA Noire because the studio was messing up. That immediately turned into a death march.

          Rockstar is an incredibly shitty company in an industry that is really scummy.