The mistake here is, that we think from our persepctive about a franchise we have grown up with and love. You can be to passionate about something as well, you know.
But at the end of the day, it's still just a game. Not blood diamonds. Infact, doing the stuff that seems right here, would be actually unprofessional for anyone working in the gaming/creative industry.
1. You're describing people as dumbass simply because they are doing their job -
2. working with an IP they don't know and bought by someone who they have no real interest in. This happens all the time. And I am sure you consume a ton of products without giving it a second thought, simply because you don't it or care about it enough. I just find it a bit ... weird to complain about the usual worker drone here of selling their souls ... while sipping on your coke and typing from a computer with coltan inside. If you know what I mean.
3. Did you never had a point in your live where you had to do something soul crushing but you did it anyway, because at the end of the month what counts is what you might eat?
4. It's almost every job these days. You're running a super market? How much food do you have to throw away that could feed countless of people? You're a mathematician? How much work do you have to do for assurances that might screw over their clients? And so on. You're assuming that people at Bethesda who make the concept art, programming, writing quests etc. actually even care so much. I doubt they do. Not when almost every job becomes a routine at some point. You're simply given a task to do. And if you're not doing it, someone else will. While you won't get another job. That's the reality.
5. One way or another. We are all sluts. That's simply the honest truth. We are not talking about art here. We are talking about products after all. Products we consume at our leisure. No one of us here is obliged to buy Beths products.
1. Don't twist my words around, that is not what I said. You mentioned a hypothetical person that got a house and kids and debts and shit, if that person is so desperately in need for money then I'd say that buying that house? Dumb. Having a bunch of money-leeches (kids) when you're clearly not financially stable enough for it? Dumb. Oh but they got accidentally pregnant, they can't turn back now can they? Abortion, adoption, they didn't make those choices and allowed for their finances to go down the toilet. Dumb. And to get both while suffering from a debt that needs to be paid, like college? Dumb. That's dumb. Working at Bethesda isn't dumb. It 'miiiight' be the choices that 'leeeaad' you to work at Bethesda which have been dumb. I have friend who I work with who is just constantly making dumb fucking decisions with his money and I keep telling him each time that it was dumb and he should've saved the money or not gotten more in debt but he never listens.
That's dumb.
2. You know what the difference there is? Me consuming a product and me working at a highly publicized studio are two completely different things. I might not give too much thought to when I buy a candy bar because I don't know where to get information about the company that made the candy bar and I it never even occurs to me. I mean, are you saying that if 'you' worked at a very highly publicized company that is all over the news in the gaming world whenever they make a move, that you wouldn't look any of that stuff up, ever? I would, and I would expect others to do so too. If not to see whether or not it holds up to my moral code then at the very least to see whether or not I can speculate as to how my job prospects are for the future depending on the companies success.
3. No, I have not.
4. And like I said, I understand why people get jobs at dubious places, but just cause they're doing their job out of apathy doesn't mean that it is excusable to me. Yes, there will always be another cog to replace you, but a least you'll be a cog that didn't want to work Bethesda. And the problem in not just this gaming studio but in oh so many companies is when the people there "don't care". I mean, shit have you seen how bad littering can get? The mind-set of "don't care" is why some places are practically turning into landfills. And as to won't get another job. Yeah they will. It might take some time and they might not get the exact job they want to but they'll find another job.
5. One way or another, we're all Paris Hilton. I'm sure one can draw parallels between her and anyone else in the world and find
some commonality. And hey, if you're not talking about art but rather the product then fine, you do you. But I am talking about art and I would never want to be a part, no matter how small, in a machine that is spewing out sewage waste and then demanding through a death-rattle that it be accepted as art.
Hate. . . let me tell you about hate.
Oh god, the panning in on the piece of shit arm bracelet cracked me up good. :laugh:
Pretty sure I called it, slightly improved graphics and mods.
Definitely worth a remaster of a 5 year old game.
"So, as our more intelligent fans may have noticed, we've made great innovations in the field of dialogue in our games. In the past a system of dialogue was ment to give the player choices, ways of expressing your character and skill checks. But really, when you get down to it, while it was kind of great we felt like we needed to add some pezaz to it. We wanted to take that system and keep the core of it all, but kind of . . streamline it a bit? You know. So now we've replaced dialogue with Dialogue®. The player can utilize Dialogue® to skip dialogue. It's secondary features are the dumping of exposition, but that's tiring to a player so we keep that to a minimum. And also accepting and completing quests. So it's more of a. . .checklist sort of, now? And this is all about embracing the idea that the player can't miss out on anything, and can access anything at any time. We don't want the player to feel like they missed something. And that's freedom. That's what RPG's are all about."
-Another great speech from the venerable Todd Howard, bravely standing up to the games industry.
Wait, are you just pulling our legs here or is that an actual quote from Toddie-boi?
