Anyhoo, was just reading that and about to post same. Sounds quite good, but as Trippy rightly points out, who really cares any more? All the time-wimey stuff sounds a bit like what they ended up doing in Titanfall2's campaign. I guess we'll never know.trippy wrote:So, former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw wrote a synopsis of Half Life 2 Episode 3 on his website.It's made me realise I no longer care that much about Half Life but the best line is relevant to all of us here.Spoiler:I kid, I kid.Spoiler:
Childintime wrote:The problem with crunch is that people who like their jobs but aren't Live To Work types are being made to feel coerced (either explicitly or through guilt / pressure) into participating in a shitty practice, that has gone unchallenged for too long. I know some genuine Workaholic types, and they'll never stop working. They convince themselves that they're busy and the world will end if they don't deal with everything as soon as it comes in but, in reality, it's the only thing that they really want to be doing. And that's cool, if it gives them satisfaction- but it shouldn't be used as a stick to beat others with. The problem for me is not the article, then, but the site that published it. I like and read Polygon - not religiously - but I don't have the intense negative reaction most do to it. However, Polygon (bless them) have never been interested in having a "discussion", which is exactly the line they're trying to use in the comments section now that their own readers are ripping into them. Polygon is the most black-and-white no nuance pls mainstream gaming website out there at the mo, and they would be the first in line to rip into a site that published what they published today, as being irresponsible and callous.
regmcfly wrote:People have had mental health illnesses because of crunch People have lost relationships because of crunch People have quit the industry because of crunch
regmcfly wrote:Just ftr Im not outraged, I just think it's a shitty article and potentially a dangerous one to commission, and given Polygon's supposed remit it just feels clickbaity
Yossarian wrote:I think that the line between an interesting title and a clickbaity one is incredibly subjective. I didn't find that clickbaity myself.
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