the way they're speedrunning the damage control and coping strategies over this is wild. i thought it'd be months after the bloomberg article we got to this point, but no it's been like 3 days
Larian Studios will hold fan Q&A about dev processes following AI backlash, saying it will "make changes" to processes that "fail to align with who we are." bit.ly/48IIJFe
December 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
the way they're speedrunning the damage control and coping strategies over this is wild. i thought it'd be months after the bloomberg article we got to this point, but no it's been like 3 days
NEW: For the last seven weeks, Naughty Dog has enacted mandatory overtime for staff to finish an internal demo of their next game, Intergalactic. The game won't be out until 2027, leaving some staff wondering: If they're crunching now, what will next year be like? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NEW: For the last seven weeks, Naughty Dog has enacted mandatory overtime for staff to finish an internal demo of their next game, Intergalactic. The game won't be out until 2027, leaving some staff wondering: If they're crunching now, what will next year be like? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
December 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.
I know this because they tried to recruit me and I strongly considered it but they’re also a “do an unpaid writing test where you have to also make it playable” company so that’s not something I vibe with
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.
Everyone is more or less okay with it” dude you make people emigrate to work there because you don’t do remote work, they risk having to change countries if they disagree with it
Everyone is more or less okay with it” dude you make people emigrate to work there because you don’t do remote work, they risk having to change countries if they disagree with it
epic will pay for every game that gets claimed this way so yes, you are still giving money to rowling (and by extension an international campaign against trans people) by claiming this
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
epic will pay for every game that gets claimed this way so yes, you are still giving money to rowling (and by extension an international campaign against trans people) by claiming this
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
got to the end of spring in hieron in my friends at the table relisten so now i'm crying before work at art's description of hadrian having not held a sword for over a decade
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
got to the end of spring in hieron in my friends at the table relisten so now i'm crying before work at art's description of hadrian having not held a sword for over a decade
okay what i'm figuring out is watching heated rivalry (very good, great acting, highly recommend) does take some Planning bc you have to get your other stuff done so you can afford to be hard for an entire episode of television
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
okay what i'm figuring out is watching heated rivalry (very good, great acting, highly recommend) does take some Planning bc you have to get your other stuff done so you can afford to be hard for an entire episode of television