Welcome to photo ops, first time? He's living a life that he himself earned from a middle class life. He isn't a billionaire either. If he wanted to make money he would have never touched the public sector.

What movie is this?

They are far easier to make nowadays. This myth that game dev is this opaque, magic process when now nearly every 'amazing' feature we have now is baked into shit like Unreal. Bespoke engines are nearly dead and they save even more money by not having to make one. Look at the # of indies

Not wild at all actually. Considering, now, games are far easier to make and the companies post absolute insane profits compared to when it was solidly 50/60. They didn't need to go up and this mindset is just how companies keep fucking us, over and over again. Being grateful for being ripped off.

I think because 9/11 did symbolize the end of the post soviet collapse optimism, the world had problems but it felt like everyone collectively sighed in relief only to be shoved right back into the Paranoia and patriotic bullshit cycle again.