Artist whose work was used in Marathon without permission now has a credit in the game

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• KnitWit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Hopefully they also have a credit in their bank account.

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  • SoupBrick@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Probably: eurogamer.net/marathon-plagiarism-scandal-resolve…

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    • jaennaet@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Hard to tell what “to their satisfaction” means though. It’s not beyond the realm of possibility that Bungee said “either you take just the end title credit or we yank your art and you get nothing”

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  • Arghblarg@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    But they got eXpOsUrE :|

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      this is what i like to counter with when they try to pay me with exposure “point me to the good definition”

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• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  They better be getting a fuckin paycheck too.

  Don’t get to steal peoples work, then go “oopsie”, slap their name in credits, and think alls well.

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  • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    As I remember the original author said something in the past after they settled, to his satisfaction. We can only assume he got money, as no details was public. But at least the original author said he is satisfied.

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    • Killer@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Think the original artist is a woman iirc

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  • somtwo@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hundred percent agree. It should always be more expensive to steal and get caught than to not steal in the first place.

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• AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  As someone who grew up playing the originals, it would be kind of nice to try this game and see what it’s like. But it’s not worth using something other than Linux to make that happen. Oh well.

  For those unaware, the original Marathon games were in the same vein of 2.5D fps as the original Doom. It had a more foreboding sci fi atmosphere, and has been credited as one of the first fps games to actually weave narrative elements into the gameplay itself.

  It’s also freely available and open-source these days.

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  • drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m really sad that it’s not a STALKER-like.

    I really want to wonder around the abandoned colony looking at things and reading logs without being in a time limited multiplayer match.

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    • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      without being in a time limited multiplayer match.

      Like a shisno.

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  • mrcleanup@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I didn’t think this had anything to do with the originals other than the name. I don’t know if that works be good or bad.

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    • jontree255@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It is set in the same universe/timeline a couple hundred years later. Durandal is apparently showing up in game via audio logs.

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    • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      When I looked at a gameplay trailer of the new one, it really didn’t feel authentic at all. It was more like looking at Destiny - Extraction Edition, with Marathon branding.

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  • kalpol@lemmy.ca ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Also it is awesome. Dual shotguns or phasers? Why yes please.

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• NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don’t know if I’d want my name attached to this game.

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  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    they stole a bunch of the artists work during the game’s production; the fact that this artist’s visual design language basically set the stage for the entire product, even after the stolen work was removed illustrates how fucked bungie was when they got caught out. sure, some will say “oh it’s not bungie’s fault, one of their art leads stole it and didn’t admit it” nah fuck that, bungie understand how source files work - they should be able to see some progression work, at the very very least.

    so they settled and put the victim’s name in the credits, because it’s the right thing to do after exhausting most of the wrong things to do.

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• null@lemmy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “There may just be some of Bungie’s best work buried beneath the surface in Marathon,” he wrote in Eurogamer’s Marathon preview. “And I can’t wait to dig it out.”

  Seems kinda backhanded, but okay.

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