chaogomu

They didn’t fuck over Rockstar, they fucked over the devs.

It also corrupts, but by association with other rich assholes. But to get to that level, you need to have no morals.

Also money separates you from reality. These tech ceos often have entire wings of the headquarters to themselves, hidden behind private security. With only yes men left to talk to.

It does sometimes lead to good outcomes, like when Steve Jobs thought that a fucking insane diet would cure his (at the time) fairly treatable cancer.

Roberts has never willingly drawn a line in the sand.

No, Roberts forced several pointless rewrites of core systems.

Absolve? No, I’m laying more blame.

Not a complete scam, just a buggy mess caused by mismanagement and constant forced rewrites.

Roberts micromanages every aspect of the game, but fucks off for months at a time before rejecting whatever work has been submitted to him.

So his art teams and devs all have to twiddle their thumbs waiting on him.

Roberts also has a habit of firing design teams and hiring on a new team to redo all the work.

He also has a feature creep problem. Keeps adding new shit to the requirements.

The man has never released a game on time, and the only reason he’s released anything, was a publisher stepping in and taking over.

But yes, the ship sales are pure scam.

Treat it like a Ren Faire.

Wear the No Fear shirts and carry a Walkman, but do it for fun.

Sit back, watch some Reading Rainbow or Erie Indiana.

Maybe sing the Song that Never Ends.

It’s all play acting, but it’s nice. Especially if we focus on the nice parts of the 90s, the stuff that led to the wokeness of today.