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The Real Fanboy
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And no, Chris wasnt an owner at Obsidian. Pretty clear from what he described extensively.
More like an "owner" with no real influence or leverage.

I don't know, my sister said to never trust bosses, especially bosses that pretend they aren't one
 

Roguey

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That's Darren "hey buddy" Monahan. :)

From the way he talks about Obsidian it sounds like he was just an employee. Which makes sense as he was never paid for his share of the company.

IIRC, when he was de-ownered they gave him back his initial investment. Given inflation, a loss, but not absolutely nothing.
 

undecaf

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Chris still harping on about Obsidian and how terrible it was for him? Jeez...

He's obsessed. And honestly, without going full armchair psychology here, thats usually a sign of not being in a good place.
Ditto him constantly having to express how much better his life as a freelancer is now.

Seems so.

Leaving must’ve actually been quite a blow in the end.
 

2house2fly

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Working in any industry means being in constant fear of losing your job, and "at-will" very clearly benefits the employer more than the employee- if not, it wouldn't exist. So while I'm not unsympathetic to game developers' job situation, it's not a game industry thing, it's a capitalism thing
 

Trashos

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What the fuck is that "job security" thing people keep bitching about? Is it the same with the money growing tree?
 

Cael

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What the fuck is that "job security" thing people keep bitching about? Is it the same with the money growing tree?
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santino27

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My team has the sexiest and deadliest waifus you can recruit.
CA is an at-will state, so the vast majority of employers in the state are at-will. Not sure what his issue is this time. In my entire career, I never ever worked at a company that wasn't at-will. Does it benefit the company more than the employee? Sure. Welcome to life in America.
 

Quillon

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When the loggers cut down the last tree and the coal miners dig up the last from their mountain, when the guys & girls on the assembly line can't compete with foreign labor because the cost of living is too high here, these people laugh at their "economic anxiety". But when game developers don't get to work at their dream job and get paid well and have job security at the same time it's a tragedy. Kinda makes you think.

 

The Great ThunThun*

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When the loggers cut down the last tree and the coal miners dig up the last from their mountain, when the guys & girls on the assembly line can't compete with foreign labor because the cost of living is too high here, these people laugh at their "economic anxiety". But when game developers don't get to work at their dream job and get paid well and have job security at the same time it's a tragedy. Kinda makes you think.


Western left has long since lost sight of real economic issues of the working classes to create "wage slave" rhetoric to whine about. And that is the least of their shortsightedness when you realize their main issues are identity politics.
 
The Real Fanboy
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Chris still harping on about Obsidian and how terrible it was for him? Jeez...

He's obsessed. And honestly, without going full armchair psychology here, thats usually a sign of not being in a good place.
Ditto him constantly having to express how much better his life as a freelancer is now.

Seems so.

Leaving must’ve actually been quite a blow in the end.

Yeah he also started hatfishing which is really not a good lewk
 

Roguey

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The ultimate turnabout from Alpha Protocol. The only downside is that Bloodlines is all Brian will ever be known for and it's no Torment; he wasn't able to use it to launch a successful career as a top-paid freelance game writer.
 

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