The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 5, 2024

The video game industry is seeing a big wave of layoffs and game company closures, and it may be that we have begun the long, slow, agonizing bleed of a recession. Such pain makes it very tempting to either ignore the topic or retreat into soft, easy homilies. I’ve been talking about this topic since I had hair.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Topic Year: UNITY RUNTIME FEE In the fiercely contested Talk of the Year category, AI and Unity engaged in a real battle, reaching a point where they were face-to-face (the twig almost having to be split into two). Congratulations (and condolences) to all the winners! ?? Listen to our Gaming Awards Show. billion debt.

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Every once in a while, I come up with a clump of topics too small for their own posts. The Layoffs The video game industry seems to be entering a really harsh recession period of the Business Cycle. Posting this chart every year only gets more and more fun! Geneforge 2 - Infestation Demo Available! Plus, it’s only five bucks.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 11, 2023

Don't paint with too broad of a brush for this important topic.” - Anonymous Developer from our survey Three-quarters of people who participated in the survey have been in the games industry for over five years while nearly half of the participants in the survey have more than a decade in the games industry.

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Game Dev Unchained

AUGUST 24, 2023

” He goes on to highlight a pertinent topic – Return To Office (RTO). Tech giants like Facebook have been making headlines with their layoffs. The conversation broached topics from the dedication and productivity of workers to investment trends and emerging challenges in the gaming industry.

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