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ranted over discord abt how painfully transparent that bioware blog post was bc it seriously got me twisted
![in particular, the bioware blog post rubs me the wrong way because:
1. naming their og mass effect staff is fucked up in the sense that they're effectively parading senior staff around in a blog post announcing another round of layoffs for all their (now former) colleagues
2. they don't even have the balls to announce the layoffs forthright, we're only learning the specifics on who was laid off or moved to a different studio within ea because we're semi-tapped into the former devs on social media
3. the combination of "we don't require support from the full studio" and
"[becoming] a more agile, focused studio" and the focus on "innovation" raises so many red flags about them moving forward (are they just planning to hire cheaper labor, are they planning to supplement with heavy amounts of [gen]ai, etc)
4. naming their og mass effect staff is also fucked up in the sense that it reads as though theyre saying "please stick around for me5, we promise we won't include any of that woke shit from veilguard, please stick around to give us your money i'm begging you”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tpp426naliy7ep2cdjbczpou/bafkreiecd3wbjr72qigutqp7j6jvg6cup4kkg53tx7ealdmpudpgaqif4u@jpeg)
January 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
ranted over discord abt how painfully transparent that bioware blog post was bc it seriously got me twisted
