Greg in Maryland
@greg21014.bsky.social
Politics, Fencing, Video Games, KindroidAI, BG3, D&D. I live in the Baltimore area and do software quality assurance in video games industry, at a studio which is owned by a huge company which owns many game studios (CWA Local 2100).
the 'justification' is 'industry average' -- i.e. 'everyone else does it'
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
the 'justification' is 'industry average' -- i.e. 'everyone else does it'
It is a staple mantra in the games industry, "Our pay for [X] is comparable to the industry's average wages," to which I would reply, "when you're raking in record profits, it's pretty lame to justify substandard pay with, 'that's what everyone else does.'"
Even on projects that don’t feature AI, it’s often difficult to justify how little voice actors get paid for work on projects that sell in the millions
So it’s fascinating to see folks say “they were compensated fairly” repeatedly on this occasion where we don’t even have the voice actors credited.
So it’s fascinating to see folks say “they were compensated fairly” repeatedly on this occasion where we don’t even have the voice actors credited.
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Why scold over a constructive contribution to the conversation? So long as the person isn't representing it as their own, nor omitting attrition entirely, why not simply add a 'to be clear, that quote is from...'? What is to be gained for the you-didn't-measure-up-to-my-standard shaming?
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Why scold over a constructive contribution to the conversation? So long as the person isn't representing it as their own, nor omitting attrition entirely, why not simply add a 'to be clear, that quote is from...'? What is to be gained for the you-didn't-measure-up-to-my-standard shaming?
Ladies and gentlemen, my Spirit Animal.
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, my Spirit Animal.
This was my first thought: All the govt money is now “his” money (in his mind) and we are going to be going through this bullsht until he is dead / there’s a huge uprising reversing this coup d’etat.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This was my first thought: All the govt money is now “his” money (in his mind) and we are going to be going through this bullsht until he is dead / there’s a huge uprising reversing this coup d’etat.