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Video Game Execs Are Ruining Video Games (jacobin.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Can you imagine if Rembrandt had an executive committee behind him dictating what to paint a picture of

I get what you're saying, but you realise all the great renaissance painters worked on commission, right? So yes that's exactly what happened.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

When someone comissions a painting, they choose the subject and that's about it. Sure if they didn't like it they might not pay, but that's probably already more hands off than any publisher in the games industry.