it's 2030. there is one american game job. the game is a result of the fortnite-roblox merger. they added gatchas and ads exclusively for prediction market platforms. while you work on it, jared kushner and a random c-suite with at least 3 sexual assault cases take turns yelling at you.

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problem is, their actual job is making money for shareholders (or to pay off hilarious amounts of debt). this has always been the case, but now the mask is off. same with those embracing AI to churn out garbage. there’s no longer a greater aspiration than “money, fast,” nor systems to support it

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the inevitable end result, on a long enough timescale, is collapse. we’re already living through it. things break—or are broken—a little more each day until nothing works anymore

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what exactly DOES happen to materials from a major studio that’s closed? where do physical hard drives, documents, etc go? who maintains all this pointless secrecy? if you know or have stories, get in touch: nathan@aftermath.site, nathangrayson.666 (signal), aftermathdotsite@proton.me (proton mail)

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Part of my literal job is to fly out to physical game studios to rescue and recover historical materials that might be endangered and put them in a permanent archive. @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is a 501(c)3 publicly funded to do that, my DMs are open, and I'm free for the next couple weeks...

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