this is apparently a controversial take but: smaller co-dev oriented studios are the only viable path forward for AA-tier games and many below. this does not and should not mean "1 studio that gets credit and a dozen sweatshops". but studios w/ production specializations collaborating game-by-game

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3am mental connection: - fast travel in video games - creating things with AI - exclusively going outside for errands or to get somewhere else all of these reduce opportunities for serendipity, they prevent you from enjoying the now by recontextualizing your surroundings as a means to an end

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and ill say it again

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just to offer a perspective I've not seen much of On Here: I work in codev, I'm not in the "core team". I'm an employee of a codev studio. I am a full time employee with all the legal benefits that entails. I also have better job security than I might at a studio. It's pretty great. I like my job!

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I talked about Monkey Island a bunch with the Quest Quest guys:

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