Inside Annapurna Interactive's Mass Walkout

Post by ethbr1 » Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 3:35 PM UTC

johnnyanmac wrote: post #33

karlgkk wrote: post #30

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The majority of businesses are not run by billionaires, in fact most of them are more tightly affiliated than the average large tech company. It's not nearly as simple as you're making it out, and those of us that work in large capital industries (tech), have a very different relationship than the majority of workers in America. I'm not saying we don't share problems, or that they don't have their own issues that are…

well I can't prove my notions, so I suppose we're at a stalemate. All I can say is I never felt like much more than a number in any company I worked at that had more than, say, 10 people on staff. So whether they want to tank the company or are pouring 110% of their soul into the product doesn't seem to trickle down here to my level.

Post by lofaszvanitt » Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 4:30 PM UTC

dxuh wrote: post #46

lofaszvanitt wrote: post #38

In gamedev, the only thing that matters, once you have a good product is how to market it. Without exposure your project is dead, no matter the quality of it. Who will talk/write about it and for how much? Yters have steep pricing, and they usually don't give a F about your project. That's why Steam and other similar platforms are a trap. And yet, people protect/love them, like it's the 8th wonder of the world.

I feel like actually good indie games have a much better chance, because from all I have heard the Steam algorithm actually wants to make money. It will show the game to a bunch of people regardless of the number of wishlists and if it does well, it will show it to more people. Of course Steam can not even do half the work for you, but it's still a much better system than just needing to have enough followers on Twit…

Post by jajko » Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 6:54 PM UTC

hilux wrote: post #72

jajko wrote: post #27

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It also has one of most spectacular multi week hikes in the world, if not #1, the Annapurna circuit. I was lucky to take it in 2008 with almost nobody on the trail (just right after monsoons in second half of September), took 16 days, around 220km IIRC. No roads built back then although we saw few CAT bulldozers dropped in the impossible places in gorges, I guess part of construction. From absolute tropical jungle, t…

That sounds ... amazing! I've never heard it described in this way, and I'm actually tempted.

Post by kelipso » Sun, Sep 22, 2024, 4:43 PM UTC

karaterobot wrote: post #74

kelipso wrote: post #67

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You don't need to form firm conclusions about anything to get tricked by an internet comment. Pretty much everyone reading this would get the wrong idea about the quote. No one is going to the source and forming "firm conclusions" for some random quote.

To be candid, I couldn't think of a polite way to say you'd have to be credulous to believe that's what the quote was about, and irresponsible not to double-check before posting about it.

Post by titanomachy » Tue, Sep 24, 2024, 10:54 PM UTC

thoroughburro wrote: post #56

titanomachy wrote: post #50

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It’s the name of a famous mountain in Nepal which is a popular tourism and climbing destination.

This is the often given answer, but is wrong. The company, the mountain, and many other things are named after a Hindu god of food and nourishment. Don’t just mimic the first search result (check its etymology section, instead).