Press Reset and the Human Cost of Video Games
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Edit: It's been brought to my attention that the phrase "Pull the veil over" could be misinterpreted to what I intended. If you're confused by that, pretend I said "Lift the veil". Phrasing everybody, one word can potentially change the context completely.
As of this video being posted, the book comes out tomorrow, 11th of May, 2021 from wherever you get your books. (Or maybe it doesn't! It seems to be up for release on both May 11 and June 10)
Anyway, I have a few more in depth thoughts about this on my Patreon.
Music was all sinister tracks from the FFVII Remake soundtrack. Unfortunately all the text was in Japanese and I can't relay the specific songs, but I can tell you it's an incredible soundtrack all the way down and here's a dang Spotify link https://open.spotify.com/album/2ufkFJsK2Hh2ZdmgrRmCv3
Dead Space footage from http://worldoflongplays.org recorded by power-alex
Dungeon Keeper Mobile footage from Eurogamer Youtube Channel
Rise of Nations footage recorded by Dad's Gaming Addiction
Before I dump links to all the articles referenced in this video, here's some self promotion
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Schreier's investigations at Kotaku
https://kotaku.com/inside-the-ghosting-racism-and-exploitation-at-game-p-1838068522
https://kotaku.com/how-biowares-anthem-went-wrong-1833731964
Noclip
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fDG3byEcMtbOqPMymDNbw
38 Studios
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2012/07/23/38-studios-end-game/
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/business/curt-schilling-rhode-island-and-the-fall-of-38-studios.html
https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/wells-fargo-38-studios-settlement-announced-1203169108/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/rhode-island/2019/12/12/when-will-rhode-island-shake-its-studios-hangover/3AiT4DD54iJjmvTocnQRhM/story.html
System Shock 3
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-05-20-system-shock-3-dev-confirms-tencent-will-be-taking-the-franchise-forward
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-system-shock-3-team-is-no-longer-employed-its-been-claimed/
Irrational Games
https://www.cnet.com/news/bioshock-studio-irrational-games-closing-its-doors/#:~:text=Irrational%20Games%2C%20which%20developed%20the,endeavor%20at%20Take-Two
https://www.polygon.com/2014/3/6/5474722/why-did-irrational-close-bioshock-infinite
https://www.polygon.com/features/2015/4/6/8315171/looking-glass-irrational-games
https://kotaku.com/bioshock-studio-irrational-games-is-winding-down-all-1525186316
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/8/19/4614410/xcom-the-bureau-development-2006-2013
2K Marin
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-10-18-2k-marin-shut-down-entirely-reports 2013
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/218717/2K_Marin_has_been_put_in_charge_of_BioShocks_future.php 2014
Visceral
https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/17/16491044/ea-visceral-games-shut-down-dead-space-studio-star-wars
https://www.vg247.com/2017/10/17/star-wars-title-from-visceral-games-shifts-direction-as-studio-is-shuttered/
EA multiplayer vs single player
https://www.ea.com/en-gb/news/dead-space-3-co-op
https://www.wired.com/2010/12/ea-single-player/
https://www.pcgamesn.com/star-wars-jedi-fallen-order/sales
38 studios shut down
https://www.destructoid.com/stories/entire-staff-at-38-studios-and-big-huge-games-laid-off-227997.phtml
Dungeon Keeper Mobile
https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/02/06/no-ea-everyone-is-not-playing-dungeon-keeper-wrong/
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-25-will-ea-learn-from-the-terrible-dungeon-keeper-mobile-game
https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/ea-believes-freemium-is-the-future-of-mobile-games-3630831.html
Ubisoft Allegations
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-21/ubisoft-sexual-misconduct-scandal-harassment-sexism-and-abuse
Crunch
https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/4/21575914/cyberpunk-2077-release-crunch-labor-delays-cd-projekt-red
https://www.engadget.com/2019-04-04-anthem-crunch-bioware-ea-game-development.html
Mythic shut down
https://kotaku.com/ea-shuts-down-mythic-the-studio-behind-warhammer-onlin-1583376655
Death Threats
https://www.shacknews.com/article/119026/last-of-us-2-voice-actor-laura-bailey-shares-death-threats-on-twitter