nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months ago'Devs are getting ground up as collateral damage': Fallout: New Vegas lead says burnout has replaced crunch as 'the primary hazard of the game industry'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down11cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1231arrow-down1external-link'Devs are getting ground up as collateral damage': Fallout: New Vegas lead says burnout has replaced crunch as 'the primary hazard of the game industry'www.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareShyfer@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThose two things seem like they’d be connected…
minus-square0110010001100010@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoUm…yeah this is a weird way to state it. Pretty sure crunch causes burnout. Crunch (imposing long periods of major overtime to meet a deadline) Burnout—sometimes called “occupational burnout”—is a state of full-body exhaustion brought on by prolonged exposure to stress. Yeah…
minus-squareAChiTenshi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI think the implication is that Burnout is not only caused by crunch. But also by working on projects you don’t really care about, or have to watch decisions from higher up ruin.
Those two things seem like they’d be connected…
Um…yeah this is a weird way to state it. Pretty sure crunch causes burnout.
Yeah…
I think the implication is that Burnout is not only caused by crunch. But also by working on projects you don’t really care about, or have to watch decisions from higher up ruin.