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The Entire Humble Games Team Has Reportedly Been Laid Off (www.psu.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/19627558

The entire team from publisher Humble Games has reportedly been laid off, according to now former employees posts on Twitter and LinkedIn. 36 developers are reportedly impacted by the cuts.

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[โ€“] UnderpantsWeevil 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

About a century ago, there was a reaction to the industrial revolution via the Arts and Crafts Movement that inspired a lot of the modern artistic styles. That kind of anti-industrialism and peer collaboration echoed through the original indie gaming scene and still kinda exists today. Its a much more pleasant vision of consumerism than the soulless corporate shit we're deluged with advertisements by.

I don't begrudge anyone who feels sad about Humble Bundle's collapse. But I just feel like we're being inundated by video games, particularly post-COVID. The market is so over-saturated and I don't really feel like I'm being charitable when my email is full to bursting with these promotions. I just don't think the thing we're lacking right now is more cheap video games.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Initiated in reaction against the perceived impoverishment of the decorative arts and the conditions in which they were produced,[3] the movement flourished in Europe and North America between about 1880 and 1920.

"Perceived".