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Cliff Bleszisnki tweets about his career change
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I can appreciate the humanity of the people giving Cliff a little sympathy and celebrating his past accomplishments. However, I also appreciate the uncompromising realism of the people calling out how absurd it is that he is criticizing toxicity in gaming while having been a source of toxicity for years.
He is right, this hobby can be extremely toxic. However, he has been a big part of that at times. I'm sorry he had such a negative experience, but I wish he hadn't contributed to the negative experiences of others.
He is right, this hobby can be extremely toxic. However, he has been a big part of that at times. I'm sorry he had such a negative experience, but I wish he hadn't contributed to the negative experiences of others.
Lmao no one who's been in the industry as long as Cliffy has is thin skinned. After 20+ years I'd get sick of this shit too.
He should have commodified Jazz Jackrabbit as much as he could when he was at Epic. Talk about wasted opportunities.
Yup. People forgave a lot of his antics and behaviour because of his celebrity status in the industry for so many years.
But honestly, the fact that we took so long to call him on it is part of the problem, it discredits any criticism of his behaviour when we as a community waited until he made a string of products we weren't enthralled with.
I can't speak to whether you were one of those people or not, but it is a prevalent habit we as a community need to break.
Boiling it down to him being "outspoken" is really understating the issue.
Yeah, I can't fault anyone for thinking that "get only what you give back" should apply to him.
Yup. And I mean, let's be clear, if you're so repulsive that you got permabanned from GAF in its heyday, you weren't exactly a champion of civility and a beacon against the toxicity he now derides. There's even a pejorative for what's happened to him: he Dyack'd himself.
And now there's one less.
When he's not owning up to how he personally contributed to the toxicity in gamer culture as though he had no part to play in it, it's tough to say he's being all that honest. Not with us or with himself.
I hope he finds something he likes doing. I'm grateful for him giving my brothers and I Gears of War.
All of this politics is ridiculous.
All of this politics is ridiculous.
His departure from gaming literally does reduce it. It's sad this is undeniable.
Not gaming related. Thank God. Finally. This guy was the most toxic dev. :( (RIP Lawbreakers)
This happens quite often, a lot of devs have burnout because of the toxicity that they deal with online. That said, he's also someone who has contributed to the that culture - so it's pretty ironic.
He and Jaffe both seem to have ended up in the same place
Similiar personalities that are outspoken bordering on agressive
You dont hear Will Wright or Sid Meier complaining. Why? Because they dont comfront and have so thin skin
Betting on youtube streaming ala Jaffe btw haha ;)
Similiar personalities that are outspoken bordering on agressive
You dont hear Will Wright or Sid Meier complaining. Why? Because they dont comfront and have so thin skin
Betting on youtube streaming ala Jaffe btw haha ;)
I wish him the best.
People saying he is contributing to gaming's toxic culture because he's kind of a dick are really missing the forest for the trees. Yes, of course he has. I'm sure most of us posting in this thread have too.
His "contribution" in that area is so minuscule it's like spitting into the ocean. Gaming toxicity is far more complex than one rock star attitude developer.
People saying he is contributing to gaming's toxic culture because he's kind of a dick are really missing the forest for the trees. Yes, of course he has. I'm sure most of us posting in this thread have too.
His "contribution" in that area is so minuscule it's like spitting into the ocean. Gaming toxicity is far more complex than one rock star attitude developer.
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Last one I remember was trying to publicly embarass super coder Corinne Yu for 'crunching' on Uncharted 4 out of his own jealousy of her talent most probably.
This.
He's not a wrong about it now, but he sure didn't help it before, and if anything actually contributed to it. Hope he's succesful in his upcoming endeavours, but also that he tries some self reflecting.
Hahahahahahaha
Interesting that he's teasing something. Gotta be media related.
He was one of the key members of Epic since the very start. I guess he got his share. Gears of War made about a billion in revenue, he as the father of this franchise probably got a bit of that as well. And other stuff he did. His net worth is 16 million if you google it.
Wish him the best, though I don't have much sympathy after all the toxicity he himself gave out constantly.
Man.. With that kind of money I think I would act a bit douchy too.
He's right, but it's not like he didn't contribute to said toxicity.
I wonder if Nirolak will have weekly celebration threads if this fails like he did with Lawbreakers because Cliff said some harsh things about poor little GAF
Hope the best for Cliff. He is good people.
Hope the best for Cliff. He is good people.
Gears of war and being a celebrity separates him from the rest of the crowd, if he came back to gaming it would be HUGE.
This triggered me.
Make games, lean into the dudebro shit to promote your games, wash your hands clean when you leave.
Cliffy B has always been a net negatoe for gaming culture, glad we have better people making better games.
Lawbreakers says otherwise. Even people who worked on that game have called out his shit, like his lies about paying severance for months.
So no accountability for Cliff then, eh? He gets to be shitty, indulge in self-pity, and then we are all supposed to have some King Kong moment where we look at our hands, gasp, and conclude that we were the monsters all along?
I would feel awful if someone like Ron Gilbert tweeted out that he was leaving gaming because of how toxic it was. But Cliff Bleszinski? Nah. I'll sleep fine.