I've been laid off twice, both times because the studio/team I was on was disbanded or closed. And both times were pretty amicable and predictable, so I consider myself lucky. That said, although I love working in games, it's pretty demoralizing sometimes to be in an industry where you can do an amazing job and even…

This is what happened to any person caught in the path of the swarm:

Haha, I bet they don't even drink it themselves. They all think it's nasty. But they pretend it's this important traditional drink, just to watch guests guiltily choke it down.

Ugh, between 2 and 4 tablespoons of butter/oil per CUP of coffee? How is that even remotely drinkable?

It's "fake" because he either doesn't understand it or doesn't agree with it. That's how people like him think...if it's not something he cares about personally, it's not real.

Yeah, I agree. Power armor Batman is lame. He's not Iron Man, he's supposed to be a stealthy, strategic ninja.

They're boiling down a complex set of character traits and work behaviors into one gimmicky pass-or-fail test. Where's the evidence that the interviewee's action with the cup actually correlates in any way with day-to-day work behavior? I'm guessing there is none, and that management simply likes how creative and…

You get all the stars.

Birds don't have boobs.

God, that would be amazing.

To interpret this image as racist, and to make the leap that the game is racist, I think requires a lot of assumptions and a lot of reading into things without any context to support your conclusions. You're obviously free to interpret anything in any way you like, and to be offended by whatever strikes you as…

Because if it turns out that he loves going to clubs where women hit on him, maybe he's got a little homophobia going on

60's TV Batmobile FOREVER.

Gun fetish meets tech fetish.

I haven't made a game, but I know people who have, and I've worked in the games industry. Based on what i've seen? It depends on the focus of your game, but in general I'd say start small, and hire/collaborate with a really good programmer. Programmers are the heart of small projects...they're the ones who actually…

If Olin was a programmer or an artist or some other random, behind-the-scenes employee, then I'd be inclined to defend him. I don't agree with him at all, but in that case I don't think his tweet would be just grounds for termination.

He also picked a bizarre case on which to take a stand. Sterling will live the rest of his life rich, comfortable and powerful, no matter how racist or hated by the general public he is. He doesn't need any help, especially not from random strangers on twitter.

Go read the first amendment again, and then explain which part of it this situation violates.

His job was PR. If he does something that hinders his ability to maintain good PR for Turtle Rock, then it seems perfectly justifiable for them to fire him, as he can no longer perform the duty for which he was hired.

Yeah, I did think about that. I wouldn't be surprised if that is, in fact, the official and actual answer. The video above calls out the part where you get in the elevator in Earthen Peak and inexplicably end up in Iron Keep's lava-covered landscape. When I went through that part, I thought maybe that's just the weird…