![Downloadable Content artwork](https://is5-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts/14/d1/87/ps.ahfvjzvs.png/100x100bb.jpg)
Episode S9E7: Crunch Time
Downloadable Content
English - September 18, 2019 01:11 - 209 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsVideo Games Leisure video games gaming game console nintendo sony microsoft wii xbox Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode S9E6: Winglies & Dragoons
Next Episode: Episode S9E8: Bombs Away!
It has been a brutal year for developers in the video game industry. Massive layoffs from Activision Blizzard, EA, and ArenaNet, the collapse of Telltale Studios…well over a thousand people suddenly out of work. Then we have the phenomenon known as "crunch." It is pervasive, with developers working 14-hour days for weeks and months on end to meet the unrealistic deadlines of publishers and shareholders. Is there anything that we as gamers can do, or that the industry at large can do? Ep S9E7