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A NetherRealm employee allegedly died on his desk during Injustice 2 crunch
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I'm guessing it's Miguel Parra? The Injustice 2 credits start with an "In Memory" message to him.
In memoriam in the game's credits
If verified, holy fuck. Still, I'd wait for more substantiation before what is essentially accusing a company of killing its employee.
Given how that tweet was phrased I imagine that's the case.
But I don't want to speculate on this
Even if that were the case he still had to crunch which means no personal time to check your own health.
I don't know why you're saying that. Death by overwork is a real thing that exists. It could very well be the case until we learn more about it.
Context is key here
Died during crunch =/= died because of crunch
This person was not working at NRS during that time and had not for several years.
And no, don't paint me as someone who wants devs to slave away all day for these games. I'm not saying crunch is ok at all
Died during crunch =/= died because of crunch
This person was not working at NRS during that time and had not for several years.
And no, don't paint me as someone who wants devs to slave away all day for these games. I'm not saying crunch is ok at all
I'm gonna need more information here. Did he die at his desk from unrelated illness? Did he have a condition that was made worse by super long hours? Or did he die from actual exhaustion?
You can't just lay that out there without more information.
You can't just lay that out there without more information.
If verified to be true, that is beyond outragous and it should serve as a call to scrap bad development practices once and for all across the gaming industry. It's reaching a breaking point either way and if the industry wants to survive they need to not treat people like shit.
People die for a lot of reasons. I'd like to see them prove it was because of the crunch.
Also it's some random tweet with zero empathy for the victim. "Oh yeah, Miguel, he died"
Also it's some random tweet with zero empathy for the victim. "Oh yeah, Miguel, he died"
Crunch is very bad and employees in the industry should take a stand against it.
Having said that, do we have an actual cause of death? Is crunch the direct cause, was it linked in anyway? It could very well just be a very unfortunate circumstance. Without anymore information, speculation and outrage seems too soon.
Having said that, do we have an actual cause of death? Is crunch the direct cause, was it linked in anyway? It could very well just be a very unfortunate circumstance. Without anymore information, speculation and outrage seems too soon.
There's still a fixed amount of money invested in the project and they need to finish it within X months. You can't keep delaying it forever. Pretty much every AAA game has crunch.
No time to exercise or eat right, stressed out at your desk, days on end. Death by overwork happens.
A tweet of a guy who wasn't employed at the time claims someone died because of crunch without any facts. Sounds super legit and trustworthy. Sounds like we got about 5% of the total story and jumping the 95% to a conclusion.
While it seems this person passed away during production of this game, there is no way to know what contributed to their passing. Since the only source is this tweet, we are closing this thread unless the information is verified or corroborated.
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