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Mathew Kumar
@mathewkumar.com

What is there to say, really? Human culture is being sacrificed at the altar of capitalism. Bioware weathered over a decade of obvious mismanagement only to be shot in the head and dumped in a ditch because a leveraged buyout's goal is wealth extraction

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social

BREAKING: Electronic Arts is cutting 400 jobs and shutting down BioWare, the legendary development studio behind Dragon Age and Mass Effect. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comElectronic Arts to Cut 400 Jobs, Shut Down BioWareThe next ‘Mass Effect’ will be canceled as part of the layoffs

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Mathew Kumar
@mathewkumar.com

Something this does make me think about is how politicians don't see the value of jobs in the arts. Think about the hand-wringing and calls for bailouts when a plant is going under whereas this sort of thing is just seen as doing business. Honestly? Nationalise Bioware.