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After revealing he was ordered to destroy his copy of Fallout's source code, OG lead Tim Cain says we're losing game history because companies "take authority but not responsibility" for preservation (www.gamesradar.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I beg people, learn to disobey and lie to authority.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Seriously. These people have zero respect for you. Have respect for yourself.

What are they going to do, sue you for a 30 year old game? That no one at the company made? Really, it proves that the average software dev isn't a creative. They have 0 respect for prior work, even if its their own creation. And I say that as a dev. Like sometimes old code sucks and isn't worth the bytes. But a whole work? Gone because a company decided it cut into their budget by more then a dollar?

Rome total war has problems, but its still probably the best TW game. CA released a "remaster" that is... just trash. The original got a patch, and that patch completely broke it on windows 10. They pushed that patch onto steam, hid the original, and now only sell the remaster. Its a fucking joke.

Meanwhile I've see the source code for one of the original MMOs because the devs threw it out there, and people picked it up and got it running. Its impossible for me to follow (I wanted to pull the sprites because they're amazing), but I respect it because it was and is impressive for the mid 90s. Incredible to think that if these dorks were in charge, it'd just be gone.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Really, it proves that the average software dev isn't a creative.

If anything, being slightly ashamed of your old work and not really wanting copies of it around is a pretty clear sign they are creatives.

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