Headlines have stated that Telltale Games is reborn, resurrected, returned from the afterlife. This is not strictly true, and saying so effectively wallpapers over the fact that a lot of folks got screwed.
Telltale’s brand and rights have been purchased by two guys who had nothing to do with Telltale, and some of the hundreds who lost their jobs will get offered freelance positions without their previous fulltime benefits.
This isn’t a comeback. This is C’AAA’pitalism.
#Telltale #Capitalism #TheWalkingDead #JimSterling #IndustryBS
Thank Jim for god!
*Insert the shadow of War ork rubbing his hands together meme*
Ah yes. Similar content but doesn’t have the original heart. Good old Frankenstein companies. Here’s praying some good games come from this but who knows.
A bunch of suits knifed up Telltale’s corpse, stitched the skin into a bodysuit and is masquerading as something you might have loved.
If I was an ex telltale employee I’d feel that a horribly abusive ex just got out of brands.
Get Ready For A Lot Of Mobile Trash
Its not a comeback, at this point is a cumbag
It’s like vultures picking at a corpse. More beating of a dead horse.
Jim Sterling will remember this.
“Telltale Games is being resurrected!”
*I look at the situation for 10 seconds*
“Silence of the Lambs must be a really popular film these days.”
Tell Tale is now literally just the walking dead.
Freelancing with the prospect of full time future employment… yeah, we haven’t all heard that before.
I was waiting for the Metal Gear Survive mention, that’s exactly what came to mind for me as well.
It’s being “resurrected” the same way taxidermy resurrects a deer that got shot during hunting season.
So basically Telltales like the walking dead: A soulless shambling shell of its former self.
How delightful.
I especially like how they’re trying to hire the devs dumped from Telltale, dumped without warning or compensation, as freelance workers so they can more easily dump them again when they don’t need them anymore.
Yay gig economy!
I want Sam and Max Season 4. dammit! It’s been 12 years!
Love the way Jim has been going for the past year or two. Worker rights and solidarity.
Jim, you’re awesome, and I appreciate you pointing to Labor Issues in the game industry.
There is always a lot of commentary from the Right Wing about how Labor is the enemy.
Your attention to the unambiguous gift of Management in the Games Industry is sorely needed.