Some neat stuff in there. I won't comment on the models, sprites, textures, and compiled ROMs that have been extracted from the leak aside from to say that it's cool this stuff got to see the...
Some neat stuff in there. I won't comment on the models, sprites, textures, and compiled ROMs that have been extracted from the leak aside from to say that it's cool this stuff got to see the light of day, for the sake of popular education.
A brief opinion on the topic of privacy, though, since it seems from the Twitter threads linked in the article and the comments on the article itself that there seems to be quite a division on this opinion:
To me, having worked in a corporate environment, it has always lingered in the back of my mind that every thing I type into a system is being logged somewhere. Because of that (well, and not being a total piece of garbage, to be quite blunt) I would never put obscene banter like the examples from this leak into work communication.
The people saying this will have implications on the security in the game development world are, in my opinion, completely off-base. This won't change a thing about standard operating procedure, and anyone whose careers would be adversely affected by something they put into a "private" (not actually private) email or other work-hosted messaging system were it to be made public, should have considered the ramifications of that before putting it there. I mean, what did they expect would happen if someone discovered an emote for "cum," would everyone up the corporate ladder really be OK with that being in the code-base? This is a classic example, in my opinion, of "play stupid games, win stupid prizes." I have no sympathy for the people whose careers are impacted by the content of these leaks.
Obviously, not everyone shares this opinion and some might see it as outright censorship. But in my opinion, if you aren't comfortable calling out that scummy behavior directly as not OK when you see it occur, the second best thing you can do is just pretend it didn't happen. Don't engage with the type of people who will pull you into "amusing" conversations about objects being stuck in their rectum. Sharing sympathy for someone who underwent a medical procedure is one thing, and joking about private parts is another. There is only room for one in the workplace, and it's the former.
Some neat stuff in there. I won't comment on the models, sprites, textures, and compiled ROMs that have been extracted from the leak aside from to say that it's cool this stuff got to see the light of day, for the sake of popular education.
A brief opinion on the topic of privacy, though, since it seems from the Twitter threads linked in the article and the comments on the article itself that there seems to be quite a division on this opinion:
To me, having worked in a corporate environment, it has always lingered in the back of my mind that every thing I type into a system is being logged somewhere. Because of that (well, and not being a total piece of garbage, to be quite blunt) I would never put obscene banter like the examples from this leak into work communication.
The people saying this will have implications on the security in the game development world are, in my opinion, completely off-base. This won't change a thing about standard operating procedure, and anyone whose careers would be adversely affected by something they put into a "private" (not actually private) email or other work-hosted messaging system were it to be made public, should have considered the ramifications of that before putting it there. I mean, what did they expect would happen if someone discovered an emote for "cum," would everyone up the corporate ladder really be OK with that being in the code-base? This is a classic example, in my opinion, of "play stupid games, win stupid prizes." I have no sympathy for the people whose careers are impacted by the content of these leaks.
Obviously, not everyone shares this opinion and some might see it as outright censorship. But in my opinion, if you aren't comfortable calling out that scummy behavior directly as not OK when you see it occur, the second best thing you can do is just pretend it didn't happen. Don't engage with the type of people who will pull you into "amusing" conversations about objects being stuck in their rectum. Sharing sympathy for someone who underwent a medical procedure is one thing, and joking about private parts is another. There is only room for one in the workplace, and it's the former.