{"id":65036,"date":"2022-09-03T18:36:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T18:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/striking-distance-studios-ceo-posts-then-deletes-a-tweet-thought-by-some-to-promote-crunch-culture\/"},"modified":"2022-09-03T18:36:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T18:36:16","slug":"striking-distance-studios-ceo-posts-then-deletes-a-tweet-thought-by-some-to-promote-crunch-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/striking-distance-studios-ceo-posts-then-deletes-a-tweet-thought-by-some-to-promote-crunch-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Striking Distance Studios&#8217; CEO posts, then deletes, a tweet thought by some to promote crunch culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Striking Distance Studios&#8217; founder Glen Schofield has deleted a tweet deemed by some to have promoted &#8220;crunch&#8221; culture in games development.\n<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet posted earlier today, Schofield &#8211; whose team is currently working on the upcoming sci-fi horror, The Callisto Protocol &#8211; talked about working 12-15 hours a day, six-seven days a week, and working over lunch and dinner, justifying it by saying &#8220;you do it because you love it&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"8 NEW Details About The Callisto Protocol - CALLISTO PROTOCOL NEW GAMEPLAY GAMESCOM 2022\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WlzYpB8Ocx4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/iframe><\/figure><figcaption>8 NEW Details About The Callisto Protocol &#8211; CALLISTO PROTOCOL NEW GAMEPLAY GAMESCOM 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I only talk about the game during an event,&#8221; Schofield said in the since deleted tweet.  &#8220;We [are] working six-seven days a week, nobody&#8217;s forcing us.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Exhausted, tired, covid, but we&#8217;re working,&#8221; he continues.  &#8220;Bugs, glitches, perf fixes. One last pass through audio. 12-15 hour days. This is gaming. Hard work. Lunch, dinner working. You do it cause ya luv it.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Jason Schrierer took a screenshot of the tweet ahead of its deletion, adding:\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Such a weird coincidence how the guy bragging about how his team works 6-7 days a week for 12-15 hours a day because they love it also happens to be the guy who controls all their salaries, titles, and current employment status<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonschreier\/status\/1566071686499373059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">September 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"ot-sdk-show-settings\" id=\"ot-sdk-btn\">Manage cookie settings<\/button><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This, from a studio head, is crunch culture defined. Of course nobody is &#8216;forced&#8217; to work insane hours. But imagine the reduced bonuses and lack of promotion opportunities if you don&#8217;t? &#8216;You do it because you love it&#8217; . Weaponized passion. This is why people burn out of gaming.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Such a weird coincidence how the guy bragging about how his team works 6-7 days a week for 12-15 hours a day because they love it also happens to be the guy who controls all their salaries, titles, and current employment status, &#8221; he added in a later tweet.\n<\/p>\n<p>In related news, David Cage recently responded to of unhealthy studio culture and inappropriate behavior at Quantic Dream, which he previously described as a &#8220;smear campaign&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think we had an aggressive attitude,&#8221; he said.  &#8220;When you&#8217;re accused of things that go against everything you believe in, everything you&#8217;ve done in your life, it hurts. 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In a tweet posted earlier today, Schofield &#8211; whose team is currently working on the upcoming sci-fi horror, The Callisto Protocol &#8211; talked about working 12-15 hours a day, six-seven days a week, and &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/striking-distance-studios-ceo-posts-then-deletes-a-tweet-thought-by-some-to-promote-crunch-culture\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Striking Distance Studios&#8217; CEO posts, then deletes, a tweet thought by some to promote crunch culture<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66517,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/callisto-protocol-director-walks-back-on-comments-appearing-to-promote-crunch\/","url_meta":{"origin":65036,"position":0},"title":"Callisto Protocol director walks back on comments appearing to promote crunch","date":"September 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Striking Distance Studios CEO and The Callisto Protocol director Glen Schofield posted and then deleted a tweet that appeared to glorify development crunch, before later walking back on his comments.In a now-deleted tweet, Schofield said: \u201cI only talk about the game during an event. 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