Ripping off an indie game

[@jatsantsa]

How it is possible that blizzard is letting you publish their leaked meetings.

[@yourvenparianen5390]

Ubisoft....and Activision....and ea....and the list goes on lol

[@dukex123]

Just to be very pedanntic: Blizzard was not known to do this kind of business. After all, Blizzard was one of the companies that got bought. Activision came on in, bought the company, so then owned the game, added micro transactions and got review bombed. :) I miss my old Blizzard. All hail our saviour Microsoft! (well, that is the weirdest and most unexpected thing I ever said)

[@Eirath]

@@dukex123 While you are technically correct, I wouldn't put much faith in Microsoft

[@windylim]

/cue John Malkovich - Dr. Adrian Mallard

[@HomestarCrawler]

​@@Eirath that's the best kind of correct!

[@pimmelschilz9728]

I work in a pretty large corporation and I can confirm that this behaviour and attitude in management is absolutely realistic. This is not a sketch, this is a documentary.

[@nathanmays7926]

the only part that is unrealistic is how quickly the acquisition->microtransactions->death cycle happened. But the sequence is spot on.

[@elritsa]

Sure.

[@TheImapotato]

True! Except the person volunteering, usually tries to take credit for the idea rather than admitting they are plagerizing

[@williamtodd582]

There is only a part of joke in a joke.

[@Rhinoch8]

This behaviour goes against all management theory for making larger profits. Taking care of people and keeping high life quality, giving responsibility are all ways of increasing productivity from employees. Even lizard-brained CEO of Dreamworks Jeffrey Katzenberg understands this.

[@elitely6748]

Within a minute they bought the company, destroyed the community with microtransactions, shut down the game and made 12million dollars. This felt more like a documentary into EA lmao

[@aliciamadison2086]

Their stock rose by 12 million dollars by sinking an enemy's battleship and looted it for parts.

[@josephdanejackson]

Or Activision.

[@Resmund]

That how investment firms operate now days. You do leveraged buyout with loans from another company that you control suck out everything you can and then let the company crash or sell to another investment firm that will be even more brutal. They get rich, employees get fucked, government doesn't care bcs they get kickbacks through campaign donations.

[@mediumsurmoon6283]

And its so true how they literally does not give a flying fuck about anything else other than the fact that they gained a net profit.

[@Aurelyn]

I thought this was meant to be a parody, but it turned out to be a recount of real events.

[@justenoughrandomness8989]

3:18 the way frank's talking is almost like killing the game WAS the plan and i love it

[@minhducnguyen9276]

He casually destroys the game like the deathstar operator pushing the fire button.

[@3mPeRaToR]

I love this new Community manager, please give her a raise

[@bradeki2997]

So you're saying we should fire the secretarial staff?

[@InconspicuousChap]

@@bradeki2997 and demote her to a secretary. She seems to be unable to say anything useful anyway.

[@angryskycraper]

You guys were supposed to make a mockery of this behavior, this is too real😂😂😭😭

[@luisnunes3863]

Sorry, but the behavior of the corpocracy is too evil and too ridiculous for proper satire, all you can do is a mockumentary with better punchlines. Like Yes, Minister for politics.

[@spartanx169x]

This is 343 Industries and DICE in a nutshell.

[@CarletonSaw]

Kind of. I couldn't imagine creative ape having stardew valley for sale because he says he has enough money and it's a passion project he won't put down. They'll do this for anything that can be purchased. Thankfully, for now, they haven't found a easily repeatable successful way to just take the game away from people. Even Minecraft's sale for Microsoft was a surprise to the people at still at Mojang because it was a betrayal of trust from Markus who was done with it after community backlash got stupid on changes to TOS type stuff and was inconsiderate to everyone he worked with on his way out.

[@brodrickbaker]

Sounds like satire in general these days…

[@Oktokolo]

Satire and cabaret are dead in this age. You just can't top an extreme. Those people are actual incarnations of the concept of greed. It's impossible to show something more greedy than greed itself. It's as if you tried to hyperbolize the wetness of the ocean. There is no room for topping it. Best, you could do is showing the thing itself.

[@DrB934]

The only thing missing is Abbey coming up with an idea, everyone saying it is rubbish, and 5 minutes later one of the inner circle repeating the idea, claiming it as their own and then the meeting running with it...

[@benajmingrasic]

they probably have a future episode already planned about that, because its soo common xD

[@evanbasnaw]

They've done that idea with Brit in a different series 😊 It was a couple of years ago though.

[@johntfs]

Give them time. It'll come. Also, Abby has pretty clearly got Clint's number around :40 with "They make lots of money."

[@chadhOneAtl]

“Wait you just repeated what I said only you did this with your hands..” “no I did this..” IYKYK

[@mrstupiduniverse731c]

Overdone

[@DeLegend27]

The rage that these characters bring me is palpable

[@LightCyan]

I agree! Pure anguish see Abby talking about community needs and everyone lost in her own desires! 😵‍💫

[@karmabad6287]

It hits close to home. 😢

[@MoistOwlettes]

It’s pure anguish listening to her totally ignoring her own community.

[@sufficientphrase7769]

@@MoistOwlettes if only they had a community manager. tsk tsk

[@BENCRUSH7]

Thats when you know that they're great actors! i love how flexible they are too, they all play severely different characters across the other series' on their channel.

[@nastykhan7746]

- So that goose lay a golden egg every year. If we take good care of it- - Great. Squish it. - What? No! That will kill it! - I don't care. Squish it! Squish it hard! - It's... done... and the goose it's... - How many eggs do we have? - Six... but the goose.. - Great. Sell 3 of them and but another goose.

[@lilv47368]

"no.. it's 6 regular eggs..."

[@xitaris5981]

I used to think this was parody, but recently I started to notice that *every* meeting I had at work people would say they understood the decisions we made and that we were all on the same page, but when talking to people outside of the meeting *everyone* had a different interpretation of the decisions we made. I work with a lot of smart people too, but communication is a lot harder than people think. I don't know how we function as a society, to be honest.

[@VolatileRed]

IMO we don’t function as a society it at all. Our “society” is a bunch of individuals each only interested in themselves, and what affects them. It’s more like a multiverse of abnormal, unhealthy, antisocial control freaks without the ability to listen or comprehend to anything but themselves. But don’t take my word for it, read the news, or open up social media. What I want to know is: were humans always like this and if so, how did we survive? I feel like people are mostly themselves online and in videos games, and one step into Rust, DayZ or GTA will show you anything you want to know about how ‘society’ is functioning. Maybe I’m jaded?

[@LittleDanny9899]

@@VolatileRed i think the step into Online games (especialy Rust or DayZ) does shift it once more due to them Primarilie being pvp games for most people and Generaly the whole Online aspect means a lot of Interactions (if not nearly all) are gonna end up being short lived or just once off's Though in Generall Our societie being Based on Individuals is true though theres a bunch of stuff Factoring into it to the point that its unfeasible to realy go away from it

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

No one asks questions during meetings so everything is assumed

[@InconspicuousChap]

Frankly I would miss the point too. She isn't suggesting anything practical, just slogans. They try to extract anything specific from the talk, and it's indeed "farming" and "one developer", nothing more.

[@InconspicuousChap]

@@VolatileRed non-selfish people wouldn't waste time in online games to begin with. And that chick hired to improve community relation can't even learn to talk to her colleagues. That's her first line of community, and she fails it.

[@sephiroth6956]

Man this is exactly how I imagine the top management of current gaming companies - completely not understanding the market, but wanting to monetize anything for extra % of profit

[@andreijsternstunden5268]

Well: As u can see, it works 😂

[@archersfriend5900]

This is exactly how every company operates.

[@LuckyGnom]

They are profiting because players are buying from them. This one is on the consumers, not managers.

[@jc84com]

Sounds like the health and medical industry/insurance companies.

[@amzarnacht6710]

'gaming' companies? Try *EVERY* company.

[@karazsteel]

Real South Park "And it's gone!" vibes.

[@jofi4580]

Exactly what I thought

[@Unknown-Number]

*Invests 20 dollars*

[@VegasMax3]

The game I think lasted a couple more seconds than a savings account.

[@vytasffbismarck7001]

AND MY AXE!

[@widchaponjearaphunt5452]

but they made money, just that game is gone 😂

[@Oracle2448]

I knew it, always had a feeling stardew valley was ripping off someone. Sundrop Canyon really deserves more publicity!

[@elyrienvalkyr8167]

And more horse armor

[@renomed]

Aaand it's gone!

[@FlinnGaidin]

Game's dead now, so it doesn't really matter 😏

[@FlyingZard11]

@@FlinnGaidin But the company that bought it made 12 million dollars before it died.

[@backontrackdeno]

AND MY AXE!

[@bobbyross3524]

0:48 don’t worry bro I laughed, that joke was comedy gold

[@Mariomatters1984]

Haha... Me too 😂

[@kbmonday82]

​@@Mariomatters1984Ha, me as well!

[@commongrub8148]

So underated 😂

[@bradwynarts7047]

I think I'd have gone with, "Looks like money is back on the menu boys!"

[@jorritnaga]

Same😅

[@ChameeraDedduwage]

I use this trick myself. Whenever I'm in a client meeting with their top shots and I see someone zoning out, I casually mention one of the magic words: "money", "revenue", "profits", etc. Boy oh boy you can literally see their brain slapping itself and snapping back to reality with rapt attention. Works like a charm.

[@Gatrehs]

You should get one of those huge buttons that just has money printed on it and when you slap it it has mr.krabs screaming MONEY MONEY MONEY. Of course this likely wouldn't help but it would be funny.

[@Toxked]

I worked at this place. Management was this tone Def. They bought the place. Came in with the attitude of telling us how things will be. 85% of the techs quit that day. I stood 5 feet from the manager when he said, "Screw them. We don't need them " guess what? They did.

[@rupbhatt]

Sounds like Twitter

[@Ostr0]

​@@rupbhattIt's alot worse than Twitter because they're not a media platform

[@christopherroberts7306]

@@rupbhatt A part from twitter running fine because the 20% retained were the techs.

[@chadhOneAtl]

And those owners still made money.

[@Toxked]

@chadhOneAtl acualy no, not from the perchesed company. They had another division pring in all their money. They saw the new company as a way to promote the main line.

[@waltr29]

"Trying to get over the death of his son" "Uh huh frank buy it" Had me dying😆

[@DH-xw6jp]

Maybe your dad will make a game in your honor and then sellout to make a cool 10 million.

[@izhamsham843]

I don't think I can handle two deaths in quick succession 😭

[@999jay999]

Ironic when there is a game review similar to this situation that cropped up on every game... :)

[@xitaris5981]

I mean.. you can't buy something someone isn't selling. That father probably got rich off of it too.

[@llamerr]

What was the second game though? I did not understood it from description.

[@itsnotnotjonathan]

"They've made lots of money." -- "You have my attention." It's so simple and yet so funny because it's true. 😂

[@deltonmcclary7341]

"And my axe!"

[@pranavtaysheti7858]

And my Axe!

[@Jamesstanger987]

This sketch is perfect. I work at a large tech company, and I swear these meetings happen on the daily albeit way above my pay grade.

[@Red_Oliver]

I do love the new actress of Abby, her timing and expression is honestly fantastic, has she/can she be introduced formally at the end of a sketch?

[@Ajkiwi001]

I think Charisse is cast in Mortal Kombat 2, so you'll be seeing her again soon.

[@lomio7250]

She was introduced as the new community manager in a previous video

[@Red_Oliver]

@@lomio7250 No no, I mean the actress herself not the character but ty

[@bernirn]

Charisse Uy. And yes, her “slowly falling to insanity” expressions are amazing

[@evilreiko]

Frank procedure: 1- buy the company = so own the game 2- add microtransactions 3- getting review bomb 4- people leaving 5- cut dev 6- shut servers = so game gone 7- made lots of money

[@Ostr0]

Almost every game with micro transactions 💀

[@PitchBlackYeti]

@@Ostr0 sadly the last part (7) ensures the scheme continues...

[@der_admiral]

Sounds like EA's typical strategy.

[@straaths]

I dont get 7th point. How they earn money?

[@PitchBlackYeti]

@@straaths because people are weak and fail the delayed gratification test

[@lolschrauber]

I love how Abby is just talking to a wall. Reminds me of my job.

[@panda4247]

And my axe

[@larssjostrom6565]

It is very relateable.

[@xxpoisonblxx]

Worse... a chipper shredder, set permanently in "hopes and dreams" mode.

[@drstihl2007]

That's on her. "If you want to make money then listen to this/don't interrupt me/do it like that". And just like that, success.

[@LuckyGnom]

The way she communicated in this one is terrible.

[@Galliao]

Frank is aware that the community was complaining about the microtransactions so... he was hearing them. That's kind of a win for Abby. 2:56

[@alledzebu1975]

Unfortunately, hearing is not the same as listening. I think Frank only did the former haha.

[@Interdacted]

"And the games gone. We made 12mil."

[@pIayingwithmahwii]

I got the sense he was hearing them only insofar as he would know who to shadow ban or kick, actions that probably vastly sped up the game’s demise

[@matix676]

"We hear you" - Blizzard, probably

[@AlextsarDiary]

-Buying viva la dirt channel -initiated protocols -viva la dirt was adquired -enabling all monetization and transaction and all pay per view on all existing content -increasing all monetization prices and tripling the ads per video -viewers are complaining about the whole mess -people are leaving tbe channel and groups -letting huge cuts to the dev team -shutting down the channel -viva la dirt is gone -we made 40 million in revenue.

[@Theme-song-archiver]

😂

[@holgermets]

and my axe!

[@InconspicuousChap]

That's a standard scheme. Just substitute any startup name.

[@Vipers_Pit]

@@holgermetslol.

[@MelisantheDias-qg1sl]

Wow, Abby's performance in the clip is amazing. Such a good actress! I really like her impressions.

[@Kronman590]

Her name is Charisse Uy, not sure why they're not crediting her anywhere

[@justingtv4197]

Cap

[@KP-rg9td]

she's great indeed!

[@P.O.Madness]

​@@Kronman590 i think shes a part of the VLDL team now, not an invited actress. So no credits to their own team.

[@yully89]

at first i liked adams character in this one, he seemed to be the most grounded but he's so obsessed with the tiny details he's failing to see the bigger picture himself. as a software dev myself i can relate haha

[@jaelte]

And MY axe.

[@Kaiori89]

@@jaelte And my bow Sorry for the lame joke

[@festro1000]

Same here, what I took away from it was how profound the crowds that you surround yourself with impacts you.

[@LucyTheBox]

​@@Kaiori89And your brother!

[@laid-backmonster1881]

Yes! It's actually more fun for me to figure out and solve all these details, but you know, me and the family also need to eat and live :(

[@ixwix]

I find this series more depressing than funny, because it feels so accurate. Which still is a good reason to watch it IMO

[@CrispyChestnuts]

Same way I felt about the rent series they did

[@Moredhel83]

@@CrispyChestnuts yeah, that one was really hard to watch.

[@catbatrat1760]

same

[@Walkion]

Same here, it’s a lot less funny since it’s literally a documentary at that point. Reminds me how completely ruined the industry is and how we had it so good back in the golden days😢

[@tomfromtartu9706]

This is straight from life. Similar process happened at the company i'm working at, even though very different sector - we were a fast growing star, which attracted a merger with a bigger one to join our strengths - part of the culture and what made us great was lost with the merger. Then soon to be gobbled up by a private equity corporate giant, who understood even less of where we came from, we started to think fondly of the initial merger phase as now we're just a cold soulless hypocritical for profit corporation. The talented specialists are growing increasingly restless, some have already left

[@prashantsarkar821]

It's so much fun watching Alan play the villain.

[@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe]

I love how Frank bankrupt 2 game within 2 minute. My man.🤣

[@elyrienvalkyr8167]

He probably forcefully "remastered" a beloved game with 5 people, a hyper rushed timeline, and 1/10 the budget needed. Oh wait that was blizzard. Twice.

[@MobikSaysStuff]

Still made money they wouldn't have so an absolute win. Ended in a net profit.

[@toseeupload8855]

In universe it has been months😂

[@VegasMax3]

Peak corporate efficiency at work.

[@brutalxxghost4148]

if you can't beat them... buy them..then crash the game into the ground 😂

[@AntagonisticShogun]

"And my axe" 🗣🔥

[@bartsanders1553]

And my axe!

[@bartsanders1553]

And my axe!

[@jiorts]

🙌🥳

[@wij2012Gaming]

🪓

[@flashahhasavedeveryoneofus2824]

& my axe 🪓 🍺 🍻

[@chriscarlisle5676]

This is just sadly too true, as a play tester I have seen so many good games get bought out and destroyed like this. These aren't just skits but documentaries.

[@blessi360]

Remember early games where you just had to buy it once and could always trade it with your friends after you'd finish. Go to their house for split screen multiplayer? New Gen consoles ruined everything.

[@juancarlosalonso5664]

@blessi360 New gen consoles? This trend has been going on for years and pc gaming is very much a big part of it, have you seen the scummy monetization practices in valve games like cs2?

[@Unknown_Genius]

@@juancarlosalonso5664 "scummy like in CS2" - by the time they added those mtx styles back in CSGO they already were not only common in gaming but also tame in comparison, lol Edit: You also missed the point of "we were able to trade games".

[@cursedimageseveryday5559]

The worst part is that the idea is now forever lost and making a game or anything similar to it but better would result in a copyright infrigement and a lawsuit...

[@zippo7422]

​@@cursedimageseveryday5559 no it's not lost, just stop buying their crap . Probably the only AAA company that you should care about is fromsoftware (though their latest announcement is questionable, they never disappointed anybody before ) Besides that there are plenty of decent AA, indie titles .

[@benjamintollison]

Frank is the best character ever! Please more Frank providing meta commentary in a monotone way

[@dashingheights]

Sorry I know Sundrop Canyon is Stardew Valley but what's Leaves in Fall? Is it mirroring a real life title too?

[@renebock1780]

I think it could be a reference to Irohs "Leaves from the vine" of avatar the last airbender and not a game

[@dashingheights]

@@renebock1780 ah i see what you mean. Hmmm it doesnt strike as directly as Sundrop Canyon though hahahah

[@axiezimmah]

Actual sunlight?

[@izzyleanne]

I've bought the company, we now own the game, adding micro transactions, ppl complaining, getting review bombed and it's done the game is dead. 😂😂😂 guy delivered that pitch perfect 😉

[@howlongcanachannelnamebethislo]

i've bought your youtube account i now own their comments, adding hate, people complaining, getting disliked and it's done the comment is dead.

[@tamaskosa4456]

The usual protocol

[@TheGodlikeDragon]

Just one phrase: "dammit EA"

[@jakew4829]

They made 12 million dollars 💰

[@byron_00]

@@jakew4829 MY MAN

[@eternalgamingforum7562]

I am working in games..in a lead position it is not that far off i can tell you. The people that want to listen to the community, want to make good games get shut down super quick.

[@thomgizziz]

"It is not far off", so you are delusional or jaded to the point that you over exaggerate things.

[@ThatGuy-ht9sp]

Did you mistype Underexaggerate? @thomgizziz

[@cenciende9401]

Which will never make any sense, because it's good games which create franchises and sell and continue to sell 20 years later like Bioshock etc people still purchase and play the first game today because of how legendary and beloved it is

[@vincentvon1470]

@@cenciende9401 but a horse accessory micro transaction makes more in the first year than the entire franchise did in 20 years.

[@the_SolLoser]

​@@vincentvon1470especially if people actually wanted the horse accessories. Give the people what they want via microtransactions and "it just works."😂

[@americansupervillain4595]

Abby is desperately fighting against her intrusive thoughts to use that ax.

[@richardmahn7589]

And MY axe!

[@NaudVanDalen]

"Adding microtransactions" is too real. 😆

[@rockgodjman]

I love how innocent Adam is. He's so adorable laughing at his own joke!!!!😂😂

[@mistahanansi2264]

“Adding microtransactions…” 😂😅😭

[@Gojosataru794eh-ml5dy]

"People complaining about the microtransactions..."

[@maybetoby]

Lol "Sunsh*t @#$% space" 😂

[@umeshgallage1]

I know right

[@PokerJeezus]

Had me rolling

[@BenjaminRegen]

With the perfect timing to switch to the shot of the very clear title right in front of him on the giant-ass tv.

[@DrNerls]

hello there, do you know what the 2nd game "leaves in fall" is referencing about ?

[@BenjaminRegen]

@DrNerls In the comments someone said "Autumn Leaves"

[@philip-antoinechevalier5855]

"And my axe!" Loved it. Every. Single. Time.

[@Baralai]

That got me good 🤣

[@lambentlamprey]

Devlin now has a choice: Who to take down first? Clint or the servers? Or Frank the Game-Killer? Implying servers are alive becaise I don't understand IT.

[@DeplorableKitty]

And my axe! The blank stares 1s later was the funniest part of the video.

[@jakubjanca285]

Nice to see you guys back on track, lately your videos were not resonating with me that well, but absolutely love dev series and can't wait next parts.

[@steau1]

Need more of Frank - the whole process of buying and busting a game was hilarious!! (Mostly the emotionless delivery)

[@bigyoshi5170]

“So we’re gonna add in the skeleton character Sands from Undercity, he’ll have glowing red eyes and will threaten to murder children occasionally.”

[@EncryptedLiberty]

Just the really evil ones. He's basically like reverse Santa.

[@AmityvilleFan]

"threaten"? "occasionally"?

[@FlyingZard11]

"And he needs a brother too! Who tells great puns...what should we name him? Parchment maybe?"

[@arandomuserwashere8895]

3:26 he really wants that joke to land, poor guy

[@PercyNPC]

400M for development

[@mysterion9686]

00:15 That gentle camera zoom in&out was the subtlest of jokes. Could be expanded to a "Rowan confuses Indie game for Indian game" video.

[@Wyldheart7]

"And, my axe!" Such a clever and underappreciated comment.

[@sorrdiegamed695]

average AAA developer meetings

[@kargen1963]

Triple A companies: Where Indie games go to die

[@Someone-sc2hk]

indie games: doing better than companies

[@skaruts]

That we only ever see these characters in meetings is actually quite realistic. It's not because VLDL only shows us the meeting bits of their daily work life, but because their entire daily work routine consists of meetings (or scheduling meetings).

[@aurhiaseelund]

Then the two sentence half-baked summary to their personal assistant who has to figure out what the f they meant and who even would handle it, then off to get a drink and that daily afternoon massage being paid for by the company and then a few holes of golf with the boys also on the company time (and it's only ever the boys) that all get time-coded as "meetings." Or maybe that was just the exec above me.

[@natben6099]

i'm surprised it took this long for abby to lose her patience... good job girl we're all supporting you

[@itsDujana]

“You have my attention” 😂

[@marcwaller3657]

And my Axe

[@donfeatherstone2836]

Abby's Character arc is going to be awesome. Can't wait to see what makes her snap.

[@anakinegbensetalo9733]

She snapped already

[@Azzameen99AZ]

@@anakinegbensetalo9733 Yeah, but she needs to snap harder, like grab Adam's axe and swing it at Alan.

[@NameUserOf]

She'll turn out the same as those two by the end if not worse. This series will show how people embrace the evil rather than take an axe and fix it.

[@martinfiedler4317]

My guess: she will be assimilated ... after all, resistance to late-stage capitalism is futile 😉

[@glenmurie]

I think it would be funnier if she makes her own big hit Indy game and uses it to destroy Skycraft.

[@AsTravaDaVida]

That is how I see a Blizzard meeting. Not the old blizzard, the current one

[@alexmmin]

you mean activision meetings or microsoft meetings?

[@Unknown_Genius]

@@alexmmin pretty sure activision meetings, not sure if microsoft does even talk into the companies they buy up and they didn't own ActiBlizz for long enough to see really their impact yet in all honesty. Which is even more ironic if you consider that Activision was the first actual indie company, specifically funded against what they're now (in particular low pay, abuse, just copying the same games, general poor work conditions etc.)

[@elyrienvalkyr8167]

As a ux researcher, this is infuriatingly accurate. The number of meetings where people just make shit up. "So youre saying we should-" When steve... when did I say that

[@Franimus]

So we should just clone their interface... No Bob, because we're not making the same thing for the same people!

[@johanalexey]

Really!? Nobody is talking about the "And my Axe!" reference!? I love it!!

[@georgegogiashvili9416]

My dog is dying and I showed it this sketch and it was so pleased, it feels no fear right now.

[@mortalchains]

0:24 * corporate laugh * Your CCs are the best 😂

[@donalddickerson206]

Lololol "Sunshit Fuckspace"---ngl sounds like a fun game. Can we get a Sunshit Fuckspace series now--similar to Epic NPC man?

[@thelie6992]

I also love money, Clint

[@fatalshore5068]

It's what plants crave?

[@0That_Guy0]

The subtle camera zoom to Frank when she first says “indie game”, and he’s just glaring at her.😂

[@PuddingXXL]

Adam playing the naive nerdy Dev Lead is perfect casting lmao

[@ExMachinaEngineering]

I'm really sad Sundrop Canyon is gone... I din't even get to try it

[@OliCusack]

0:42 Don’t worry Adam, I appreciated the lotr reference

[@Dargoneth]

Just shouldnt have repeated it twice

[@marcwaller3657]

​@@Dargonethit's in character to keep repeating jokes, especially if he thinks people didn't get it.

[@Dargoneth]

@@marcwaller3657 Yes but the first one made sense. And then he just said it unrelated

[@themightyironoak]

You have my sword!

[@resspawn26]

I can just imagine how after some more episodes the story will go full circle as a new bright-eyed employee comes in, and interacts with Abby who by that point is so done with their bullshit she hates every second of it.

[@scotmay3103]

But she loves her new company car

[@Veylon]

That sounds like the depressing epilogue.

[@Juse2409]

“Suns*** F***space or whatever it’s called” 😂

[@noodlesfromhell6216]

Santa sat there incognito trying to get the blueprint for next Christmas

[@larssjostrom6565]

They should have made a spin-off game about Greg the garlic farmer.

[@vagabond4576]

Yes..... Making the game..... Adding Micro Transactions.... People are complaining..... Game shuts down......12 million dollars... Yes!

[@larssjostrom6565]

@@vagabond4576 We only started to complain because they deleted his wife Greta. They had the sweetest love story I have seen in any game.

[@theosalmon]

I think VLDL is a spinoff of Greg the Garlic Farmer.

[@tranquilthoughts7233]

This would be funny if it wasn't hittting so close to how tripple a game companies actually operate... Once again, don't let businessman anywhere near any artistic endeavor. And yes, games are an artistic endeavor.

[@legofisch9753]

Doesn't need to be artistic. The kind of managers who studied business destroy plenty of products and companies far outside anthing about art or entertainment.

[@Badartist888]

The thing is. If they are promoted up they are normally somewhat ok, as long as nothing in the industry has changed from 10 years ago. The big problems come when a venture capitalist buys the company and has no idea about anything about the product other than it can make money.

[@AlsomeCode]

I love hearing about indie game success stories! For a small group to make it big because of their unique ideas is really inspiring!!! I can only imagine how thrilled the team that worked on Among Us was when their game took off after being out for a couple of years, or how exciting it was when Minecraft when Minecraft gained traction so quickly and led to the development of Mojang! I hope people remain inspired and excited to bring out new ideas in the gaming community. There are some super awesome Indie games out there!

[@MichaelPohoreski]

Other successful indie games: * Baba is You * Cave Story * Fez * Noita * Satisfactory (although probably no longer indie so this is success) * Terraria * Undertale

[@AlsomeCode]

@MichaelPohoreski Those are really great mentions!!! As soon as I finished typing this, I opened up Balatro, another wildly popular Indie game hahahaha 😆 I used to play a lot of Triple A games and stuck to big titles until recently. Finding all of these Indie games is like a massive wave of unique and engaging games that are completely different than what I'm used to! It's so awesome!!! 🤩

[@MichaelPohoreski]

@@AlsomeCode # Factory Building Dyson Sphere Program Factorio Satisfactory

[@MichaelPohoreski]

@@AlsomeCode # Idle Games Cookie Clicker Gemcraft Chapter 0 Hero Clicker Melvor Idle

[@AlsomeCode]

@@MichaelPohoreski I had to look up these games and WOW I really loved the design of Melvor Idle! The artwork is really charming and it's really cool that it took inspiration from RuneScape! I tried looking up Hero Clicker, but kept getting results for Clicker Heroes which was still a really neat looking game with some fun designs! One of my friends is actually obsessed with Factorio and loves to tell me all about a bunch of different playthroughs they've had on the hardest difficulty with their engineering friends! It sounds pretty complicated, but I bet it's really satisfying getting a huge material farm up and running once you've gotten the hang of it! 😆 Cookie Clicker looks a lot like a game I had tried making when I made an attempt at learning how to code games myself! I really just made a low quality pixel art coin that you would click to make a counter go up hahaha Cookie Clicker looks like it has a lot more fun elements in it! That's so awesome it took off like it did!!! 🤩

[@JustSumGuy01]

"They've made lots of money" "You HAVE my attention"

[@zigado5416]

"And my axe" was a good addition

[@nerdyboymama]

I love Adam’s character in this series 😂

[@porschedriverful]

When she finally blows up with frustration i already know they will give her a bonus so she shuts up.

[@AbdullaCommunicating3D]

2:39 how ea bought pop cop and started pvz2

[@Chatty_Introvert-kun]

Adam dropping that LOTR reference made me chuckle harder than usual. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JeanLucas-v5p]

"And my Axe" *Awkward looks* 😂😂

[@BenjaminRegen]

The blase with which he utters, "shutting down the servers" is hysterical and also it hurts so much😂😭

[@bobholly3843]

I like how it's not just the money hungry side represented by Rowan & Alan, but the hyper-realistic/tedious development of games or small in-game actions represented by Adam that make things a chore rather than fun.

[@kevinsundelin8639]

"And my axe!" 😂

[@aLfRemArShMeLlOw]

"oookay"

[@MabusTiefsee]

I hope he means the deodorant, he needs that

[@CanisoGaming]

😂😂😂😂

[@brasswizard5741]

And my bow!

[@cdawg0616]

I love this series! Alan makes a great Bobby Kotick spoof lol! 😂😂😂

[@DETHdressedInRED]

This series is so good guys!!! Keep up the good work!!! Much love from Denver CO! I wish I could go to a meet n greet...

[@6shnuggle6]

That ending was too funny. Good job you made me giggle. No one makes....me...giggle

[@BenjaminRegen]

And my axe! 😃

[@Ruin_Of_EnvE]

Each episode she is losing her mind as she falls deeper and deeper 😂😂😂

[@TheRfGuy]

I feel like it was a tiny easter egg to have Gimli's uncle side-eyeing Adam's "And My Axe!"

[@marekcalcote5710]

“You have my attention” always gets me lol

[@cloud5buster]

I literally laughed out loud at "and my axe!" because I'm that nerd in the corporate meeting, and the embarrassing failure of it to land is accurate also!

[@origamichik3n]

This hits close to home. Me: "Our customers love this feature and use it very heavily. Why is it so inconveniently placed in the new UI? It should be places, like, here..." UI designer: "Because it's the... DESIGN!" Me: "But customers..." UI designer: "...will just have to deal with it."

[@BattleDroid-sd4rp]

Steam removing the music player be like

[@SilverRonald]

I absolutely love that there is a Stardew Valley reference. I look up to Eric Barone and Stardew Valley brings me back to my Harvest Moon days on the PS1

[@PalleRasmussen]

Rowan even has Tod's jacket. Nice touch.

[@Hello67740]

"AND MY AXE!" has me laughing

[@AZ-ec4hd]

Damm i like this video. "Frank buy it" & "The game's gone" savage wakakaka

[@Alketro]

2:47 "Sunsh*t f*ckspace" actually made me laugh out loud

[@greysuit17]

Funniest line in the skit

[@Noga128]

I laughted for like one minute straight.

[@LHyoutube]

3:19 - Would have been even funnier if after the accountant said the game was gone, the slide on her presentation screen just went black as well 😂

[@syntaxusdogmata3333]

Even better with a standard "This site can't be reached" message in its place.

[@LHyoutube]

@@syntaxusdogmata3333 - Or to get really whacky, the image instantly changing to something negative, like all the logs forming the name suddenly becoming broken and the background landscape going all desolate and post-apocalyptic 😂

[@NicolaNeX]

I would love to work for Frank: 12 millions in exactly 30 seconds.

[@tawidave7092]

I wanna play "Sun$#@t F@%k space" 😂

[@MrinalKantiM]

Frank buying an entire company and running it to the ground faster than ordering pizza.

[@wojtek1582]

That was by far the most brutal episode of this series...