Search results

We have whole sections of law devoted to proving that X person did Y thing or came up with Z idea. The true creator of various comic book characters has been a heated debate longer than most of us have been alive. Credit matters.

Having no other information, I would expect it was so they could maintain power and leverage, as with Atari.

I don't know why you'd read antagonism into basic questions. I am a very spicy person when riled up, I assure you this is not that. :p Why did the owner not want to give credit?

Owner pushed back why? What makes you think this had no impact on finding work, did you stay connected to everyone? And yes, this is not the early days of the internet anymore. Rules are generally applied after bad things happen.

How the industry works for many different fields, and including how valuable it is to be known and findable.

Game tester and console tester. And I have been credited for it. When they missed adding people to credits, people got quite mad until it was fixed. Notably, one of the companies I tested for no longer exists, so the only proof I have is the credit

I worked in the games industry, am a member of the IGDA, spent part of my weekend at a gathering of ~100 game devs, and have been paying attention to the games and art industry since the early 90s.

In 2024 it is expected that anyone who contributes to a game has a credit. Anyone who lacks this credit goes to the bottom of the stack.

Break down what part? Art history? The patron system? Why pottery and other goods get stamped? An example like Atari not giving credit to keep power over their employees until 1983? Plagerism and claims of having been the creator of someone else's work? Companies refusing to acknowledge...

I also strongly advise anyone who thinks all industries should simply work the same spend time with people in those industries, including people of different ages, degrees of experience, and locations. We are all prone to thinking our perspective is the default, but reality is so much more...

Ultimately, credits are a benefit that creatives have fought for and demanded for literally thousands of years. Trying to take that credit away has always been a move to disempower or otherwise negatively effect the artist. Artists don't need a worse situation.

Five years of experience got me a two hour interview process for an app testing job. The rigor is there for plenty.

All the other industries struggle to find good people because they can't easily verify work. It's part of why some companies have four hour interviews and interview circuits.

The reverse question is more useful: Why are people not given credits for their contribution to other things? Generally because it's impossible to view their contribution to begin with. I've helped install equipment in a hospital ER, but you're not able to go into the hospital to examine how...

Companies don't always respond to inquiries, if they even continue to exist. TSR, for example, is not going to return a call.

A company will usually do positive things and then disclose them and get praise. For example, Nintendo is very vocal when their top level takes paycuts to avoid layoffs. When a company does something like this quietly it's generally because it is not praise-worthy. If you assume it's boo-worthy...

When it comes to a corporation with a dubious history, it is generally best to assume a negative until they prove otherwise. If it is a negative, and you assume neutral or positive, they have every incentive to hide it from you.

1. I've been credited in games I've spent two whole days QAing.

Boilerplate is vital to a business. You don't want to see what happens when every response is bespoke and original.

It's possible, but it's a lot of work and requires a lot of foresight and careful editing. Combos are a bit of a nightmare and where things are most lkely to be missed or become clunky.