Honest question:
Besides the game being being distasteful, what is it about the game that requires they should have been fired or not hired?
Besides the game being being distasteful, what is it about the game that requires they should have been fired or not hired?
for me it would fail the the nebulous "culture fit" aka "works well with others". this is not satire or transgressive art-- it's the puerile use of taboo imagery for the sole purpose of provocation. someone who proudly attaches this to their resume would very likely exhibit some of that provocativeness when working with other so it would not be worth the risk to hire
https://josephcantrell.org/games/prophet-launcher.php
He sounds like he is the type of person that will intentionally cause drama for the sake of causing drama.
I mean… I can see HN arguing how it’s a great free speech endeavor to turn a Holocaust victim into a „fun“ adventure game, and how doing so says absolutely nothing about the creator.
But here we have pretty good evidence that it DOES say something about the creator.
Albeit in hindsight.