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Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach actor hits out at RPG devs trying to recruit them for their Disco Elysium successors: "Miss me with that casting call" (www.gamesradar.com)

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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Shitty people are abundant in the creative industries, I have no delusions about that. Probably even more of those that have no public presence. But that has no bearing on whether or not he should retain sole ownership of his work. It's an entirely separate issue. Andrzej Sapkowski is also a massive douchebag, but nobody would deny that The Witcher is his property.

[–] Magnus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

There are also some pretty chill creative people who don’t care about the money and the fame much. Even though having money is nice and makes your life much easier.

[–] MissGutsy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I totally agree. Problem is just that he legally sold it, so he kinda fucked himself on that. It's also interesting to see how nobody in that situation seemed to have good intentions, just a bunch of assholes all around

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm not convinced that is the case. The studio was purchased by a holdings company, then its CEO bought four early sketches of DE from the studio for pocket change. When Kurvitz, Rostov, and Hindpere (writer) objected, they were demoted and later fired. Unless another exchange took place, I don't see how this would amount to Kurvitz selling his rights; at the very least, he still owns Sacred And Terrible Air (with DE itself naturally belonging to the studio).

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

he legally sold it

I think it's a bit less cut and dry than that...