Fallout creator Tim Cain says he was "ordered to destroy" his personal archive of the RPG's development: "Individuals and organizations actively work against preservation"

cm0002@lemmy.world · 7 days ago

Fallout creator Tim Cain says he was "ordered to destroy" his personal archive of the RPG's development: "Individuals and organizations actively work against preservation"

aramova@infosec.pub · 7 days ago

No shit. Always have.
Folks forget copies all the time.

besselj@lemmy.ca · 7 days ago

Seems easy enough to preserve old development files long enough to outlast the companies that own the IP. Just gotta not touch them for a decade or two and then “accidentally” find them.

sorghum@sh.itjust.works · 7 days ago

In this case it was Interplay and Fallout did outlast them.

Nougat@fedia.io · 7 days ago

“Okay! I did!”

Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 7 days ago

Yeah, see, nothing in my hands, or up my sleeves!

I Cast Fist@programming.dev · 7 days ago

“You want to check my ass? Sir, I’m not a CEO, why would I have anything up my ass?”

JokeDeity@lemm.ee · 7 days ago

Capitalism is evil and only makes the world worse for everyone in it.

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