Podcast: The Game Room – Episode 3 – The Dangers of Crunch Culture

Jake Radcliffe, Christian Alfano, Michael Ramirez, and Aiden UlmerFebruary 9, 2022Leave a Comment

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As he pins a dress, senior Garret Gray prepares an entry for a design competition. Tiffany Sanchez leads the Fashion Design classes at PHS. "This is our first time FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America) has competed in quite some time, if ever," Sanchez said. "Next, state competition is April 11-13." In this program, four students ended up advancing to state.

Passion for fashion

This graphic was created through Canva by freshman Polly Greaves. This episode will review the differing opinions of freshman Heather Davis and Polly Greaves. QUOTE.

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Caitlyn Kennedy

In this episode, freshmen Jake Radcliffe, sophomore Christian Alfano and seniors Aiden Ulmer and Michael Ramirez discuss crunch culture in the gaming industry, how it affects games and developers and some possible solutions. Crunch culture is when game developers are forced to work many hours of overtime in order to meet previously set deadlines. Crunch culture gets worse every day in the gaming industry, and the cast’s goal in this episode is to spread awareness to just how bad it has become. (Photo taken by Caitlyn Kennedy, digitally constructed image by Christian Alfano)

In their third episode of “The Game Room,” freshman Jake Radcliffe, sophomore Christian Alfano and seniors Michael Ramirez and Aiden Ulmer talk about crunch culture. They talk about what it is, examples, its causes and effects and how it can be prevented.

Topics Covered:

Crunch Time/Crunch Culture

Shigeru Miyamoto

Fortnite Battle Royale

Epic Games

Halo: Combat Evolved

Obsidian Entertainment

Anthem

BioWare

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

Traveller’s Tales

Activison Blizzard

Electronic Arts

Music from the Free Music YouTube channel.

Up In My Jam by Kubbi

Soundtrack by Monplaisir

Coupe by The Grand Affair

8-Bit Dreamscape by The Whole Other

Robot City by Quincas Moreira

Operatic 3 by Vibe Mountain

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