'I decided to have a go at my own mod when the next big moddable game came along.' 'In 2011, I played a mod called New Vegas Bounties from a modder called someguy2000 and it was a revelation to me that a mod could be as good as an official DLC, or maybe even better – and a vehicle for world-class storytelling,' Pearce recalled. By 2011, he found himself working as a lawyer lobbying the government for regulatory reform. He played games on and off all his life, and as a kid had even taught himself enough programming to make his own 'virtually unplayable' games on a venerable IBM 8086 PC. Ten years ago, Nick Pearce worked a full-time job in Melbourne, Australia as a Regulatory Strategy Advisor at what he describes as a big tech company.
In Pearce's case, he’s not trying to celebrate all those late nights working but rather they seem borne of his attempt to make up for lost time. Honestly, I was surprised to discover it's even physically possible, but it is.'Ĭrunch is an omnipresent labour issue in the games industry, and the developers that produce good games while crunching do so despite the time spent crunching, not because of it. And I certainly would never allow my staff to work hours like that. 'To be clear, that's something I wouldn't encourage anyone to do, because it's not healthy or sustainable.
