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NK Jemisin slams games industry over BioWire's decline

Original: Award-winning sci-fi author NK Jemisin joins BioWare's mourners and scorns a broken industry for killing geese that 'lai

Award-winning science fiction author NK Jemisin has criticised the games industry's treatment of BioWare, saying Mass Effect and Dragon Age were a literal inspiration to her. Joining fans mourning the studio's decline, she accused a broken industry of killing geese that laid the golden eggs, arguing publishers destroyed studios that produced landmark, culturally significant role-playing games.

Why now: BioWare's decline and layoffs have prompted prominent creators and fans to publicly criticise how publishers treat acclaimed studios.

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• Award-winning sci-fi author NK Jemisin joins BioWare's mourners and scorns a broken industry for killing geese that 'laid the golden eggs' "The [Mass Effect] and [Dragon Age] games were a literal inspiration." https://www. pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/aw… · gamewire@gamefan.net · 1

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