As the video game industry continues to reckon with layoffs and a persistent push toward using AI, one of the co-creators of the Fallout series has some choice words on retaining talent. Plainly, Tim Cain warns the amount of institutional knowledge being sacrificed at the moment could be catastrophic for teams of any size.
Developing games since the '80s, Cain is a legend of the medium who knows a thing or three about what longevity requires. From co-creating the Fallout universe to co-directing The Outer Worlds, he's seen the length and breadth of game development, which is why he's currently dismayed at how publishers and companies are moving with the times.
