Anna Brandberg

"Crunch culture forces more and more people out of the industry they love. When people hit 35, they leave the industry because they can't keep up with the amount of work that's required, while [companies] exploit the passion of young workers who've always wanted to make games."https://twitter.com/osamadorias/status/1121730925715439619 …

"You're sitting at your desk for 12 hours a day, but you're getting eight hours of work done," he said. "Then you're sitting 14 hours a day to get eight hours of work done." "And then, you're doing 14 hour days and only getting 4 hours of work done." — @TrentOster

Crunch for a week or two can be necessary and useful. "But when weeks become months, the value of crunch plummets. @TrentOster says while he was working at BioWare they actively tried to avoid crunch. If crunch is required, he says, it's because something has gone wrong."

I remember in the 90’s and early 2000’s crunch was the last 2-4 days before final build went good to media production... it’s grown over the years and how it’s crunch from beta to day 1 patch and first major dlc which can be 6 months. People cant sustain that any more.