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I have liked this book a lot, it is a great companion to the author's previous book.

The previous book elicited criticism from some readers as, to their eyes, it didn't stress enough the worker exploitation of the industry. This one will probably be vilified for the contrary.

I think the author does a great job in both books and the criticism to the gaming industry and laud to game workers is present in both.

Entertaining recollection of the production experience of ten games developed in the late 2000s and early 2010s.

Some people have a negative concept of the book because they think it lacks criticism about death marches, crunch and how the last stages of a game take precedence over every other life aspects of the team. I think the book has an inherent, and at times explicit, criticism of the game industry, specially of the North American one, but at the same time celebrates the outcome of publishing great games and the passion of the developers.

The same way there is comfort food the Foundation and Robot novels and stories are comfort readings.

Quite refreshing after the two first books.

Quick to read. Interesting to learn from the experience of others but there is nothing terribly groundbreaking in this book, it's basically another "hey, we have a lean workflow".

The fact that you have to learn a lot of in-house lingo to understand what they are talking about is ludicrous and when you add it to the lack of comparison or references to third parties you understand that these people have invented their own way of doing things with absolute contempt towards existing practices or, most probably, that they haven't invested any time in reading about other management practices.

Established practices and a common vocabulary help a lot for the exchange and dissemination of ideas. Disregarding them shows Basecamp's hubris and makes this book at times feel more like soapboxing rather than a genuine effort to contribute to the general good.

I'm enjoying this series a lot, it is refreshing and written with a lot of nuance.

Something I love from the first book and this one is the way Elma becomes conscious of her privilege and how she grows a lot as a person by acknowledging her needs and being loyal to herself rather than to what she thinks other people expect from her.