Current Events > Okay, just what the hell is "Sweet Baby"

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Zwijn
03/04/24 11:59:50 AM
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People downplay their influence, theyre absolutely coming for your games. Im more than fine with that though, hope they do it some more :)
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Nemu
03/04/24 12:03:41 PM
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I still have no idea what they actually supposedly did. I do think such companies and positions are of dubious importance, but it still makes little sense why this one caused such a shitshow out of nowhere when none of the games are particularly alike.
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Naysaspace
03/04/24 12:05:26 PM
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They consult on story writing

Its a grift obviously. The art world is full of grifts

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Xenogears15
03/04/24 12:06:48 PM
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Naysaspace posted...
They consult on story writing

Its a grift obviously. The art world is full of grifts

Why is it a grift?

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Naysaspace
03/04/24 12:08:04 PM
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Xenogears15 posted...
Why is it a grift?
Because its makework that is just a networking invoice rather than anything concretely VA

Think ricky think

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03/04/24 6:05:22 PM
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YellowSUV
03/04/24 8:44:03 PM
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Zwijn posted...
People downplay their influence, theyre absolutely coming for your games. Im more than fine with that though, hope they do it some more :)

blackrider76 posted... It was 30+ games at some point, but some behind-the-scenes meddling reduced the number.

That's still a drop in the bucket.

Some people are acting like this company has some huge influence on the video game industry but there no actual evidence pointing to that.

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Zargath
03/05/24 7:49:14 PM
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It probably isnt the only company that does this they are used as a scapegoat for a larger problem.


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tehzeldafanboy
03/08/24 2:52:45 AM
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GhostFaceLeaks posted...
Makes me wonder if there's more "Narrative Consultant" company like them around. Because it can explain a few things in modern writing.

Zargath posted...
It probably isnt the only company that does this they are used as a scapegoat for a larger problem.
It isn't the only one. There was a list someone made of 14 similar consulting companies I saw on Reddit.

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WingsOfGood
03/08/24 2:56:25 AM
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Nemu posted...
I still have no idea what they actually supposedly did. I do think such companies and positions are of dubious importance, but it still makes little sense why this one caused such a shitshow out of nowhere when none of the games are particularly alike.

wasn't it that they tried to get the guy banned off of steam for making the list or something? and then more people joined their group and then Asmongold talked about it
otherwise none of us would ever heard about it I guess
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WingsOfGood
03/08/24 3:05:35 AM
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supposedly this is the CEO?

https://twitter.com/GamesNosh/status/1764802262017183761
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NeonOPPAl
03/08/24 3:06:41 AM
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LeoRavus posted...
I bet no one has seen the actual Sweet Baby Ray until now.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/14947dd3.jpg
He doesn't look like a sweet baby. What the fuck

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WingsOfGood
03/08/24 3:08:28 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfMsxjWgUbI
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Axiom
03/08/24 3:08:48 AM
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More vapor and nonsense than gamergate was. It's like that Charlie from Sunny pic except its nerds trying to connect imaginary dots
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Zikten
03/08/24 3:18:24 AM
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Apparently they scare devs into hiring them. There is leaked video of the Sweet Baby boss telling her workers to blackmail devs into using their services or face "Cancellation"

Whether you think what Sweet Baby does is good or bad, it seems the people at the company are not good people

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NeonOPPAl
03/08/24 3:21:32 AM
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Why don't devs just release their visions uneditted and let their video games be free like buffalo. Why have some artistic middleman that chops off the titties?

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WingsOfGood
03/08/24 3:27:59 AM
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NeonOPPAl posted...
Why don't devs just release their visions uneditted and let their video games be free like buffalo. Why have some artistic middleman that chops off the titties?

not sure they deal with the boobies, Square ethics committee was in house probably

from video above this looks more like diversity and seems the CEO implies she wrote Jacob Taylor in Mass Effect 2
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Zwijn
03/08/24 3:28:10 AM
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NeonOPPAl posted...
Why don't devs just release their visions uneditted and let their video games be free like buffalo. Why have some artistic middleman that chops off the titties?
Thats never how it worked in any medium ever. If removing a titty gets you an E rating theyll do it because the potential customer base is way bigger, and thats all publishers care about.
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NeonOPPAl
03/08/24 3:29:56 AM
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WingsOfGood posted...
seems the CEO implies she wrote Jacob Taylor in Mass Effect 2
aka the most boring party member in Mass Effect 2?

The loyalty mission with his dad was kinda wild tho >_>

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WingsOfGood
03/08/24 3:34:13 AM
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NeonOPPAl posted...
aka the most boring party member in Mass Effect 2?

The loyalty mission with his dad was kinda wild tho >_>

lol do people actually hate this character that much? I google and seems like it
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NeonOPPAl
03/08/24 3:35:37 AM
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He's okay, but compared to everyone else, he's just kinda bland. I didn't use him too much except at the start and for his loyalty mission. I forget if he even does anything during the suicide mission.

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Sufferedphoenix
03/08/24 3:36:23 AM
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Agent_Stroud posted...
The best barbecue sauce there is!

Idk we got one down here called Carolina treat everyone and their brother loves. And as someone not a fan of BBQ sauce I actually like it. Not enough to go out of my way to use it but if someone happens to cook some meat and slather it on

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WingsOfGood
03/08/24 3:40:59 AM
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huh she did work with Square Enix, wonder with what game

https://medium.com/@minimaker/game-writing-make-them-care-12766d3dcfb0


This past January, I had the pleasure of sitting in on Sweet Baby Incs Q&A with Kim Belair. If youre not familiar with Sweet Baby, theyre a narrative development company based in Montreal, and are known for such games as Goodbye Volcano High, Assassins Creed Valhalla, Neo Cab, and a chunk of new new games for the Playdate. Kim, who was taking questions over Zoom, is one of the co-founders of Sweet Baby, and has worked with a number of names such as Ubisoft, Rocksteady, Square Enix, KO_OP, Valve, and JuVee Productions.
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creativerealms
03/08/24 3:54:23 AM
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Woke boogieman.

A consulting firm that has helped on some great videogames and some terrible ones. Some dishonest actors want someone to blame for why a woke game is bad and have latched on to this company.

Yet they are not why Suicide Squad is bad. They are also not why Alan Wake 2 is great. They are just a small piece of the puzzle. But a scape goat for the anti-woke.

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creativerealms
03/08/24 3:55:47 AM
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WingsOfGood posted...
huh she did work with Square Enix, wonder with what game

https://medium.com/@minimaker/game-writing-make-them-care-12766d3dcfb0
Forspoken. But not the reason that game was bad. It played bad.

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WingsOfGood
03/08/24 3:57:54 AM
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creativerealms posted...
Forspoken. But not the reason that game was bad. It played bad.

is there proof of this or is it just people saying that because they thought Forspoken was trash?
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creativerealms
03/08/24 4:04:05 AM
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WingsOfGood posted...
is there proof of this or is it just people saying that because they thought Forspoken was trash?
I don't know. I just checked their Web site and games they worked on. Forspoken wasn't there. However some well received games like Alan Wake 2, Spider-Man 2 and God of War Ragnarok were. So this whole narrative that they are ruining games already falls apart.

I guess the videos I watched guessed. They were counter videos to Anti-woke crap.

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Zwijn
03/08/24 4:05:40 AM
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creativerealms posted...
I don't know. I just checked their Web site and games they worked on. Forspoken wasn't there. However some well received games like Alan Wake 2, Spider-Man 2 and God of War Ragnarok were. So this whole narrative that they are ruining games already falls apart.
For some those three games are ruined woke trash.
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angeleyes94
03/08/24 6:20:12 AM
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Thanks for clearing up the official narrative.

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Muflaggin
03/08/24 10:14:47 AM
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SpiritSephiroth posted...
Yeah I've been seeing some increasingly homophobic and racist comments by a few of their employees.

Edit: Looks like one of their accounts got locked because of this.
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