Video games industry veteran and id Software co-founder, John Carmack, has spoken out against the idea of having laws to tackle crunch, and is of the view that developers should be allowed to ?work hard.?
Appearing on a recent Joe Rogan podcast (via VICE), the former DOOM programmer acknowledged that game developers work long hours but doesn?t think that laws are the answer.

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