Or rather lack of it. Following a paper published by the IGDA, the issue of overly stressful working conditions in the video game industry is being brought to the spotlight once again by an anonymous poster going by the nickname ea_spouse. The message has already provoked a huge amount of responses in just a couple of days. Also of note, here are two links showing the effects chronic stress may have on a person's immune system, and why these situations should be avoided: chronic stress affects both mind and body, stress ages immune system. It would be very positive to see some of the guidelines suggested by IGDA's paper implemented.

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