Consultants that are "masters of their craft" when such crafts are an integral part of your media (and you can't be expected to have those sorts of experts on your dev team) is reasonable.
There is no reasonable time for DEI/ESG consultants. And a researcher of ancient Japanese gay pedophilia is not a historian.
They can be good for technical authenticity. Things like, "what would a fighter pilot call out here? Who would be on the other end of the radio?" You're probably not going to keep a retired combat pilot on staff just to get that right.
But that doesn't apply to the fake racial "authenticity" DEI consultants want because there is no one correct way to be whatever.
Yeah I'm pretty sure Kojima brought a bunch of experts in for Metal Gear Solid 2 to make sure they were more accurate in terms of technical details like how you would clear rooms, what you say on the radio, etc.
Consultants that are "masters of their craft" when such crafts are an integral part of your media (and you can't be expected to have those sorts of experts on your dev team) is reasonable.
There is no reasonable time for DEI/ESG consultants. And a researcher of ancient Japanese gay pedophilia is not a historian.
I've yet to work with a consultant that was worth the money, and I was one for the early parts of my career
They can be good for technical authenticity. Things like, "what would a fighter pilot call out here? Who would be on the other end of the radio?" You're probably not going to keep a retired combat pilot on staff just to get that right.
But that doesn't apply to the fake racial "authenticity" DEI consultants want because there is no one correct way to be whatever.
Yeah I'm pretty sure Kojima brought a bunch of experts in for Metal Gear Solid 2 to make sure they were more accurate in terms of technical details like how you would clear rooms, what you say on the radio, etc.