Do you think the BTAS writers knew how right they are when they made Riddler origin story be "the game industry sucks".
I mean all we know is that Eddie created a hit game got no money nor credits for it and instead was quietly fired so he woudn't be a problem for the company. But with today's knowledge this is even more upsetting. To starters at no moment it's ever even implied that Edward had a team. That means he created the WHOLE game by himself. That means not only the concept and the programming but the script, the art and the music just for starters. The only thing it's said the company did was the funding but the work was all Eddie. So how many times did he had to crunch? How many work place violations were made so he could be in the office developing a whole game by himself? Specially when the game is for a huge company and that mean he probably had to finish everything in time for an unrealistic release date.
Not to mention the possible workplace harrasement, possibly of ableist nature (and maybe homophobia as even if we ignore that Riddler is cannonically bissexual he is flamboyant and has some strong fem traits witch are target a lot of times). I mean discrimination is the only explanation I can have for the fact that Mockridge went beyond firing Edward without any warning, he took the name tag on the door and than waited so he could see Edward reaction, he also keept watching Edward anger and confusion until being confronted by it to say he was fired wich is just another level of evil. The only other explanation that's not target bullying (and honestly when we look for the why it becames really hard not acuse him of just being a biggot) is that he is like that with all his employees and in that case someone honestly should have tried to kill him sooner (and god if his employees aren't all Riddler fans because your boss, the CEO of your company, taking time out of his day to bully you and all your coworkers in very direct - and somewhat weird - ways you would like a bit of revenge).
That's to say that game developers turned evil by capitalism should be a more common trope because it's great. Extra points if they are woman, transmasc (now it's not that trans man aren't man but that transman specially the ones that didn't pass - like me- still are trans and we suffer discrimination for it) or nb.
