Hogwarts Legacy Employee Gets Paid For His Job, Then Boycotts Purchasing Game

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Parker Hartzler, who was the “realtime technician on shoot floor helping mocap actors see their rigs in the environments,” will not be purchasing  Hogwarts Legacy, the recent Wizarding World video game, after helping create said game.

Here's my place in the Hogwarts Legacy credits, the second high budget game I've been credited in. I was the realtime technician on shoot floor helping mocap actors see their rigs in the environments. I will not be purchasing the game – it is the least I can do as an ally pic.twitter.com/IECYTWXqsr

— Parker Hartzler (@ParkerHartzler) February 7, 2023

He then said that anyone who disagrees with his decision is either “right wing” or following Harry Potter author JK Rowling, as if that’s some sort of insult.

And as always, I'm expecting a slew of people to jump out of the woodwork with "Well *I* don't care !! I'm going to buy the game! !" – please save yourself the breath. So far most of you I have taken one peek at your account and seen you either follow JKR or you're right wing. 🖕

— Parker Hartzler (@ParkerHartzler) February 7, 2023

He restricted replies and “explained” how he had no choice in working on the video game.

Also – to people calling me hypocritical for not refusing to work on this game in my own way – please realize you can not speak for me or my financial situation, or the way that mocap companies operate. Had I not shown up to work I would have been promptly fired and homeless soon

— Parker Hartzler (@ParkerHartzler) February 7, 2023

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