The Filthy Truth

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The Filthy Truth is one of the oldest mailing lists known to the computer games industry. Its mantra of "what goes on the list, stays on the list" has allowed free discussion of the inner workings of various development and publishing companies since 1994. This rule is held in such high regard that a single episode of a transgression lead to the whole group closing down and reforming as TFT2 as an invitation only list. In July and August of 2006 in a further attempt to control membership, and as a result of the owners of the group disappearing, the group once again migrated, this time to TFT3. New members have to be accepted by all those already on the list. Although predominantly a UK based list, its members are now spread across the globe.

The list has a variety of functions such as helping other coders in other companies solve programming problems (e.g. proper use of the infinite delayed recursion operator ||< ). Due to the problems facing UK computer games companies, it has become a close-knit recruitment list, as where one company lets staff go, another company will be hiring. Another issue often discussed is the veracity of the complex metaphor that can only be described as APAC. Those on the list often meet up at industry functions such as ECTS and The Golden Joysticks, as well as Game Developers Conference and E3 in the US.