Proving that Intellivision had no intention to ensure the healthy long tail survival of devs for their Amico console, more info has come out that most devs who signed up in 2019 were ghosted by Tommy “Dummy” Tallarico shortly after.
No wonder they showed the same unchanged game footage clip from 2019 again in 2020 and 2021.
I suspect it was a pump and dump scam and the Bavarian software grants they received went mostly instead to their own pockets to fund “Fake Company Cosplay” for the last 3 years. Also to line their CFO’s pockets because their overly large and unnecessary physical office (1 of many) was owned by him so all the rent money went to him.
So Tommy’s RotR/EP co-host Victor Lucas won a small time regional Emmy for a show that Tommy wasn’t part of. Victor doesn’t even mention or feature it on his profile.
Tommy? He steals credit to boast that he’s an Emmy winner.
What the hell is going on inside his head psychologically or mental? There is a long pattern of this behaviour. Does anyone know what this is called? It’s literally impostor syndrome or something.
Going back through his work history, it now appears as all the “games he’s worked on” are him taking credit for any/every other employee who was on that particular project. Play a game of Telephone and it’s another myth making story about Tommy Tallarico of the video games industry legend who has managed to fly below the radar all this time.
Nah. Imposter syndrome is when you believe you’re not good enough or basically faking it to maintain your position and you fear others will catch on to how you’re an imposter. It’s an insecurity thing. Tommy definitely doesn’t have that.
I think he’s just a narcissist and a compulsive liar.
I realize you didn’t mean that actually faking it is part of the syndrome, but just in case there’s any confusion it’s just the fear that they are faking it or are perceived as faking it.
Oh I know what impostor syndrome actually is. It’s just that with Tommy he literally is a thieving impostor of other people’s accomplishments and I am fumbling for if there is a term for that mental illness or behaviour—someone something syndrome along the lines of “impostor syndrome” for seemingly the opposite
I think all we know sure at this point is that he’s a pathological liar. Whichever disorder it’s a symptom of in his case, I’m not sure, but narcissism seems like a good bet.