I never claimed they didn't. But riding coattails is a bit heavier of an accusation. I'm not sure how sizeable that portion is anyway, it's nigh impossible to prove either way. Word of mouth for the Witcher that I've mentioned or heard has never included Bioware's name, for example. A blurb in PCG and a review for me.
Obsidian is an example of a company you could argue as they've been handed the IP to work with and make a sequel to, the end product being quite similar to the ridee's. Getting some PR and giving some in return (Bioware must have liked someone using their tech) and using an old engine you've hacked up and down, isn't enough. But as one does.
Programmers. Not sure why, must be the soulless organizations they serve, stifling their urges or what not. For most of the engineers I went to school with, generally a lot were made a lot more bitter by schooling, so maybe it's that
Realized that I end up doing work simply because I've nothing better to do. Although to be honest, most of the work at home is just reading poorly documented code, or code with misleading documentation hah.
Probably should find a hobby I suppose. And a 5 day weekend starting tonight.