Comments on: Game Gods and Hollywood Lusting http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/06/13/game-gods-and-hollywood-lusting/ A blog on virtual worlds, games, and digital content, from Matt Mihaly Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:20:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Psychochild http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/06/13/game-gods-and-hollywood-lusting/#comment-22 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:59:59 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/06/13/game-gods-and-hollywood-lusting/#comment-22 I posted a comment on Slashdot, but it can be summarized as: game developers today don't get the same opportunities to become game gods. They're burnt out by abuse of crunch time and they don't get a chance to try something risky, and therefore something that will let them stand out. Even the "game gods" themselves sometimes have a hard time getting approval to do anything out of the ordinary; witness how hard it was for Will Wright to get <i>The Sims</i> made in the first place. Most of the "game gods" listed just love making games. If you're a relative nobody, working at a large publisher or corporate developer will cure that quick. :P So, many do what they do out of love of game development in the smaller scale, working on "casual" or other indie games in relative obscurity. My thoughts, I posted a comment on Slashdot, but it can be summarized as: game developers today don’t get the same opportunities to become game gods. They’re burnt out by abuse of crunch time and they don’t get a chance to try something risky, and therefore something that will let them stand out. Even the “game gods” themselves sometimes have a hard time getting approval to do anything out of the ordinary; witness how hard it was for Will Wright to get The Sims made in the first place.

Most of the “game gods” listed just love making games. If you’re a relative nobody, working at a large publisher or corporate developer will cure that quick. :P So, many do what they do out of love of game development in the smaller scale, working on “casual” or other indie games in relative obscurity.

My thoughts,

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