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It's not my understanding that having a fond nostalgia for somebody's works excuses the article's salty tone that basically tells people they're wrong for think

It's not my understanding that having a fond nostalgia for somebody's works excuses the article's salty tone that basically tells people they're wrong for thinking the games are ugly, coming up with all manner of excuses but never once embracing that the problem is entirely the developer's own and nobody else's; yes, that point is laid out there but it's given as an excuse, not as a justification. There's a fine line.

haolez 7y ago
He is not saying that everyone is wrong. He is saying that some people like it, most people don't, and the ones that do like it are enough to keep his business afloat.
eridius 7y ago
> unprompted The guy's been getting criticisms for 25 years. I think he's justified in writing a single blog post in defense of his art style. If you don't like it, you don't have to read it.
- zapzupnz 7y ago
  What does the 25 years have to do with it? There are developers who've been in the industry for far less time who are much more reactive and responsive to criticism. If anything, that mention of 25 years is an indictment, not anything worse praising. Also, 'art style' is a stretch. Finally, yes, if I don't like it, I don't have to read it. Yet, I did, and I'm free to express my dissatisfaction and disagreement with the article's message: if you don't like it, you don't have to read it.
  - austhrow743 7y ago
    >What does the 25 years have to do with it? It means it's not unprompted. It's a reply.
- tripzilch 7y ago
  > I think he's justified in writing a single blog post in defense of his art style. If you don't like it, you don't have to read it. I think he's justified in writing a blog post about his business decision and should have kept it at that. But defending this as an "art style" is like making really shitty cheap knockoff "vintage style" furniture and claiming part of the reason is because you love the artistic style of historic wood working. No you do it for the money, and people who actually like vintage historic wood work might get annoyed that you are pushing your work as the same.
JamesBarney 7y ago
I didn't get salty from the article at all. Just an explanation about why their games look the way they do and why they haven't tried to improve it(money and risk).
jimbokun 7y ago
> that basically tells people they're wrong for thinking the games are ugly Uh, no, he freely concedes his games are ugly. The title of the article is "Why All of Our Games Look Like Crap".
ineedasername 7y ago
He's not saying people are wrong for thinking the games are ugly. Quite the opposite, he's very open to the validity of that opinion while also believing they're okay as-is. No, the whole point he's making is simply that, to his judgment, it doesn't make good business sense to invest more in art, and when he did so the results were no different.

haolez 7y ago

He is not saying that everyone is wrong. He is saying that some people like it, most people don't, and the ones that do like it are enough to keep his business afloat.

eridius 7y ago

> unprompted The guy's been getting criticisms for 25 years. I think he's justified in writing a single blog post in defense of his art style. If you don't like it, you don't have to read it.

zapzupnz 7y ago
What does the 25 years have to do with it? There are developers who've been in the industry for far less time who are much more reactive and responsive to criticism. If anything, that mention of 25 years is an indictment, not anything worse praising. Also, 'art style' is a stretch. Finally, yes, if I don't like it, I don't have to read it. Yet, I did, and I'm free to express my dissatisfaction and disagreement with the article's message: if you don't like it, you don't have to read it.
- austhrow743 7y ago
  >What does the 25 years have to do with it? It means it's not unprompted. It's a reply.
tripzilch 7y ago
> I think he's justified in writing a single blog post in defense of his art style. If you don't like it, you don't have to read it. I think he's justified in writing a blog post about his business decision and should have kept it at that. But defending this as an "art style" is like making really shitty cheap knockoff "vintage style" furniture and claiming part of the reason is because you love the artistic style of historic wood working. No you do it for the money, and people who actually like vintage historic wood work might get annoyed that you are pushing your work as the same.

JamesBarney 7y ago

I didn't get salty from the article at all. Just an explanation about why their games look the way they do and why they haven't tried to improve it(money and risk).

jimbokun 7y ago

> that basically tells people they're wrong for thinking the games are ugly Uh, no, he freely concedes his games are ugly. The title of the article is "Why All of Our Games Look Like Crap".

ineedasername 7y ago

He's not saying people are wrong for thinking the games are ugly. Quite the opposite, he's very open to the validity of that opinion while also believing they're okay as-is. No, the whole point he's making is simply that, to his judgment, it doesn't make good business sense to invest more in art, and when he did so the results were no different.