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what is that supposed to mean?

pmichaud 6y ago
Read the article, it weirdly shoehorns the “white male” thing in there between “we used savings when possible and worked 75 hour weeks until we had something to show.”
- angrais 6y ago
  How does that quote relate to being white?? Are you implying that non-white or female people can't save money and prototype an idea? I'm lost.
  - omniscient_oce 6y ago
    Did you read the article? It quotes a Twitter conversation where a user asks for specifically white male experiences about creating a game studio / prototype. In general the answers basically amount to "I worked extremely hard, like 75hr weeks. Worked full time job whilst doing it; took multiple years before things started to work out" and then the article again tries to shoehorn the white male narrative to invalidate the answers. "other job / parents covering tuition / lack of dependents to support" are hardly exclusive to one gender or skin colour.
  - imnotjames 6y ago
    The article starts off by saying they want to poll white men, because marginalized developers are struggling. It includes quotes from people such as this: > I think most local white dudes > don't think of a prototype as something they "funded". They > ”just made it” because they had > time, space and hardware. Generally, refers to hidden privilege throughout as subtext. If you're white and male you have more access to these kinds of opportunities, etc.
    - Danieru 6y ago
      > kinds of opportunities The irony of course being "working for free on personal project after work" is not an opportunity. No doubt I am the exact class of "white dude" the article is talking about. My "funding" story is super boring. I worked on my game after a full day of work and after getting kids to bed. Spend savings from day job on commissioned art to make the game pretty, after a couple years you should have a game worth players time. If "having job" counts as privilege then sure it requires privilege, to the exact extent paying rent does too. PS: Occasionally commenters say "I program all day and have no energy to program at home". To which I can only warn: games programming is not what you want.

Read the article, it weirdly shoehorns the “white male” thing in there between “we used savings when possible and worked 75 hour weeks until we had something to show.”

angrais 6y ago
How does that quote relate to being white?? Are you implying that non-white or female people can't save money and prototype an idea? I'm lost.
- omniscient_oce 6y ago
  Did you read the article? It quotes a Twitter conversation where a user asks for specifically white male experiences about creating a game studio / prototype. In general the answers basically amount to "I worked extremely hard, like 75hr weeks. Worked full time job whilst doing it; took multiple years before things started to work out" and then the article again tries to shoehorn the white male narrative to invalidate the answers. "other job / parents covering tuition / lack of dependents to support" are hardly exclusive to one gender or skin colour.
- imnotjames 6y ago
  The article starts off by saying they want to poll white men, because marginalized developers are struggling. It includes quotes from people such as this: > I think most local white dudes > don't think of a prototype as something they "funded". They > ”just made it” because they had > time, space and hardware. Generally, refers to hidden privilege throughout as subtext. If you're white and male you have more access to these kinds of opportunities, etc.
  - Danieru 6y ago
    > kinds of opportunities The irony of course being "working for free on personal project after work" is not an opportunity. No doubt I am the exact class of "white dude" the article is talking about. My "funding" story is super boring. I worked on my game after a full day of work and after getting kids to bed. Spend savings from day job on commissioned art to make the game pretty, after a couple years you should have a game worth players time. If "having job" counts as privilege then sure it requires privilege, to the exact extent paying rent does too. PS: Occasionally commenters say "I program all day and have no energy to program at home". To which I can only warn: games programming is not what you want.