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I'm not really comfortable about the fact that dozens of adult people have spent several years of their work and milions of dollars so that other people can run

by zoul 15y ago

I'm not really comfortable about the fact that dozens of adult people have spent several years of their work and milions of dollars so that other people can run in virtual environment and throw shit around.

drivebyacct2 15y ago
Cheap attack is cheap. How big is entertainment sports business? How many millions of dollars do we pay individual players?
- zoul 15y ago
  Tautologies are also very cheap these days :) It wasn’t meant to be an attack, I’m mostly wondering about the motivations. It takes a huge amount of work to make such a game, even if everything goes perfectly well. I know there are interesting technical challenges in the game and there’s potentially a lot of money and other motivation, but I simply can’t image myself working hard several years to create a virtual environment where you can throw shit around and watch women explode because of alien insemination. (This is a simplification indeed, but the point should be clear.) Would you invest the time and effort? If yes, why do you feel it’s worth it?
  - catch23 15y ago
    The legendary Carmack has been working on a game called "Rage" for the past 6 years. Six years ago, iphones & androids didn't exist. Game developers do it because they enjoy it, even if the hard-core-games tend to make less dough than games like angry birds or guitar hero.
    - samth 15y ago
      And if they're building a game full of misogyny and shit-throwing "because they enjoy it", that's somehow better?
      - JabavuAdams 15y ago
        Hey! Misogyny is bad, but (virtual) shit-throwing is just funny! Angry Turds for iOS. Coming soon. It's a steaming-pile of gaming goodness! Development was tough. We had to push and push, but we made the drop. EDIT> I'm just glad to be done with development. Now I can spend more time at the pool, with the kids. EDIT2> So, apparently someone already made Angry Turds for iOS. I'm not affiliated with them in any way.

by zoul 15y ago

drivebyacct2 15y ago

Cheap attack is cheap. How big is entertainment sports business? How many millions of dollars do we pay individual players?

zoul 15y ago
Tautologies are also very cheap these days :) It wasn’t meant to be an attack, I’m mostly wondering about the motivations. It takes a huge amount of work to make such a game, even if everything goes perfectly well. I know there are interesting technical challenges in the game and there’s potentially a lot of money and other motivation, but I simply can’t image myself working hard several years to create a virtual environment where you can throw shit around and watch women explode because of alien insemination. (This is a simplification indeed, but the point should be clear.) Would you invest the time and effort? If yes, why do you feel it’s worth it?
- catch23 15y ago
  The legendary Carmack has been working on a game called "Rage" for the past 6 years. Six years ago, iphones & androids didn't exist. Game developers do it because they enjoy it, even if the hard-core-games tend to make less dough than games like angry birds or guitar hero.
  - samth 15y ago
    And if they're building a game full of misogyny and shit-throwing "because they enjoy it", that's somehow better?
    - JabavuAdams 15y ago
      Hey! Misogyny is bad, but (virtual) shit-throwing is just funny! Angry Turds for iOS. Coming soon. It's a steaming-pile of gaming goodness! Development was tough. We had to push and push, but we made the drop. EDIT> I'm just glad to be done with development. Now I can spend more time at the pool, with the kids. EDIT2> So, apparently someone already made Angry Turds for iOS. I'm not affiliated with them in any way.