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I take less money to work in games. I love it. I've worked in different fields. I prefer game development. I am an artist and I love playing the games I've made

I take less money to work in games. I love it. I've worked in different fields. I prefer game development. I am an artist and I love playing the games I've made with friends and strangers.

Waterluvian 5y ago
“Artist” as in game media assets or as in a romanticized version of “software engineering”? I think therein may lie the difference.
- edoceo 5y ago
  Artists make the assets, like audio, sprites, effects and stuff; doesn't need quotes.
  - runnerup 5y ago
    I suspect in this case he was quoting the other person directly, rather than trying to diminish the title as it applies to asset artists. This is an increasingly common way to use quotes in textual conversations, as a way to clarify which noun is being discussed. I'm not sure if its "correct" but it's increasingly common. Rephrased (accurately for intent) I thought it would be: > Just to clarify, when you say "I am an artist and I love playing the games I've made with friends and strangers", do you mean artist as in the game-asset creator type of artist, or artist as in a romanticized version of a software engineer? I could be wrong. Maybe he is just being a dick. But I primarily saw a somewhat more charitable interpretation.
    - shkkmo 5y ago
      if you are disscussing a word (or phrase) rather than using it, placing it in quotation marks is the correct way to do that. The usage of quotation marks in journalism to say things using other people's words or to imply doubt on if those words are correct has been growing looser and looser. I generally take such usage as an indicator of bad and lazy writing.
- Waterluvian 5y ago
  Edit: I have a thought but I’ve articulated it in an incomplete and very poor, likely offensive way. The responses are sensible for what I’ve written, which isn’t what I intended to say. But I’m leaving it here because I don’t think the internet should have a delete button.
- nightowl_games 5y ago
  Romanticized development. I love tweening shit.
gorwell 5y ago
Same. It's great. Most game companies are very comfortable. Nice offices with free food, good pay, flexible hours, remote friendly, full benefits. Crunch is rare these days. This is all true of Blizzard, btw. The vocal minority on twitter are trading in outrage; the currency of social media. And there's a distinct lack of perspective. Have they ever worked on a farm? A restaurant kitchen? A construction site? A warehouse? Or anywhere outside of an Aeron chair? Mostly no. This doesn't mean it's perfect or can't be improved, but it's really nice compared to most and this gets lost in the noise. I often visit poor neighborhoods and poor countries and read history and thank my lucky stars. And yes, you can get even better pay in the financial services industry. If that's what you want, please, go work there. No one's stopping you.

I take less money to work in games. I love it. I've worked in different fields. I prefer game development. I am an artist and I love playing the games I've made with friends and strangers.

Waterluvian 5y ago

“Artist” as in game media assets or as in a romanticized version of “software engineering”? I think therein may lie the difference.

edoceo 5y ago
Artists make the assets, like audio, sprites, effects and stuff; doesn't need quotes.
- runnerup 5y ago
  I suspect in this case he was quoting the other person directly, rather than trying to diminish the title as it applies to asset artists. This is an increasingly common way to use quotes in textual conversations, as a way to clarify which noun is being discussed. I'm not sure if its "correct" but it's increasingly common. Rephrased (accurately for intent) I thought it would be: > Just to clarify, when you say "I am an artist and I love playing the games I've made with friends and strangers", do you mean artist as in the game-asset creator type of artist, or artist as in a romanticized version of a software engineer? I could be wrong. Maybe he is just being a dick. But I primarily saw a somewhat more charitable interpretation.
  - shkkmo 5y ago
    if you are disscussing a word (or phrase) rather than using it, placing it in quotation marks is the correct way to do that. The usage of quotation marks in journalism to say things using other people's words or to imply doubt on if those words are correct has been growing looser and looser. I generally take such usage as an indicator of bad and lazy writing.
Waterluvian 5y ago
Edit: I have a thought but I’ve articulated it in an incomplete and very poor, likely offensive way. The responses are sensible for what I’ve written, which isn’t what I intended to say. But I’m leaving it here because I don’t think the internet should have a delete button.
nightowl_games 5y ago
Romanticized development. I love tweening shit.

gorwell 5y ago

Same. It's great. Most game companies are very comfortable. Nice offices with free food, good pay, flexible hours, remote friendly, full benefits. Crunch is rare these days. This is all true of Blizzard, btw. The vocal minority on twitter are trading in outrage; the currency of social media. And there's a distinct lack of perspective. Have they ever worked on a farm? A restaurant kitchen? A construction site? A warehouse? Or anywhere outside of an Aeron chair? Mostly no. This doesn't mean it's perfect or can't be improved, but it's really nice compared to most and this gets lost in the noise. I often visit poor neighborhoods and poor countries and read history and thank my lucky stars. And yes, you can get even better pay in the financial services industry. If that's what you want, please, go work there. No one's stopping you.