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> Chuck E Cheeses - Founded by founder of Atari, Solely. Really stretching the definition of solely when you have to ignore the people who did all the actual w
by kennywinker 5y ago
> Chuck E Cheeses - Founded by founder of Atari, Solely.
Really stretching the definition of solely when you have to ignore the people who did all the actual work in creating chuck e cheeses - i can “create” a restaurant, but without cooks, servers, hosts, graphic designers, construction/reno people, etc. it’s not going to be fun for the whole family
- serf 5y agoextrapolating that idea into PC video games makes it seem ridiculous; the solo-produced video game wouldn't run anywhere without the work of hundreds of thousands of individuals within the computer field -- but I wouldn't consider the people who worked on , for example, SMD resistors , to be collaborators with the video game production. in other words ; 'cooks, servers' are generic components of a restaurant; the 'fun for the whole family' bit comes in as part of a custom set of things on top of the generic restaurant experience that were thought of and attributed to the people responsible for the concept -- in this case the Founder.
- kennywinker 5y agoI disagree. There is a categorical difference between using tools, markets and platforms others made and hiring staff who control the output. It’s like using an open source framework (ruby on rails, say) vs hiring or contracting a team of devs. The founder of chuck e cheese hired a graphic designer who had creative input, cooks who designed the menu, even managers who came up with hiring practices and things like that. To discount that input is to be elitist, you can’t convince me otherwise.