The first post - which I responded to - is _explicitly_ about the government paying people to do art: > Games in this day and age ideally need generous governm

The first post - which I responded to - is _explicitly_ about the government paying people to do art: > Games in this day and age ideally need generous government subsidy to be successful. > something like an artist's living wage provided by the government is a necessity to produce good independent video games > but the funding really needs to come from an entity that is largely divorced from the [financial] "success" of the game.