REJECTED IDEA WEEK! #15: VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT
WEBMASTER COMMENTARY: “Just a bit rubbish. There’ll be another one along in a minute.”
HOW VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT HAS PROGRESSED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS
Like everything else, it’s now almost entirely about bald men in rooms looking at PowerPoint slides presented by Asian businessmen.
(fig a) Progress in the video game industry. Note serious use of word “penetrating”. If you can’t use the word “penetrating” without laughing a bit, this is not the career path for you.
MORE INTERESTING CAREERS THAN WORKING IN VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT THESE DAYS:
Being the man who stands in the toilet at posh pubs handing out paper towels. Checking that the paper clips are OK. Lint Inspector. Deputy Carpet Examiner. Being the woman who folds the boxes shut on the production line.
filed in Uncategorized on Dec.31, 2005
January 11th, 2006 on 2:33 pm
I was there for that and, if you look really, really closely, you can see me sitting at the front diligently taking notes.
Of course, you don’t know what I look like but I’m there, jabbing myself with a sharpened pencil to stay awake.
The good news is he over ran by about 15 minutes, forcing a coffee break cancellation.
One day I’ll have my revenge.
Still, it beat the EA talk on how successful games should have a 60 per cent focus on gameplay, presumably so the remaining 40 can be spent on licensed tracks everybody hates and paying for Tiger Woods’ haircuts.