There are too many video games
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There are too many video games
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#2Imagine making this same point about books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_published_per_country_pe...
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#4> Art is what we teach our kids is the most valuable thing. The Disney movie Coco is about a boy from a family of shoemakers who wants to blow them off and be a musician. Disney will never, ever make a movie about a musician who dreams of making shoes. Even though, well, try going a week without music and then a week without shoes and see which is more necessary.
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#5Imagine making this same point about books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_published_per_country_pe...
It's been done. There are too many books.
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#6Imagine making this same point about books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_published_per_country_pe...
He does.
Later in his post, he generalized to all media but keeps the details video game specific.
Basically, I feel like his point is that we've put creators, of all forms of media, on such a high pedestal that we're neglecting the mundane things that keep life running smoothly.
Basically, a job/career version of social media making us all lonelier, I guess. Everyone wants to be a creator like everyone wants to be an influencer...
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#7Imagine making this same point about books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_published_per_country_pe...
He does.
> Spotify now gets over 60000 new songs a day. Amazon now has millions of books. My country has over 550 scripted TV shows in production.
It's a weird point to make, and not really supported properly.
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#8People say all the time, "why spend all that money on space when there's so many problems on Earth?"
Why do people never say the same thing about all the money spent on video games and Starbucks? Which is arguably a lot more money.
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#9This post gets weirder and weirder as it goes on. It seems to end up at a place suggesting that society is going to crumble around us as everyone spends their time making and playing indie video games. I think that’s a little sensational, to say the least.
Here is the central thesis. There’s a lot to get through before you get to this.
Writing a game nobody plays discharges your energy and creates the feeling of achievement, but it's all empty calories and then your car falls into a sinkhole. If your game succeeds, it’s even worse. Your customers are now also expending all of their energy too, playing your game alone in a room. Meanwhile, sinkholes.
THAT is why I say there are too many indie games. They aren't sustainable. There is too much time wasted, and that will be true until time is applied to making the world work and bridges not fall down and food be in stores. Probably your time.Re: There are too many video games
#10> Art is what we teach our kids is the most valuable thing. The Disney movie Coco is about a boy from a family of shoemakers who wants to blow them off and be a musician. Disney will never, ever make a movie about a musician who dreams of making shoes. Even though, well, try going a week without music and then a week without shoes and see which is more necessary.
Without shoes, the soles of your feet will eventually harden. Without art, your soul will eventually harden.