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Anyone else in the Industry sick of being confused with a Computer game designer?

Started by Ian Warner, September 30, 2011, 02:28:23 PM

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Melan

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September 30, 2011, 02:40:24 PM
You people in the "industry" are mad because you are bing compared to a business that is actually successful? :huhsign:
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Ian Warner

#2
September 30, 2011, 03:00:19 PM
No confused not compared. Wouldn't mind being compared but when people start poking me on facebook asking me to mod their computer games it pisses me off.
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JongWK

#3
September 30, 2011, 05:12:48 PM
Quote from: Melan;482691You people in the "industry" are mad because you are bing compared to a business that is actually successful? :huhsign:

My thoughts exactly.

When people ask me who is the best game designer, my answer is "Shigeru Miyamoto, of course." The RPG "industry" could do far worse than learning from him.
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J Arcane

#4
September 30, 2011, 05:43:54 PM
The skillsets have crosspurposes.

There's a reason so many people in the RPG "industry" have gone on to become game developers, often quite successful ones.
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Ian Warner

#5
September 30, 2011, 05:52:41 PM
I'll agree from a creative standpoint but not necessarily a technical one.

I have enough trouble working Photo Explosion I don't think I could manage a computer game.

Having said that I have found a cheat for POD/PDF Publishing that has saved me buying a PDF Writer.
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flyingmice

#7
September 30, 2011, 06:40:41 PM
Well there's your trouble! There are probably scads of Ians in the computer game industry. Might as well be Charlie or Jack. There's only one clash, though, so people never confuse me with some other designer.

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Doom

#8
October 01, 2011, 05:38:18 PM
Hey, I remember going to Siggraph one year, and getting an interview with some guys with a new monitor type. I was introduced by their PR guy as "a writer for a game magazine.", they smiled at me strangely, and we talked.

About 15 minutes in, I realized that they had heard "...a gay magazine.", and had to clarify, to nervous chuckles all around.

So, I enunciate VERY clearly that "m", because it's easy thing not to hear on a convention floor.
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Malleus Arianorum

#9
October 01, 2011, 11:28:39 PM
No, but I have had my fair share of people who assume my hobby is a computer game.
  • I could never play pen and paper, I spend all day looking at a computer! I'd much rather hang out with my friends and drink some brewskies!
  • Ok, but how do you hook a Games Workshop miniatures into the computer?
  • Your wife was telling me about your hobbies, I play Farmville with facebooks too!
Edit: Although the most common is "You painted that!? You should sell it and make a million billion dollars!"
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GameDaddy

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December 10, 2011, 02:21:26 AM Last Edit: December 10, 2011, 02:25:03 AM by GameDaddy
Quote from: Ian Warner;482729Having said that I have found a cheat for POD/PDF Publishing that has saved me buying a PDF Writer.

PDF Postscript Document Format - Originally opensource, released under a GPL license (Could be wrong on the licensing, certain though it was released as a document format for postscript printers so all printers could print a universal formatted document).

Always been available for free. The most popular engine being Ghostscript, available here:

http://www.ghostscript.com/

These days, Microsoft Word comes with a built-in PDF publisher as well, and I believe that the Opensource Office Clone Open Office also has a module that will allow one to create PDF's from Open Office Documents.
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dsivis

#12
December 10, 2011, 12:46:24 PM
Reminds me of people ask me what my favorite dinosaur is. FYI: I'm an archaeologist. Of course, then I have to explain that I don't know how to use a whip, nor am I afraid of snakes. I usually make jokes about it.
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Eidolon

#13
December 11, 2011, 06:51:50 AM
Bugs me no end.

I HATE HATE HATE that computer games are allowed to be called RPGs. It's insulting and demeaning.

Bedrockbrendan

#14
December 11, 2011, 11:36:34 AM
Quote from: Eidolon;494640I HATE HATE HATE that computer games are allowed to be called RPGs. It's insulting and demeaning.

It also makes google searches that much harder.
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