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Democratization of Game Development and Home Construction  Featured Blogs
Posted by Chris Melissinos on Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:55:00 EDT in Game Design
The current trend towards the democratization of game development sounds all well and good, but how is it improving the output of the industry? And what the hell does this discussion have to do with home construction?
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Comment In: Democratization of Game Development and Home Construction [Blog - 07/24/2009 - 11:55]

Mark, you hit it right ...

Mark, you hit it right on the head. The point of the blog post was, of course, to reinforce the point that easier tools doesn't mean that good game development is easier. And I think the rise in quality of the submissions to the IGF has more to do with ...

Comment In: Opinion: Burn Your Resume [News - 05/20/2009 - 02:14]

@TimothyDempsey: ...underlying immaturity - at ...

@TimothyDempsey: ...underlying immaturity - at all ages - of most game dev professionals I know. Since when did having a sense of humor and looking at a subject sideways equate to being immature As for the gravitas of his message, it was not supposed to be heavy serious. I appreciate ...