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While checking out Game Dev, I ran into this intriguing article that makes me want to kill some aholes! Well, maybe not kill, but the article still made me upset.

There’s a guy out there by the name of Jeff Vogel who is a game developer… actually, I’m lazy, here’s the Wikipedia entry on the guy:

Jeff Vogel is the primary programmer for the company Spiderweb Software, which produces shareware computer games for Macintosh and Windows PC platforms.

To date, his most successful games have been the Exile series, its facelifted cousin Avernum, and Geneforge.

Okay, background completed.

Anyways, this is a quote he is linked to saying:

Indie developers have a real purpose in this world. They make little niche products for markets too small for Activision. They make many new puzzle games for the casual audience […] But truly innovative games? The sort you’re only going to see a few more times in your lifetime? Those will come from Electronic Arts.

Do you see why I’m angry!? We’re all trying to be good indie developers or at least get a start on our own games and this guy says the only innovative games are coming from Electronic Arts.

THE SAME PEOPLE WHO HAVE CREATED THREE THOUSAND MADDEN FOOTBALL GAMES. Their innovation wore off in the late 80s!

Sure, they got the Sims, but again, how many Sims expansion packs can a person have?! Why not just make one gigantic game and not take all of my hard earned money! I’ve spent hundreds on those dang Sims packs! Why am I such a fool!?

OHHHH the HORRORS!

I do like how Game Dev handles the quote, because seriously… we, the little people, can be just as motivating as those big wigs who get paid all that money to make games. I think it’s the people who have the balls to work on their games for YEARS with NO PAY that create the most awesomess games out there!

What a jerk.

Okay, I’m done whining.

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