Comments on: Influencing The Industry

By: Give and Take « Tish Tosh Tesh

Give and Take « Tish Tosh Tesh — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:44:20 +0000

[...] Gordon’s “word monkeys”, the thoughts and ideas that are prompted by the education represented by consuming those books [...]

By: Roundup time Partners!

Roundup time Partners! — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:05:31 +0000

[...] had a field day with that one guys…so thanks. Gordon added to the interview with a smashing Blog about influencing the industry, if you haven’t read it yet please do [...]

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:50:32 +0000

I very admire devs like Ghostcrawler who can separate the truth and genuine concerns/ideas from everything the Internet wraps them up in

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:49:30 +0000

Very well said, Shadow.

By: Stabs

Stabs — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:27:50 +0000

“I wonder if developers get upset or annoyed if someone complains about their game though?”

Of course they do. Even designers are human. You have very rare ones like Ghostcrawler who aren’t bothered but generally I’ve found games designers just as sensitive as other creative types like artists, writers, actors, etc.

By: Rmartin

Rmartin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:49:52 +0000

A Sara Gilbert kind of way????

Uhhhh… thanks…. I guess.
Anyway Jeff and I are totally happy so many people enjoyed the interview, there are just so many awesome blogs out there, and sometimes the really bad ones drown them out. We are major fans of We fly Spitfires.

Gordon does indeed rock

By: Shadow-war

Shadow-war — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:44:10 +0000

Reaffirmation of our efforts is something everyone desires. Being recognized and acknowledged as making a contribution, in some way, is what humans strive for in general I believe. I don’t think that any of us bloggers expect it to every actually come, especially from the professionals in the industry so many of us arm-chair comment about, but when it happens, it’s, well, nice.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:40:29 +0000

“Sure, I wish that my articles would kick some MMO devs into gear, but hey, mostly I’m writing to get those word-monkeys to shut up. If something good comes of it, well, that’s a bonus.”

Exactly. I don’t profess to being a games designer or a developer or that I’m qualified enough to create or improve MMOs. I just write my opinion, inject some humour and chauvinism, and hope that people don’t crucify me for it all

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:37:33 +0000

Very well said, boathammer!

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:35:40 +0000

I completely agree, actually. I don’t think developers (or readers) should always feel that need to agree with blogger’s views. After all, it’s just one person’s opinion and sometimes there’s a lot of humour or emotion behind it, warping the context. I think so long as blogs are enjoyable and the readers of them taking things with a pinch of salt then everything is fine and dandy