Fallout (and I ain’t talking about the game)
Woah nelly, did I get flack for yesterday’s post. In a way, I’m somewhat honored that I can get otherwise completely professional people to behave like rabid dogs.
But it wasn’t all flames and threats of “you’ll never work in this town again” (and complaints about my “Special Olympics” reference. Come on people, get over yourselves!), there were also lots of great views shared on the subject. End of the day, it really seems to come down to a divide between those who want fun for everyone (these are also usually – but not always – the people looking at the financial bottom line) and those who in their secret heart want to keep their hobby to themselves. What amazed me was how polarized the bottom-line people were on the subject: they seemed to think that just because some of us thought games were becoming too easy and be-moaned the days when we were an elite fringe society clique, it meant that we were part of some kind of illuminati-like elitist conspiracy to withhold fun from anyone who hadn’t achieved top rank in Counter-Strike. My message to these people is: remove the stick from your collective asses. SOME of us can separate our personal opinions from our professional ones.
If THIS got people riled up, I can’t wait to see what happens after I submit my article to Mary Margaret titled “Women in Games: I am not a game-making Vagina”.
I might be re-thinking that title.
Tags: games, opinion, pixelchick, sandwich press
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