Will the paparazzi one day be sneaking snap shots of game developers at their holiday hide away?
Someone asked me for my autograph the other day. They wanted me to sign a copy of one of my early games, which was nice, but at the same time felt rather strange. When I started making games I certainly never considered it a path to any level of fame. However, over the last couple of years, I have noticed more and more people asking how they can get a job as a game designer without any understanding of what a designer does (or of any part of the development process for that matter).
Has the games industry reached a point of maturity where people aspire to be in it because they think it’s cool? Are these people rejects from the latest X-Factor auditions, looking for another way to become famous, without actually doing any work? An awful lot of them seem to think that designers sit around thinking up ideas – for other people to implement. Please tell me that the Cheeky Girls won’t be applying for a game design position any time soon.
P.S. Signed copies of the above photo can be purchased from my fan club.
