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user-inactivated  ·  3653 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: So...what do you do?

    It is easy to sit on the couch and play video games. It's easy to play video games while aspiring to be a video game designer.

Ahem.

You call it 'laziness,' I call it 'research,' thank you very much.





mknod  ·  3653 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'd call it research too Musicians listen to music, actors watch plays, game developers play games. If I didn't ignore my moms wishes to get off the computer I would never gotten where I am today.

galen  ·  3651 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Musicians listen to music, actors watch plays, game developers play games.

Yeah, but the crucial distinction is that all these people eventually get up and produce their own content. Sure, you have to experience a medium before you can create it, but in the end you do have to participate in the actual act of creation. The only way to get good at something is to do it. A lot.