10 Misconceptions You Have About Working In The Games Industry
4. Were Not Gaming Savants
United ArtistsIf theres one group most likely to be excited upon hearing you make video games for a living, its kids. Once your secrets out, its quite likely youll have some of the little dears dragged before you to stare wide-eyed at the Lesser-Spotted Game Developer. Youll be interrogated as to what consoles you own, how many games are in your collection all benign questions compared to the comments made by adults. And then, just when you think you might actually be in with a chance of surviving the conversation, youll be dragged off to a messy bedroom and soundly thrashed at an out-of-date FIFA or something with Naruto in it. For kids, getting to play a game with someone who makes games is a badge of honour, and it doesnt really matter that youve never touched a Pikachu in your life. More generally, people will just assume that youre intimately familiar with every video game that is or has ever been and that your reflexes rival those of Mr. Miyagi after a gallon of Red Bull. Gaming knowledge is a good thing, but if youve got a job in the industry youre going to find yourself with fewer hours left for gaming, not more. Youll look back with dewy-eyed nostalgia on cold winter nights spent playing games, and on long summer days that were also spent playing games because outside has nettles and wasps.
United ArtistsIf theres one group most likely to be excited upon hearing you make video games for a living, its kids. Once your secrets out, its quite likely youll have some of the little dears dragged before you to stare wide-eyed at the Lesser-Spotted Game Developer. Youll be interrogated as to what consoles you own, how many games are in your collection all benign questions compared to the comments made by adults. And then, just when you think you might actually be in with a chance of surviving the conversation, youll be dragged off to a messy bedroom and soundly thrashed at an out-of-date FIFA or something with Naruto in it. For kids, getting to play a game with someone who makes games is a badge of honour, and it doesnt really matter that youve never touched a Pikachu in your life. More generally, people will just assume that youre intimately familiar with every video game that is or has ever been and that your reflexes rival those of Mr. Miyagi after a gallon of Red Bull. Gaming knowledge is a good thing, but if youve got a job in the industry youre going to find yourself with fewer hours left for gaming, not more. Youll look back with dewy-eyed nostalgia on cold winter nights spent playing games, and on long summer days that were also spent playing games because outside has nettles and wasps.