God of War and Calling All Cars creator David Jaffe says that the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences should stop trying to ape the Oscars with the Interactive Achievement Awards.
Jaffe, who is a long-time movie buff as well as a game maker, argued in his blog that the IAAs need to find their own niche and not follow the well-worn path of the 79-year-old Oscars.
"…The Oscars used to mean something to me," he wrote. "But now, while the Oscars are still kind of cool, they are mostly lame and silly and pretentious."
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It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
