The UK's recently launched Change4Life campaign is going straight for video game vilification.
The new print ad ties childhood gaming to a shortened lifespan, a bold follow-up to the television version that links video games to obesity.
MCV and ELSPA have, rightly, decided to point out just how harmful these sweeping, defamatory assertions are.
New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.
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.
uhhh... what the smurf?
everything in life shortens your life span
There are lots of reasons that can be contributed to obesity (as was stated in the article). If you take away video games, does that mean that your child will automatically lead a healthy lifestyle? Hellz no!
If parents stop letting their kids play video games but they are still feeding them the McDonalds diet, it solves nothing.
they will run the same ad, but with a kid reading a book... or maybe doing homework. Because you know, reading books and homework prevent you from excercising. Too much of anything can be bad, some people just cant comprehend.