Jack Thompson is Spawnpoint.com's hero. It's not often that a thoughtful and intelligent person takes up the task of protecting our children from the ruthless nature of capitalism. Further, it's not often that someone faces quite so much hatred and animosity on a topic bespeaking of such verisimilitude
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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.
JT = Dbag
If there is an issue with kids playing violent games the issue is with the parents! Not the game makers! If parents took the time to educate themselves on their own kids interests/hobbies (instead of being lazy), then this wouldn't be an issue. Does anyone else agree with me?
Jack Thompson - American Hero! more like american zero!
Yeah i really don't know where he's coming from, just because he can take an unfounded stance on a subject and then put up with the backlash does not make someone a hero.
Prick