Comments on: About the Ego http://corvus.zakelro.com/2009/03/about-the-ego/ hoc ludite quasi carmen Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:10:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: josh bycer http://corvus.zakelro.com/2009/03/about-the-ego/#comment-83262 josh bycer Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:18:31 +0000 http://corvus.zakelro.com/?p=3018#comment-83262 Great post and as someone who considers himself to be a designer I can attest to feelings of ego. I remember when I first decided to become a game designer over 12 years ago, my first thought was "I can do this all by myself who needs a team?" Since then I've learn both from my own skill set and from books on design that there is more to developing a game then having a good lead designer. I stil feel that a great team lead by a great designer is better then a great team lead by a poor designer. I also find it weird how as an industry there are many games that we associated by Team (WoW,Command and Conquer ) and other equally great games that we mainly associate by designer (Civilization, Mario, Grim Fandango). Great post and as someone who considers himself to be a designer I can attest to feelings of ego. I remember when I first decided to become a game designer over 12 years ago, my first thought was “I can do this all by myself who needs a team?”

Since then I’ve learn both from my own skill set and from books on design that there is more to developing a game then having a good lead designer. I stil feel that a great team lead by a great designer is better then a great team lead by a poor designer.

I also find it weird how as an industry there are many games that we associated by Team (WoW,Command and Conquer ) and other equally great games that we mainly associate by designer (Civilization, Mario, Grim Fandango).

]]> By: Corvus http://corvus.zakelro.com/2009/03/about-the-ego/#comment-83225 Corvus Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:34:29 +0000 http://corvus.zakelro.com/?p=3018#comment-83225 The problems with this world can be directly correlated to the distinct lack of horseflesh metaphors in daily use. The problems with this world can be directly correlated to the distinct lack of horseflesh metaphors in daily use.

]]> By: Max Battcher http://corvus.zakelro.com/2009/03/about-the-ego/#comment-83224 Max Battcher Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:29:17 +0000 http://corvus.zakelro.com/?p=3018#comment-83224 Holy Cow! Did you intend your second paragraph's metaphor to stampede directly into my brain? It would be hard to choose a more loaded metaphor to send my mind whirling into weird and bizarre thoughts... Hmm. I think you may have helped me converge some wild thoughts into wild ideas that might have some value. I shall have to ponder this. Holy Cow! Did you intend your second paragraph’s metaphor to stampede directly into my brain? It would be hard to choose a more loaded metaphor to send my mind whirling into weird and bizarre thoughts… Hmm. I think you may have helped me converge some wild thoughts into wild ideas that might have some value. I shall have to ponder this.

]]> By: Martos http://corvus.zakelro.com/2009/03/about-the-ego/#comment-83223 Martos Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:20:37 +0000 http://corvus.zakelro.com/?p=3018#comment-83223 I guess I missed the reponse where some people said the loss of EA would be bad. Wow. I must wholeheartedly agree with your assessment. I'm sure there are people who do great work for EA that we would miss because they just wouldn't be able to tolerate the instability and uncertainty that would likely be attendant with not working for a large company. I'm sure there are also people that would fail in trying to implement their ideas without the structure and safety of a large company - and frankly, if they fail at least they tried. I'm also sure there would be some who would create brilliant products if given half a chance and the level of achievement and quality would surely surpass most of what EA is currently doing. Yeah, there may be some serious duds out there, but imagine the possibilities. It's like having an unknown number of DaVinci's working in a sweat shop. You just don't know what you've got and probably never will. I'm not okay with that idea and can't imagine how anyone else could be okay, either. I guess I missed the reponse where some people said the loss of EA would be bad. Wow.

I must wholeheartedly agree with your assessment. I’m sure there are people who do great work for EA that we would miss because they just wouldn’t be able to tolerate the instability and uncertainty that would likely be attendant with not working for a large company. I’m sure there are also people that would fail in trying to implement their ideas without the structure and safety of a large company – and frankly, if they fail at least they tried. I’m also sure there would be some who would create brilliant products if given half a chance and the level of achievement and quality would surely surpass most of what EA is currently doing. Yeah, there may be some serious duds out there, but imagine the possibilities. It’s like having an unknown number of DaVinci’s working in a sweat shop. You just don’t know what you’ve got and probably never will. I’m not okay with that idea and can’t imagine how anyone else could be okay, either.

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