[game_edu] IGDA board candidates

[Tim Langdell]

I think the underlying point here has some merit -- the IGDA has spead it wings far beyond just the narrow defintion of what we used to think of as a 'game developer' to include anyone involved in the creation / making / production / etc of games. So there is at least some merit in considering a name change to the Association at some point, perhaps. Then again, IGDA has become a strong brand in itself with a clear identity.
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  From: Brenda Brathwaite 
  To: IGDA Game Education Listserv 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 6:56 AM
  Subject: Re: [game_edu] IGDA board candidates


  I think you are ascribing too much meaning to the term "creator," Darius. There is that context, Creator, and then many millions of secondary concepts, like how so and so created the problem, DaVinci created the Mona Lisa and she created textures. 

  Brenda 









  On Feb 4, 2009, at 8:23 AM, Darius Kazemi <darius.kazemi at gmail.com> wrote:


    No offense, but that's kind of absurd. "Creator" is a little high and mighty. It has the connotation of, oh, you know, God. I AM THAT I AM? That guy? If anything, developer is a more accurate term than creator, even for the creative bits of our work, because even designers and artists are, in fact, taking someone else's idea and developing it on an iterative level. Seriously, how much of a creator are you if you're texturing rocks all day, or balancing the DPS of swords versus the AC of armor? (Also, most game developers are allergic to pretension, so best to shy away from lofty terms for what we do.)


    If I had to pick a new term, whole-cloth, it would be "maker," seeing as the most common way game developers describe what they do is, "I make games."


    Though I'm pretty proud to be a game developer and don't want to see the term changed.


    -Darius


    On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Lewis Pulsipher <lewpuls at gmail.com> wrote:

      I would very much like to see the word "developer" replaced with "creator" in the industry (unless we are truly talking only about programmers).  This would help improve both our own discussions and the perceptions of "outsiders".  Is any candidate willing to push to have the name of the organization changed to "International Game Creators Association"?

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