[game_edu] IGDA board candidates

[Michael Herring]

For that matter, is "development" really a programming-specific verb?
Just because programmers do software development doesn't mean that all
development is software.

./Michael

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Tim Langdell <langdell at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> 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

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> 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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