[game_edu] IGDA board candidates
Roberts, Scott
sroberts at cim.depaul.edu
Wed Feb 4 10:46:43 EST 2009
"Igg-DUH" sounds much better than "igg-KUH," IMO.
Scott
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From: game_edu-bounces at igda.org [mailto:game_edu-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Michael Herring
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:42 AM
To: IGDA Game Education Listserv
Subject: Re: [game_edu] IGDA board candidates
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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