GDC Rant: "The medium is not adolescent, you're ****ing adolescent"

[slowmo]

exindguy said:

Millennium said:

slowmo said:
I don't agree with her point at all and I consider her very naive regarding the massive issues in the development of games. If games developers were given the handouts the film industry has over the years perhaps there would be more evolution. Comparing a interactive and non interactive medium is silly in my opinion.

Care to explain what "handouts" the film industry has gotten, or how it could possibly make any difference?

Massive tax breaks totaling billions upon untold billions of dollars? Grants from the NEA (i.e. the taxpayer) and the like to do all sorts of bizzarre, experimental (and commercially un-viable and mostly un-watchable), material? Direct film and television financing by the governments of Canada and France (to name just two)?

I don't think I even have to explain the 'make any difference' part as I'm sure you can probably figure that out on your own based on these few examples. (There are more, but I think I've made his point.)

 

 Many thanks!