All the stuff I've read about how the industry came to be what it is, keeps going back to "white boys make games, other white boys play those games, and get inspired to make their own games, and the cycle continues".
It might help for some people it might not, you sound like a coon.
I'm coming at it from a Huey Freeman angle.
A few years ago this would have sounded extreme to me, but if the media is anything to go buy, this seems to be the case now.
Black poster suggest faceless company stop acting like this helping black people, get called a [redacted]. Fucking lol.
I cant speak for tech because I did the traditional route going to university for a business degree. And a business degree is probably among the most jack of all trade pieces of paper you can get which covers a wide net of career paths. Unless you get a high level job, it's not the kind of career path where you'll make $200,000 US at Google doing a modest desk job. That kind of money is for director level.
I thought it was because crybaby gamers get an hearth attack when they have to spend more than 500 dollars for something that is gonna last 7-8 years...
Yeah, it really sound strange when i hear stuff like that...
Precisely. Black people complain about lacking "representation" in art but guess who chooses to not pursue art? Black people. Choosing certain paths aren't looked at in a positive light and this results in lack of representation in key media fields. Black people chose to not allow some people not pursue these paths because it's "too risky". I told the woman I've been courting for marriage some of my creative dreams the other day and she passed it off as "well, it's a hobby and as long as it doesn't get in the way of your duties to your family". I didn't take offense to it because I've realized that's just how black people are. We are risk averse, but without risk there's no reward. It's the people and our attitudes that keep black people from pursuing creative work which directly results in a lack of representation in this work. You can't, on one hand, complain about a lack of something but on the other push for people not pursuing that path. For a long time I bought into the notion that it was white society that is keeping black people from pursuing our passions. Nope. It's black people and its always been us.
none of the schools by me (e.g., high school) taught programming or IT, and my parents wouldnt buy a me computer... i had to save up money over years, bought the parts, and put it together myself at age 13. and im in an affluent part of CA.
Exactly.
White males are fine, cuz they can still be called Eliot Page. Straight White Males, are the true evil.
Seriously, the guy probably dresses in a white robe and wears a pointy hat after work.
First bit is anecdotal. What worked for you isn't going to be the path everyone has. Last part is true, we need both exposure and resources for the people who want to pursue it.
I would hope this is a joke post.
Yes and no.
Not to sound corny or anything but this is the most inspiring thing I've heard in a while.
This is exactly right.
I actually think California, service games, paid online, too much DLC, season passes, incomplete games, broken/glitchy games, censorship, price increase of games, console price increase, less innovation, less risks, remake after remake, pandering, predominately Western games, less exclusives, etc are much worst than that.
I truly believe it comes with being colonized. It's a colonized mindset.
Thats the thing.
Where are you getting that 50,000 number from? That seems extremely low.
Well, actually 70$ paid these guys
I think thats true as a whole (maybe I'm wrong?) that comp science people will be into gaming and nerdy kinds of things. I dont see it correlating that comp science majors want to do techie stuff, but they grew up hating computers, never played games, or hates sci fi movies or Star Trek kinds of media.
You've nailed it on that last line.
Sigh, what was that Bob Marley song again?
