On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Carl D Cravens wrote: CDC>Of course, I don't agree with Vincent's "breaking the GM's control" CDC>thing to start with... I find it odd, the attitude that indie game CDC>designers have to tear down the past in order to build the future. CDC>But I'm getting a bit fed up with some (some, not all) indie CDC>designers' attitudes of superiority, like they're doing some really CDC>big, important thing. They're kind of cute to watch, though... it's sort of like watching college kids get all passionate about politics. They'll be embarrassed about that "phase" later, most of them. Which sentiment probably just means I'm old. (I didn't have a political- activist period in my college years, though. As my mother often points out, I was *born* an old lady.) At any rate, John Kim had some interesting things to say about authority vs authorship in one of his blog entries, and I kind of wonder if that isn't the sort of thing that discussions like this conflate. When I get the chance to read his essay in detail, I'll post some thoughts on it. -- Karen J. Cravens silver@phoenyx.net ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
