Would you like your future to be with games?

Hey guys.

As one grows older and life really starts to push a path on you, do you guys reach for a future in videogames?

By this I mean most things to do with games really.. from working at a game store, creating games, art for games, etc...If so how many of you already work with games? how many of you hate your job, are in your twenty somethings and wish you werent stuck with a sh*t situation? Or, on the opposite end of the spectrum, how many of you do work at a game store and would desperately want to leave the trap and go back to school?

I'd like to know where the Gamespot forum posters stance on this is, thanks guys. Later.

I'd LIKE to do some writing for games. But until that happens I'll have to stay in law enforcement.

I'd LIKE to do some writing for games. But until that happens I'll have to stay in law enforcement.

airshocker

Same i could make much better stories than most of those games outhere.dakan45

That's how I feel.

[QUOTE="dakan45"]Same i could make much better stories than most of those games outhere.airshocker

That's how I feel.

In most cases stories in games are an excuse for the gameplay, you tweak the story so that it opens up potential. Red Alert 3 is the perfect example of this. The story is awful itself but provides top notch over the top cinematics and more importantly, it gives a reason to include a new fictional faction & technology. It's the finest example of what a story should be in games, imo. I don't play games to get immersed by the storyline.

On topic; I don't want to be a part of the industry because I'm not especially interested in programing or other professions that it includes.

[QUOTE="airshocker"]

[QUOTE="dakan45"]Same i could make much better stories than most of those games outhere.kontejner44

That's how I feel.

In most cases stories in games are an excuse for the gameplay, you tweak the story so that it opens up potential. Red Alert 3 is the perfect example of this. The story is awful itself but provides top notch over the top cinematics and more importantly, it gives a reason to include a new fictional faction & technology. It's the finest example of what a story should be in games, imo. I don't play games to get immersed by the storyline.

On topic; I don't want to be a part of the industry because I'm not especially interested in programing or other professions that it includes.

I don't want to work in the game industry. My dream job would to be a cartoonist, but I'm working a crappy job now that doesn't pay much. I did go to college, got a degree in psychology, and I don't know what's going to happen in future.

I like the idea of a future in video games

..I did go to college, got a degree in psychology, and I don't know what's going to happen in future.

majadamus

Yes, it seems some people with degrees still seem to be at a loss as of where to go in life..I'm also not sure what's going to happen but I hope it's something to do with computers and web development; something like working at Kotaku seems fairly sweet if you knew your way around coding and web design.

[QUOTE="airshocker"]

That's how I feel.

In most cases stories in games are an excuse for the gameplay, you tweak the story so that it opens up potential. Red Alert 3 is the perfect example of this. The story is awful itself but provides top notch over the top cinematics and more importantly, it gives a reason to include a new fictional faction & technology. It's the finest example of what a story should be in games, imo. I don't play games to get immersed by the storyline.

On topic; I don't want to be a part of the industry because I'm not especially interested in programing or other professions that it includes.

[QUOTE="dakan45"][QUOTE="kontejner44"]

In most cases stories in games are an excuse for the gameplay, you tweak the story so that it opens up potential. Red Alert 3 is the perfect example of this. The story is awful itself but provides top notch over the top cinematics and more importantly, it gives a reason to include a new fictional faction & technology. It's the finest example of what a story should be in games, imo. I don't play games to get immersed by the storyline.

On topic; I don't want to be a part of the industry because I'm not especially interested in programing or other professions that it includes.

Jordo321

Actually in most games the story is as you imply, tweaked to fit into the gameplay and not the other way around. What you are talking about is not the norm in gaming. Stories are just there to provide a reason in order to open up potential for gameplay.

For example in Zelda: Twilight Princess the story is set in this "twilight world" probably just to justify Link being able to transform into a wolf. That's from a gameplay standpoint brilliant. Now, the story itself is bad but that's irelevant :P

I would have liked to be a game designer, but unfortunately I suck when it comes to working on computers :P