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Re:In the Videogame Industry, Hiring People Is a Last Resort by quadrupleslap on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @10:37AM (#14098063)
How does the Sistine Chapel matter any more than a work that will be experienced simultaneously by thousands, if not millions of people across the world, and will be immeasurably more immersive and entertaining?
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Re:In the Videogame Industry, Hiring People Is a Last Resort by anjc on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @03:13PM (#14100829)
I'm as defensive about games-as-art as anybody...but the Sistine Chapel ceiling is, and will remain, more important to humanity than 99.999% of games created.
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