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My friend Carlos (a brilliant person I will never be able to follow in conversation because he thinks and talks too fast and knows too much for me to understand entirely) pointed me to Bob’s Game a few days ago, before Bob became famous. Bob is otherwise known as Robert Pelloni, a 25-year-old self-taught game designer who created an entire Nintendo DS game himself.

Recently, he got an interview up on France 24, which I read and replied to. In the interview, he talks about his process and the amount of work he put into the game (5 years!).

He also was replied to by a Ubisoft representative, who said, and I quote, ”I don’t think it’s possible for a single person to create a game. Today, designing a videogame is a collective enterprise, putting together a team of about 30 people. Furthermore, publishers need to privilege their own creators, while taking into account trends in the sector.”

Regardless of the context that statement is made in, it is what it is.

You are free to reply to that how you like. My opinion is written up on the interview page, and my rage is just a shade under poignant.

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