Do you feel like the number of “Armchair Designers” is higher in our industry compared to others (Film, TV, Consumer Products, Restaurants, etc)? Or does it just feel that way because we are more invested, and more hypersensative? And if there are more, given your comment you made about the Music Industry, is it due to the Dunning–Kruger effect being more severe with gaming?

askagamedev: Hmm… I’m pretty sure that we’ve got more armchair designers than the restaurant industry has armchair chefs, but I’m not sure about fields as broad as film, TV, or consumer products. It mostly has to do with the Dunning-Kruger effect and the effects of even a little bit of experience on the person’s self-confidence …

mrkanman: fucking…..not to be gamer on main but video games is..really good.  its medium is SO special and unique because it just totally subverts the usual audience/art relationship. you’re THERE you can determine the narrative with even just little choices and there’s so much that you can do that, if it were a movie, would …

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