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hope you get the chance to do that someday. Everybody deserves that kind of reward
for such a mammoth effort.
The game industry is a wacky place. The hours are long, and the money isn
'
t that
great. I know because I
ve been in it up to my neck since games ran on floppy
disks. Somehow I find the energy to keep doing it. Am I just a glutton for
punishment?
I guess there
'
fun. I learned in
scouting that you should always leave a campsite better than you found it. I guess
that working on computer games is a way to do that for much more than a campsite.
My work in the computer game industry has hopefully had an effect on the people
who enjoyed the games with my name somewhere in the credits. My work, and that
of my co-author and friend Rez, on this topic has hopefully made working on the
games themselves more fun and more enjoyable for you.
Only time will tell, eh?
'
s a lot to be said for a profession that has one goal
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