• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Why would you hire a writer that hates writing?

    Why are you making a narrative video game without a writer?

    If you’re making just a Candy Crush or a PacMan or a Space Invaders that doesn’t need plot or environmental storytelling why do you need these narrative, story-driven pieces of prose?

    None of the justifications make any real world sense to me.

    But also, a good friend of mine makes props and set dressings for TV shows (he helped build Vecna’s world in Stranger Things for example) and they are frequently building stuff just like you say.

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      3 days ago

      I didn’t say anyone would hire a writer that hates writing. You keep asking rhetorical questions about things that no one brought up.

      Why are you making a narrative video game without a writer

      I answered this already in the comment you replied to…

      People can be passionate and want to create things despite not being adept at every single aspect involved. You keep creating scenarios in direct opposition to what I’ve explained and then tell me your scenario doesn’t make sense.

      Why someone would need story-driven pieces of prose in PacMan? I don’t know buddy. You tell me. I never suggested anything of the sorts.

      I’ve had great discussions with other people. But you seem intent on bad faith arguments and straw-manning every chance you get.

      None of the justifications make any real world sense to me.

      It’s very telling you see it as “justifications”, as if I would have to justify my opinion on the matter. It is what it is based on my experience. I have no doubt, there are a lot of things that make no real world sense to you.