Game development is worthless? WTF? (Was: Why Ruby?)

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> wrote in message 
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>> IMO there is no honor in game development as it contributes nothing to
>> society.  I've rarely played any,
>
> I gotta jump on this as being a giant load of pretentious bullshit. First 
> of all, there's the patently obvious "how in the world would you know?" 
> considering the "I've rarely played any".
>
> But more importantly, games make life suck less - I can't even imagine any 
> more significant contribution to society than that. Even all of the 
> endeavors generally considered to be the biggest contributions to society 
> are *only* significant contributions *because* that's exactly what they 
> do: they make life suck less, and are therefore well-regarded.
>
> Seriously, what up with all those presumptuous assholes out there (mostly 
> baby boomer dinos and their even more anachronistic parents, interestingly 
> enough) who have barely ever touched a videogame and yet figure they 
> actually have reason to believe such absurd pretentious crap? Fuck, they 
> all remind me of that pompous Roger Ebert douchebag. (Speaking of ways to 
> benefit society, when's he finally gonna keel over? Isn't it about time by 
> now? And speaking of "contributions to society" what the fuck's he ever 
> done? Collect a salary just to spout off opinions? Fucking useless 
> wanker.)
>

Since it apparently isn't obvious to some people: things don't have to be 
dull to qualify as a significant a contribution.