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

[Max Samukha]

On 12/18/2010 10:03 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Caligo"<iteronvexor at gmail.com>  wrote in message
> news:mailman.5.1292651710.4588.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
>>
>> 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 pretentous 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 endevors
> 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.

I hear you! People please legalize drugs. They make my life suck so much 
less.

>
> 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 pretentous 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.)
>
>

Countless hours of my life have gone to waste while I've been killing 
zergs and protos. Still, my life sucks so much less because of that 
gorgeous feeling the unpunished killing gives me. The only thing I keep 
regretting (at the rare moments when I am not high) is I could have 
created something useful instead. Maybe, yet another programming 
language, in which more cool games could have been written.