Broken Toys Random Comments About Games and Tractors

Barnett Does GDC, GDC Survives The Experience

Apparently, being a DIY punk involves giving a talk that has nothing to do with what you promised you'd talk about.

Game design theory is very complicated, he said, because people are overthinking the problem. "Theories in design are as timeless as the fashion of hats," he said. The theories, he continued, are a means to sell a product and are nothing more than a series of catchphrases that get traction and are then sold to people. "This is because we don't like chaos, we don't like uncertainty," he said. "So we look for earnest people with intelligent systems to sell. Prophets that can fortify our faith. It's caustic, and it's dangerous."

Clearly, we need someone to struggle against the status quo of publishers who squelch innovation. Designers who aren't afraid to advocate new ideas in the face of the conservative mainstream.

You know. Heretics!