So You Want To Be a Game Designer?

Gamespot is running a feature which talks to designers such as CliffyB and Akira Yamaoka on the subject of what it means to be a game designer. From the article: "No one just falls into the position. You claw, kick and scream and push your way into it. Most designers start off as programmers or artists. They understand gameplay systems; they live and breathe games. From my perspective, I was making my own games, programming them, doing all the artwork, the production, level design, and everything because I didn't have anybody else to do it for me. That background helped give me the perspective it takes to pull a product together and have a creative vision for it. Being a designer is about having a creative vision and adhering to it."

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Gamer requirements?

[nagringo]

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Re:Gamer requirements?

[daniel_mcl]

Maybe if you defined LAMP we'd know what you were talking about and you wouldn't be modded down for irrelevancy. Of course, this isn't monster.com or something.