Developer Stress Crippling Game Innovation?

hapwned writes "Jason Della Rocca, the executive director of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), looks at the big picture of the grim, dead-end careers of game developers. From the article: 'More fundamental is the notion that immature practices and extreme working conditions are bankrupting the industry's passion - the love for creating games that drives developers to be developers. When the average career length of the game development workforce is just over five years and over 50% of developers admit they don't plan to hang around for more than 10, we have a problem. How can an industry truly grow, and an art form evolve, if everyone is gone by the time they hit 30?'"

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Re:You claim..

[rainman_bc]

I envision a game where you can do whatever you want. I mean anything. Kill a cop. Its possible. Rape and/or kill a hooker. Its possible. Steal a car. Its possible. Run people over in your stolen car. Its possible. Shoot people, beat them up, Its possible.

Never played postal 2 I take it??? It's pretty close to your vision... The best part was when you could shove your shotgun up the ass and of a kitty cat and shoot people through the cat. Friggin' hilarious..