I guess everyone has a right to their own opinion, and I also suppose that talking about it is psychologically mending. Unfortunately, I never have understood why people who have realized they hate the game industry stick around and complain about it or even worse, they end up sabotaging projects because mid-way through them they start complaining about how everything is wrong with the project or how someone is screwing someone else or perhaps they feel that they are being 'creatively' repressed. I guess my only word of advice to anyone in the game industry who is unhappy creating games for a living would be: "If you are not happy doing what you are currently doing, perhaps you are trying to tell yourself something subconsciously? The most likely cause for you staying in the industry even though you are miserable is that you are afraid of change or you are afraid that you won't be able to do anything else. So, do yourself and everyone else a favor and find something that makes you happy." There, plain, simple, and to the point. Every industry has ups and downs, and along these same lines you are going to find cheating, exploiting, and backstabbing no matter where you go. So, find something that makes you happy and stick with it. If you feel you are being treated improperly or unfairly then do something about it, but please stop creating more negative hype about games and their nature. You are destroying the 'image' for those of us who actually enjoy creating games. If you truly enjoy making games, then the politics, business, and end profits from the game should not be the 'selling' points to yourself. The selling points should be the original reason why you enjoyed creating games in the first place. If the later three, or related, points were the reason why you entered the industry(yes and that also includes 'fame') then I am afraid that you have jumped into the wrong pool for the wrong reasons. If not, then perhaps it is time to look back at your original goals and find out what it is that really makes you excited about making games.
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I guess everyone has a right to their own opinion, and I also suppose that talking about it is psychologically mending. Unfortunately, I never have understood why people who have realized they hate the game industry stick around and complain about it or even worse, they end up sabotaging projects because mid-way through them they start complaining about how everything is wrong with the project or how someone is screwing someone else or perhaps they feel that they are being 'creatively' repressed. I guess my only word of advice to anyone in the game industry who is unhappy creating games for a living would be: "If you are not happy doing what you are currently doing, perhaps you are trying to tell yourself something subconsciously? The most likely cause for you staying in the industry even though you are miserable is that you are afraid of change or you are afraid that you won't be able to do anything else. So, do yourself and everyone else a favor and find something that makes you happy." There, plain, simple, and to the point. Every industry has ups and downs, and along these same lines you are going to find cheating, exploiting, and backstabbing no matter where you go. So, find something that makes you happy and stick with it. If you feel you are being treated improperly or unfairly then do something about it, but please stop creating more negative hype about games and their nature. You are destroying the 'image' for those of us who actually enjoy creating games. If you truly enjoy making games, then the politics, business, and end profits from the game should not be the 'selling' points to yourself. The selling points should be the original reason why you enjoyed creating games in the first place. If the later three, or related, points were the reason why you entered the industry(yes and that also includes 'fame') then I am afraid that you have jumped into the wrong pool for the wrong reasons. If not, then perhaps it is time to look back at your original goals and find out what it is that really makes you excited about making games.