Lately I think a lot about the damage that conflating game making with game selling has done.
Tons of games made by hobbyists just because they wanted to make a game, but that isn't allowed- now the little voice in their head says they failed unless they made enough money to buy a house with it and. Just. Nah.
It's ok to just make games. Games don't gotta sell to make a difference. Many games that can make the most difference inter-personally are essentially market poison, but they should still get made!
That isn't an argument for Learning To Marketing Good, that's an argument for burning down billionaire houses until someone figures out basic arts funding a/o basic income again.
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