I am once again saying that people will still do things without a profit motive.

Also, Sakurai always seems so wholesome.

  • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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    2 years ago

    it really is weird to characterize this as "money-losing." sure the production costs might be higher than a blog but like, he's an artist. game design is an art. talking about your practice, explaining your ideas and engaging with an audience is critical to the creation of art.

  • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    first video is about hitstun

    I fucking love juice :lets-fucking-go:

    I fucking want everything to feel crunchy and impactful

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    2 years ago

    Aren't, like, 99% of YouTube channels operating at an (at least implicit) loss?

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      :yea:

      The only game dev we uncritically support is Toby Fox :trans-undertale:

    • SoylentSnake [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Does he have employees in the traditional capitalist-worker sense? I always thought he was more of a Creative Director high prestige middle-manager type. Though yeah he and his wife do have Sora Ltd. and I really don't understand how that company works. Supposedly they're the only two employees but they use it to outsource development? I genuinely don't really get the biz model there.

      • volcel_olive_oil [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Masahiro Sakurai is a mad whirlwind of game design

        the guy designs games down to posing action figures for photos to describe all the animations for every character

        • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Those little posable drawing figurines are such a good way to get those cool images out of your head and into the real world, especially if you're not great at just sketching from scratch

        • SoylentSnake [he/him, they/them]
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          2 years ago

          Right that's kinda the impression I got. So he's just a very high end worker in that case. I'm sure way more comfortable than the vast majority of us but not a capitalist in any meaningful sense and not directly exploiting people's labor, at least any more than your average middle manager/direct supervisor.

          (Don't really have a stake one way or another though, I've had my fun with some of the dude's games and he seems like a nice guy in his presentations but beyond that he's just another stranger on this big ass planet)

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