She thought I was wasting my life in the video games industry. Instead she would encourage me to quit and go back to school to study interior design or industrial design. When I would message her stressed about work she wouldn't offer her support. She's an art historian who loves contemporary feminist art and she sees me as a designer. My closest friend, my cousin Kristina, has been perhaps the most hostile towards my affection for video games. They didn't become gamers after they played the games I recommended. This was very exciting for me - I thought maybe I would finally be able to share the thing I love with the people I love. And some of them were getting castoff consoles from neighbours or family members who upgraded. This was because they were starting to buy tablets. Three years ago, for the first time, my friends who don't like video games started to ask about video games. Could it possibly be that maybe, just maybe, we could be missing something? We are mostly men, mostly white, and even more importantly, we are mostly gamers. If there is any workforce full of people who are similar to each other, it is the video game industry workforce. There's even a further psychological effect where an individual in a group of similar people will have fewer good ideas than the same individual in a diverse group. People who are similar to each other think similarly, draw on the same knowledge base, and approach problems from the same angles. Groups of experts and groups of people who are similar to each other get stuck. What forms of art and entertainment are most relevant now? Collage? Memoir? No, it should be video games. Linear novels and films are less relevant now for reflecting our realities. As we adapt to new technologies, our lives are becoming increasingly fragmented, multifaceted, interactive. Meanwhile, our lives have changed radically compared to our parents' lives. They'll mention some old game they used to play, try to say something nice about it, and then confess that they don't play video games. And one of my favourite things when I'm meeting a new person is to watch them squirm, to struggle to relate, after I mention I work in the video game industry. Most of my friends don't like video games. But everywhere I go, I meet people who don't like video games.
I've devoted my life-no exaggeration-to video games for 14 years, working on titles such as Company of Heroes, a few Assassin's Creeds, and Child of Light.
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