Comments on: 5 Major Cultural Differences Between Games People and Web People http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2008/10/27/5-major-cultural-differences-between-games-people-and-web-people/ Tracking Innovation at the Convergence of Games and Social Platforms Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:46:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: 60Hz http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2008/10/27/5-major-cultural-differences-between-games-people-and-web-people/comment-page-1/#comment-5625 60Hz Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:57:20 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=1411#comment-5625 Basically what you are saying is that web people learned their lesson from the multi-media fall out while game people haven't because they've been lucky thus far... I would assume the game people you are talking about were probably from the states, you may find a bit of a difference when interfacing with canadians, europeans and japanese... though the talk of story in games i think is a complete waste of time and totally redundant (game's stories emerge from the gameplay - much like the comeback story of any random football or basketball game)... Basically what you are saying is that web people learned their lesson from the multi-media fall out while game people haven’t because they’ve been lucky thus far…

I would assume the game people you are talking about were probably from the states, you may find a bit of a difference when interfacing with canadians, europeans and japanese… though the talk of story in games i think is a complete waste of time and totally redundant (game’s stories emerge from the gameplay – much like the comeback story of any random football or basketball game)…

]]> By: Moojaxee » Game Mechanics for Interaction Design: An Interview with Amy Jo Kim http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2008/10/27/5-major-cultural-differences-between-games-people-and-web-people/comment-page-1/#comment-3142 Moojaxee » Game Mechanics for Interaction Design: An Interview with Amy Jo Kim Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:21:00 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=1411#comment-3142 [...] In MY experience those communities definately overlap, because I have a foot in both worlds But it takes real effort to reach across the boundaries and learn sometime new. If you live in “Web Design world” you work with Web-centric folks, most of your contacts from previous jobs are Web folks, and you probably attend Web-oriented conferences. Same with “Game Design world.” Additionally, the mindset and incentive structure for these two worlds are very different - as articulated in Andrew Chen’s insightful blog post: Major Cultural Differences between Games People and Web People [...] [...] In MY experience those communities definately overlap, because I have a foot in both worlds But it takes real effort to reach across the boundaries and learn sometime new. If you live in “Web Design world” you work with Web-centric folks, most of your contacts from previous jobs are Web folks, and you probably attend Web-oriented conferences. Same with “Game Design world.” Additionally, the mindset and incentive structure for these two worlds are very different – as articulated in Andrew Chen’s insightful blog post: Major Cultural Differences between Games People and Web People [...]

]]> By: » Game Mechanics for Interaction Design: An Interview with Amy Jo Kim Ajaxee http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2008/10/27/5-major-cultural-differences-between-games-people-and-web-people/comment-page-1/#comment-3124 » Game Mechanics for Interaction Design: An Interview with Amy Jo Kim Ajaxee Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:50:18 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=1411#comment-3124 [...] In MY experience those communities definately overlap, because I have a foot in both worlds But it takes real effort to reach across the boundaries and learn sometime new. If you live in “Web Design world” you work with Web-centric folks, most of your contacts from previous jobs are Web folks, and you probably attend Web-oriented conferences. Same with “Game Design world.” Additionally, the mindset and incentive structure for these two worlds are very different - as articulated in Andrew Chen’s insightful blog post: Major Cultural Differences between Games People and Web People [...] [...] In MY experience those communities definately overlap, because I have a foot in both worlds But it takes real effort to reach across the boundaries and learn sometime new. If you live in “Web Design world” you work with Web-centric folks, most of your contacts from previous jobs are Web folks, and you probably attend Web-oriented conferences. Same with “Game Design world.” Additionally, the mindset and incentive structure for these two worlds are very different – as articulated in Andrew Chen’s insightful blog post: Major Cultural Differences between Games People and Web People [...]

]]> By: Online Media Managers » Blog Archive » Game Mechanics for Interaction Design: An Interview with Amy Jo Kim http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2008/10/27/5-major-cultural-differences-between-games-people-and-web-people/comment-page-1/#comment-3082 Online Media Managers » Blog Archive » Game Mechanics for Interaction Design: An Interview with Amy Jo Kim Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:02:11 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=1411#comment-3082 [...] In MY experience those communities definately overlap, because I have a foot in both worlds But it takes real effort to reach across the boundaries and learn sometime new. If you live in “Web Design world” you work with Web-centric folks, most of your contacts from previous jobs are Web folks, and you probably attend Web-oriented conferences. Same with “Game Design world.” Additionally, the mindset and incentive structure for these two worlds are very different - as articulated in Andrew Chen’s insightful blog post: Major Cultural Differences between Games People and Web People [...] [...] In MY experience those communities definately overlap, because I have a foot in both worlds But it takes real effort to reach across the boundaries and learn sometime new. If you live in “Web Design world” you work with Web-centric folks, most of your contacts from previous jobs are Web folks, and you probably attend Web-oriented conferences. Same with “Game Design world.” Additionally, the mindset and incentive structure for these two worlds are very different – as articulated in Andrew Chen’s insightful blog post: Major Cultural Differences between Games People and Web People [...]

]]> By: Game Mechanics for Interaction Design: An Interview with Amy Jo Kim - Bokardo http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2008/10/27/5-major-cultural-differences-between-games-people-and-web-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2956 Game Mechanics for Interaction Design: An Interview with Amy Jo Kim - Bokardo Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:28:33 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=1411#comment-2956 [...] In MY experience those communities definately overlap, because I have a foot in both worlds But it takes real effort to reach across the boundaries and learn sometime new. If you live in “Web Design world” you work with Web-centric folks, most of your contacts from previous jobs are Web folks, and you probably attend Web-oriented conferences. Same with “Game Design world.” Additionally, the mindset and incentive structure for these two worlds are very different - as articulated in Andrew Chen’s insightful blog post: Major Cultural Differences between Games People and Web People [...] [...] In MY experience those communities definately overlap, because I have a foot in both worlds But it takes real effort to reach across the boundaries and learn sometime new. If you live in “Web Design world” you work with Web-centric folks, most of your contacts from previous jobs are Web folks, and you probably attend Web-oriented conferences. Same with “Game Design world.” Additionally, the mindset and incentive structure for these two worlds are very different – as articulated in Andrew Chen’s insightful blog post: Major Cultural Differences between Games People and Web People [...]

]]> By: laurent courtines http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2008/10/27/5-major-cultural-differences-between-games-people-and-web-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1764 laurent courtines Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:33:06 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=1411#comment-1764 Great great post. I have these sorts of arguments everyday. I work in casual games in a sea of video game editorial people. The conversations are always within the bounds of the parameters you've set up. My video game colleagues are often appalled that I don't own a system. My reply is that gamers are nerds. It's an interesting bridge that is going to be gaped soon! Great great post. I have these sorts of arguments everyday. I work in casual games in a sea of video game editorial people. The conversations are always within the bounds of the parameters you’ve set up. My video game colleagues are often appalled that I don’t own a system. My reply is that gamers are nerds. It’s an interesting bridge that is going to be gaped soon!

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