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[edit] List of Developers → seperate article?
I don't really like the huge list of notable game development companies. Shouldn't that be an article unto itself? Or is there a way to format it better? -Frecklefoot
[edit] Why is the list non-standard?
I was wondering—why is the list of game developers non-standard. Why don't we have it formatted like a standard list. This is what it would look like (sample):
[edit] A
[edit] B
Is that so bad? Or, conversely, we could format it like this:
A
B
If you look at the wikicode, you'll see that the headings are labelled like this:
'''A''' in the second list instead of like this:
= = =A= = = in the first list. If we did it that way, we could bring back the table of contents, which I think is very useful (done away with because the huge list of A, B, C for developers looked ugly). —Frecklefoot 14:41, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- For the record, I've just switched the list of developers to using the standard wiki list markup instead of the HTML kludge it was using. --Paul A 01:06, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Llamasoft/Minter controversy
In response to a recent removal of Llamasoft and Jeff Minter from the list (which I reverted): to those that might hold the view that Minter and his company are totally unimportant, please consider the large number of game programmers, not to mention computer programmers in general, who have been, and continue to be, inspired by his work. By that account, Minter is not "notable in his own mind only", and should absolutely be on the list if it is to have any semblance of completeness. "Notable" is not measured only by commercial size or impact. --Wernher 06:04, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- I agree that impact is not measured by commercial success. Look at Danielle Bunten Berry, who only garned meager success for her seminal, groundbreaking games. However, I still feel Minter's work was neither groundbreaking nor influencial. Personally, I've never heard of Llamasoft or any its games. But, a lot of people seem to feel otherwise (see this discussion—I guess he's only big in the UK), so I'm okay with leaving Llamasoft in the list. However, Jeff Minter, influential or not is a person and not a video game development company, so I took his name off the list. We have a list of important game designers, so someone can add his name there if they want to. I guess he is a programmer too? I guess his name could go on that list instead. But it doesn't belong in the list of game development companies. If we did include it, we'd have to include many other luminaries such as Sid Meier, Danielle Bunten Berry and many other people who aren't companies. Peace. :-) —Frecklefoot 14:56, Mar 30, 2004 (UTC)
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- OK, this seems reasonable. Thanks for reminding me of the more suitable related articles. FYI, Minter was and still is quite a celeb in Western European C64 demo scene / game programming circles outside the UK as well -- mostly in Germany and Scandinavia I guess, where Commodore dominated the home computer market. Many of the guys who 'grew up' with the VIC and 64 in the early-to-mid 80s will still instinctively buy whatever product the Yak makes on any platform, and we usually do not get disappointed. :-] --Wernher 19:05, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- Okay, I guess his is popular in all of Europe then, not just the UK :-). Wow, are people really still developing for the C64? Great system, but isn't it a tad out of date (it's not even made anymore)? I loved my C64, but my wife made me give it away when we moved in 1996. —Frecklefoot 19:18, Mar 30, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] List of developers again
Does anyone else think the List of developers should be broken off into a seperate article? If no one objects, I'll do it in the next few days. — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:21, Sep 10, 2004 (UTC)
- Yes, please do. --Mrwojo 19:59, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Okay, done. Boy, the article sure looks puny without that list, doesn't it? :-S — Frecklefoot | Talk 19:28, Sep 13, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] video game producer
And what's a video game producer? For example, upcoming Xbox 360 game Prey is developed by Human Heads Studios, produced by 3D Realms and published by 2k games. Thanks, --Abdull 13:43, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
- You can see game producer for that information (it's linked in the article). However, I'm not sure of the use of the term as you describe above. Perhaps Human Heads is doing the actual development and 3D Realms is working as creative directors, much like a movie producer does. HTH — Frecklefoot | Talk 02:18, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] external link: gcdb?
I created and run a website called "Game Company Database" (http://www.gcdb.org). Is it appropriate to put this under "External Links"? What are the guidelines on this? (Sorry, wikipedia newb here.)
Anyone?
- Only very appropriate sites do we allow for addition. While this is somewhat un-wiki, in the past, this article has been blasted by spam links (links to commercial sites). While your site looks interesting, I don't think it warrants addition to the extern links section, but you can wait for others to respond. — Frecklefoot | Talk 05:00, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Actual game developers
Are any game developers working on this article? - JNighthawk 02:35, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
