If It Weren’t For Guys Like These

This embarassingly naive statement by unfortunately non-ficticious graduate of Generic Game Design Course appears in Game Developer magazine on a regular basis.

In his defence, the offending graduate offers this forum post on Garage Games.

“Yea (sic) that quote was def NOT from me…. I wasnt even alive when pong was released! So i do understand where you guys are coming from as far as seeming to (sic) cocky. It may have been a little overboard but at least its (sic) getting some notice. But sorry to make it seem like that was from me.(?) If you know me on a personal basis you would know thats not my character.”

So marketing genius strikes once again. Not only has Mr. Hartlieb’s chances of ever gaining employment in our industry been dramatically reduced, but Academia as a whole takes a blow.