{"id":2017,"date":"2012-03-12T08:38:38","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T14:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:46:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:46:50","slug":"for-creators-of-video-games-a-faint-line-on-cloning-nytimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/03\/12\/for-creators-of-video-games-a-faint-line-on-cloning-nytimes-com\/","title":{"rendered":"For Creators of Video Games, a Faint Line on Cloning &#8211; NYTimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/12\/technology\/for-creators-of-video-games-a-faint-line-on-cloning.html?_r=1&amp;nl=todaysheadlines&amp;emc=edit_th_20120312\">For Creators of Video Games, a Faint Line on Cloning &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Indie developers simply don&#8217;t have the infrastructure to produce games in the same way that the big companies do. Yes, I know that the big companies all started off as little guys.<\/p>\n<p>So, when did they stop being considerate and understanding of other indies? At what point do they loose sight of what they were trying to do (make great games) and grab onto the capitalist dream (become fabulously rich)? Is it really just as simple as that people are greedy?<\/p>\n<p>Why do we keep idolizing bullies with money? Is there any connection between that and our apparent<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alfiekohn.org\/books\/nc.htm\" target=\"_blank\"> love of competition<\/a>?<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-2017'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2017);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2017);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(2017);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>For Creators of Video Games, a Faint Line on Cloning &#8211; NYTimes.com. Indie developers simply don&#8217;t have the infrastructure to produce games in the same way that the big companies do. Yes, I know that the big companies all started &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/03\/12\/for-creators-of-video-games-a-faint-line-on-cloning-nytimes-com\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[394,342,13,103],"class_list":["post-2017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games","category-general","tag-bullying-mobbing","tag-games-gaming","tag-games-in-society","tag-society"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-wx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2123,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/04\/14\/where-ive-been-this-week-weekly-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2017,"position":0},"title":"Where I&#8217;ve Been This Week (weekly)","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"April 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"What Professors Make - Labor & Work-Life Issues - The Chronicle of Higher Education 2012 Faculty Salary Survey tags: data salaries academia Gamasutra - Features - Gamification: Framing The Discussion [As a prelude to a full-on examination of gamification, Badgeville's Tony Ventrice digs deep into what makes games games, using\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Academia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Academia","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/academia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1072,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2010\/09\/02\/what-exactly-is-the-problem-with-getting-to-play-the-bad-guy-in-medal-of-honor\/","url_meta":{"origin":2017,"position":1},"title":"What, EXACTLY is the problem with getting to play the bad guy in Medal of Honor?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"September 2, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Video Games - In Medal of Honor, Role Playing Includes Taliban - NYTimes.com. 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