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While the novel remains a high-status cultural form, video game writing is still seen as a throwaway art \u2013 despite some of the biggest names in fiction being involved\nI\u2019ve been working in games for a little more than 15 years, and the main thing I\u2019d say about it at this point is that it\u2019s a pretty annoying job to explain at parties. People often say something like, \u201cOh, I don\u2019t really play games,\u201d which is surely an odd thing to tell a game designer moments after you\u2019ve been introduced; I don\u2019t really eat croissants, but that\u2019s not the first thing I bring up if I meet a patissier.
\nSo one of the joys of publishing my first novel last year was the option to sidestep all of that, and say: \u201cOh, I\u2019m a writer.\u201d I wrote a novel; I\u2019m working on another one; job done, the conversation can move on. Nobody says, \u201cOh, I don\u2019t really read books,\u201d even though that\u2019s at least as likely to be true. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
While the novel remains a high-status cultural form, video game writing is still seen as a throwaway art \u2013 despite some of the biggest names in fiction being involved I\u2019ve been working in games for a little more than 15 years, and the main thing I\u2019d say about it at this point is that it\u2019s …<\/p>\n