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Should Working in Games be more Fun

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The title of this post is the same as the title from the article I just read ( http://www.gamedev.net/page/resources/_/business/should-working-in-games-be-more-fun-r866 ) from gamedev.net . It is written by Francois Dominic Laramee. Francois seems to be a very experienced developer who has worked in small start-ups and huge international company, in private sectors and government sectors to educational sectors, and, inside and outside of games industry. What he writes is the reality and the state of the industry. This should be what a games developer should expect when entering the industry. It seems that there is a lot of hype by the media and general public about games developing. They make it sound fun, and makes people wanna come in and be part of the team that develops games, and have some fun doing the job. Francois does mention about the film industry having the same kinds of demand on the labour and hours involved to achieve the quality that can go on screen. I t