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House of the Dragon star thinks publishers need to stop “trying to recreate the next Fortnite”

www.dexerto.com House of the Dragon star thinks publishers need to stop “trying to recreate the next Fortnite” - Dexerto

We had the chance to sit down with the multitalented Abubakar Salim and talk all things gaming at PAX Australia 2024.

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Lemmy shitposter thinks House of the Dragon actors are not a valuable source of opinions outside of acting, even if he does agree with them.
- I'm unsure if OP edited their post or where you got their opinion, but the post was a decent read. I wish games were treated as an art form instead of just a business. Good storytelling in games seems few and far between.
  
  I mean it’s kind of par for the course. Movies have been considered an art form for a long time but they’re first and foremost treated as a business by those in control of the money
Abubakar Salim played one of the greatest dads in all of sci fi on Raised by Wolves
- He is also an amazing roleplayer
  
  Check out Haunted City, the blades in the dark RPG actual play podcast. Abu is the chaos agent in this and has some amazing scenes. One of the best
  
  That's how I was originally introduced to him, and then again later on Critical Role.
- That show was so... Ridley Scott
  
  Fucking bonkers first season finale. I just couldn't take it seriously after that...
Niantic has the tools in place to pull off the next big thing, digital graffiti. You don't need a shoot-em-up FPS or quests or anything like that, just give people the creative outlet to scan an object and draw a massive penis on it and share it with the world.
- Niantic can’t even make a good Pokemon game let alone anything else
  
  I just said they had the tools, I didn't say they were going to do it.
- You've almost described Jet Set Radio Future or Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, although those games are single player.
  
  There is a multiplayer mod for BRC though.
  
  Yeah, but IRL buildings, statues, art, etc.
- Generally the type of people who make graffiti worth looking at aren't the sort of people who want to draw with a tablet and stylus.
  
  Seems like a win for society if a significant percentage of the people making graffiti not worth looking at would switch to digital instead of physical graffiti then.
Publisher's need to stop making things that demand all of your time and attention
I think one issue is that UE5 has all of its out-of-the-box toolset geared towards making a fortnite type game since that is Epic's main focus at the moment.

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