Think being a game designer is all pink children and Christmas? Think again. High Voltage Software's lead designer David A. Rodriguez squashes the dream for millions of stary-eyed wanna-be's by telling it how it is. In a column over at PopCultureShock (via GameSetWatch), Rodriguez tells all:

I'm not an artist... Someone comes to my company with a contract. They give us money to make something. I make it. They take it and sell it. I don't work in art. I work...in customer service. And fortunately or unfortunately, the customer is always right. That means that no matter how bad I think an idea is. That means no matter how unreasonable the request or how STUPID the last thing they said was, in the end they write the check, so they get to decide. I can voice my opinion. I can tell them what I think because that's what they are paying me for, but ultimately, if they decide that something must be in the game...then you can bet your sweet ass it's gonna be in the game.

Kudos to Rodriguez for being honest and not self-delusional. Reminds me of something Pop painter Andy Warhol said, "Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art." Rodriguez is currently slaving away on the new 50 Cent PSP game, which I'm sure had no connection with his article whatsoever. Brian Ashcraft

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