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Imagine instead the post was about people who want to make music but don't listen to it. I literally cannot imagine being a musician who doesn't listen to musi

• jay_kyburz 27d ago
  There are many game devs who don't play games. A lot of artists would rather be working on movies, and a lot of programmers who just love to program. The best game devs all do though.
  • cl3misch 27d ago
    But are these game devs designing the gameplay loop? Or are they working on backend, like the engine? I could imagine a (solo) game dev not self-describe as a gamer, but they must have some intuition about what makes (video/board) games fun and engaging. I can't imagine you can obtain that without ever playing games yourself?
• mega_dean 27d ago
  This isn't a real counterexample, but an interesting case is Bobby McFerrin, who wrote "Don't Worry, Be Happy". He avoided listening to singers for 1-2 years in order to develop his own voice/sound: "First was the vision, then the technique of working it out. I wanted to find my own way of singing by knowing myself. I knew that if I started listening to other singers, it would take me years to develop. So I shut myself off from other singers for along time." from page 25 of https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/R%26B-Report/1988/R%26B-Report-1988-09-12.pdf https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/R%26B-Re...
  • hrnnnnnn 26d ago
    That makes sense to me. If I was about to write a doom metal record I'd probably avoid listening to doom metal for a while. The difference here, as you point out, is that Bobby already had a lifetime of listening to music and appreciating other singers.