Jon Blyth on: Pubs vs video games

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Sixteen months ago, I left the games industry. It was a grand gesture, as you'd expect from someone who'd spent seven years acting like his opinions were worth money. I deposited a 2500-word screed on a vestigial blog, emptied a carrier bag full of cheap mics onto my desk, and left the industry, forever. Never to have another public opinion.
I now run a lovely pub in Nottingham, thanks for asking, as part of my ongoing mission to ruin both of my hobbies by making my livelihood utterly depend on them. Remember when the BioWare doctor left the games industry to go and make beer? Well it's like that, only now I'm the guy who wishes he could brew beer, instead of the guy who wishes he could make games.
Ankle deep in one industry, with my elbows still wet from the other - it's inevitable that I'd notice parallels. And being the kind of person who thinks his opinions are worth money, I thought I'd share them.
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