Gaming's money-making secrets available for free
If you ask rich people how they got rich, we doubt most of them will say it was by playing a lot of video games. Nevertheless, a new book promises to show you the path to untold riches for doing just that.Get Rich Playing Games is the brainchild of the ridiculously busy industry consultant, journalist and author Scott Steinberg (full disclosure: I worked with Scott on the Videogame Style Guide and Reference Manual). The book details three main paths to gaming mega-bucks: developer, executive and journalist. Wait, journalist? Doesn't he realize what the average game journalist gets paid? Trust us, you'd have better chances getting rich trawling for change in your local fountain.
The 177-page book is available as a $17.95 paperback or a free PDF eBook because, let's face it, no one ever got rich by paying for stuff.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
glutto @ Sep 18th 2007 10:39AM
Get Rich By Selling Books, by Scott Steinberg.
FrankTheCrank @ Sep 18th 2007 10:39AM
Well, in my case, I'll be going broke playing all the new games this fall/holiday season.
Cabcru @ Sep 18th 2007 10:44AM
"Doesn't he realize what the average game journalist gets paid?"
I'd also assume he's never been a games developer before, either.
amx1978 @ Sep 18th 2007 10:48AM
Forward by Nolan Bushnell? "Steal! It worked for me!"
blooh (CDF - Ass Ring) @ Sep 18th 2007 10:52AM
haha, yet another scam to get rich off of white trash
NATO_Duke @ Sep 18th 2007 11:04AM
What? I thought everyone here had already become rich by playing games? I grabbed hundreds of dollars off bodies in Bioshock yesterday, thousands of gold pieces in Two Worlds last week, and made my first million in Oblivion.
HineyWipe @ Sep 18th 2007 12:01PM
A Wiseman once said, "nothing is free". How true.
Another said, "a sucker is born every minute". How true.
JD @ Sep 18th 2007 1:49PM
Would you get paid more if you were better?
refinedsugar @ Sep 18th 2007 9:23PM
No one felt the need to slap on the 'or die tryin' bit? Golden.