Are you ready to hit the big bad world of game development, start up your own studio, hit that killer idea and rake in all the cash? Oh dear. Dr. Lewis Pulsipher is about to explain a few things to you on Game Career Guide piece entitled Student Illusions About Being a Game Designer, and his advice is sobering.

There’s a lot of areas in game development which are a lot more difficult than startups would expect, so read up and prepare if you don’t want to get taken by surprise.

While you’re at it, have a look at this slightly more light-hearted piece on GameSetWatch entitled Dubious Pitches. It’s funny ‘cos it’s true, yo.