This Week In The Business: So You Want To Be A Developer?

[Kotaku]( October 6, 2018 [This Week In The Business: So You Want To Be A Developer?]( [QUOTE | “Even when I see students enrolling in predatory schools that count ‘indie’ as alumni career placement to bilk students into bloated programs they don’t need for jobs they won’t get, I never discourage. Frankly, it’s time I looked at myself in the mirror and asked if I’m really acting ethically. Am I an enabler?” - Over the Moon Games’ John Warner says it’s time to tone down the encouragement the industry gives aspiring indies.]( [Tips For Playing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey]( [Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is a huge game, with plenty of secrets to uncover and systems to fiddle with. Here are some tips that will help you go from fresh-faced malaka to a hero worthy of epic poems.]( [Ask Dr. NerdLove: My Girlfriend Wants To Open Up Our Relationship]( [Hello all you frightening skin machines, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the dating advice column that helps heroes navigate the complicated webs of love.]( [Mario Odyssey's Goomba-Stacking Limit Has Been Found]( [How many Goombas can be stacked atop one another in Super Mario Odyssey? Playing normally the answer is 30, but video game developer and dissector Skelux has managed a stack of 200. A very unstable stack of 200.]( [More Books Should Be Made Into Video Games]( [This week, Harry Potter fans screamed twice: first, upon the leaked video of an apparent open-world Hogwarts game in development, and secondly at JK Rowling, after she once again amended plot details of her series via a reply to someone else’s tweet. Gita loves Harry Potter, and drunk people used...]( [SPONSORED]( [Buy One Camp Chair From Kawartha And Get Two Mugs And A Second Chair Free ($70)]( [The Kawartha Camp Chair is lightweight (just under 2 lbs) and assembles in under 30 seconds using a hub and pole system similar to a tent. All components roll up quickly and slide into the stuff sack for easy transport, perfect for a camping trip or tailgating. Get it for...]( [What Are You Playing This Weekend?]( [The weekend is for reorganizing my kitchen because I spent too long looking at stuff on the Container Store website and now I feel like I could be a better person if my flour was in a see-through storage container instead of a torn bag. The weekend is also for...]( [My First Tattoo Lets Me Remember My Love For Skies Of Arcadia]( [My favorite video game of all time is Skies of Arcadia, a Japanese RPG released for the ill-fated Sega Dreamcast in 2000. The Dreamcast was an amazing console, with bright and colorful games that left a major impact on me. So, when the time came for me to finally get...]( [YOU MAY ALSO LIKE]( [NEWS]( [Banksy booby-trapped one of his paintings to "self-destruct" at auction, and that's actually pretty funny]( [There are few fields where familiarity breeds contempt with as fertile a speed as art; if you need a quick primer on that point, look no further than the career of Banksy. Over the last 20 years, the British street artist has gone from outsider prankster to art world institution,...]( [IO9]( [The First Good Omens Trailer Is Here to Drag You to Hell]( [While our actual reality might feel like these are the end times, the very first trailer for Amazon’s live-action adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens is here to remind us all that, ironically, the actual apocalypse would be much, much more lighthearted.]( [PROMOTIONS]( [Get Two Free Forever Cold Water Bottles When You Buy A WavesGear Dry Bag ($34)]( [Keep all your gear dry using WavesGears’ Infinite Dry Bag featuring a 30L capacity, roll-top closure, and thermal heated seams to provide complete waterproof protection. Plus, it’s odor and stain resistant for easy cleanup. Get it for $34 and use code BUY1GET2 to grab two free Forever Cold water bottles...]( [JALOPNIK]( [New Jeep Wrangler Frame Welds are Failing and Now FCA Is Issuing a Recall [Updated]]( [New Jeep Wrangler JL owners have been complaining about frame welds for months, and some have even experienced frame failures at a critical suspension mounting bracket. Now Fiat Chrysler is issuing a recall due to risk of a “vehicle crash without prior warning.” Here’s why this is such a big...]( [THE ROOT]( [If You Have an iPhone, Do This Right Now—Just in Case You Get Pulled Over by Police]( [iPhone users have created shortcuts that allow Apple’s flagship product to automatically record video, text a location to an emergency contact, and even stop police from entering the phone—just in case the iPhone owner has an interaction with a law enforcement officer.]( You made it to the end. Thanks for reading our newsletter! [Visit Kotaku]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( © 2018 Gizmodo Media 114 5th Avenue, Floor 2 New York, NY, 10011