Hey, I’m Craig Rowe (Rowey) . I have been gambling since I was 16. I am currently 8 days without betting on what has to be and will be last time I quit. I’m just an average guy in Melbourne Australia. I went to a good school, play and followed sport, have plenty of friends, never had troubles working and come form a good family. I am married with two young kids. Unfortunately throughout all that I’ve been an gambling addict. Sometimes knowing it and sometimes deluding myself I was just unlucky and like to gamble heaps. A very large percentage of my friends would gamble, school friends included. We would go to the races from 16 years old, which was great fun. Races became a huge passion and I saw it as a sport. The sport was ruined by me however and my gambling. I’ve tried to not gamble and follow it but it always gets me eventually. So now I will be parting ways for good. Sport another big love of mine has also been ruined. I barrack for Carlton In the afl, which has prob added to my losing, sucking for the last 20 years! Over the time from 16 years old to now, I’m 38 next week, I have quit gambling either on my own will or by a big event causing me too. My latest break was 18months. This was on the back of my wife really wanting me to stop. We had just had our first kid and i had proven again I couldn’t just gamble in small doses, it was getting away from me. So I went cold turkey. I did not use any resources to stop, I relied on willpower. Which as I’ve heard on Jamie’s podcast it only lasts for so long. I would replenish it by telling people how many days I had gone. I shared this with one mate in particular, My best mate Marcus. We were best man at each other’s weddings. Anyway about 6 months in to not gambling Marcus got diagnosed with cancer and died 12 months later (36yrs old) During his chemo and trying to stay alive he loved talking to me each week about how many days I was up to. He kept me in check. You can probably see where this is going. So after the worst 12M of my life Marcus passed away. I gambled the very next day. Now, I don’t blame that, I’ve always as I can see now, been an addict. I think part of me used it as an excuse and part of me used gambling to get away from the hurt. I won 1200 on my first session back, a 100-1 Horse won. I had $10 on it and convinced myself it was Marcus giving me a winner! Ahhh the delusions. Anyway that was the worst thing that could happen. I ran that 1000 to 4000 over next few months on nba and cricket. Before losing it all drunkenly on greyhounds and harness racing one drunken night. This began my spiral. Not to mention I was hiding the whole thing from my wife and friends. I wanted to come clean to her so many times and almost did but got turned off thinking again I saw a sign to keep going. Getting further and further in debt I started taking pay day loans, Huge interest loans just for the 300-400 fix. Such was my past and financial state my wife controlled our money and my pay, except for $400 which I would get from her a month to spend on what I liked (except gambling) This plan was devised years ago when I used to gamble half my pay check. So she took over to stop this happening. The pay day loans added up and suck you in as much as the corporate bookmakers. I was in a vicious cycle. I had the thought we all do. Okay I’ll just get even and then quit. Great news in Jan. I got even. Yes I had been lying to my wife and friends for a year but I was even. I could stop and no one would know! Yes go me. Now clearly I didn’t stop and lost it all plus another 5k. There are many reasons I didn’t stop and tell my wife when i was even. (Lol even) but I don’t want to lie to you guys on our first meeting haha. Oh god. Anyway two weeks ago I did something I had never done and took cash advances on our joint credit card from the atm. My wife thinking I wasn’t gambling had no idea what they were and being super busy at work just brushed over them. I knew what they were tho, it was so brazen. I couldn’t not be caught I thought when I did it. I did it as a cry for help pretty much as I wanted it all to end. As I did the last advance I even messaged my wife and said “we need to talk” as I took the money out. I used the Money in a betting account minutes later and bet kamikaze. It was like I was going down with the ship, I felt numb and it was very out of body. Bloody dramatic I know. I got home thinking she knew, She didn’t. I wanted to come clean, I wanted it over and I eventually told her everything. I will exclude the full details to save some of her privacy but it has been made clear she will stay with me but if it ever happens again she will be leaving with the kids. This has been the most confronting week of my life with the realisation my wife and kids are on the table. I found the podcast after gambling by Jamie Salsburg. My head hurts from nodding to it so much. It has helped me so much. I even listened to an episode tonight with my wife. If you have a gambling addiction please listen to it, especially if like me you have just come clean and feel alone and scared. The comfort it has provided has made we want to share my story and also use every tool out there to save my marriage and my kids and myself. I’m not a bad guy, I’d say most on here aren’t, we have the right to a good life. I’m day 8 clean, I have a zillion other stories and I look forward to hearing your story. Rowey

How to help an alcoholic friend? (25/M)

I just want to open this by saying thank you to whoever has clicked to read this post. I'm really struggling with a friend right now and would appreciate absolutely any guidance. Thank you immensely in advance.I've come here for some advice on how to possibly introduce JBP and/or 12 Rules For Life to a close friend who is struggling with alcoholism and other addictions, and most probably living a life that lacks meaning.For this post, we'll call my friend Fred.
TL;DRMy friend Fred (25/M) is a reckless alcoholic with no motivation to change, despite his friends and family worrying sick. Is there a particular video/podcast/etc of Jordan Peterson that I could show him as an ideal place to start?

Me

First off, I'm personally a huge admirer of JBP. I have watched/listened to over a hundred hours (easily) of his content online and in podcasts; I've read 12 Rules For Life; and I'm now even working through his Maps Of Meaning lectures, starting with the 1996 Harvard ones. I can definitely say he's helped me work on improving my life, but prior to him I wouldn't say I was in any kind of dark place, bad situation or 'rut'.
My friend Fred, however, is.
I just finished a degree in Counselling, and I'm currently counselling high school kids in a low-socioeconomic area of Melbourne, AUS. Unfortunately, when it's a friend that's struggling, not a stranger, it can be more difficult (and less advisable) to draw from one's counselling wisdom to assist.I've decided to post here because I read so many accounts of people getting their life together after finding Peterson, or reading 12 Rules... or watching some of his Youtube videos.

Fred

Over the last 12 months my 25 year old friend Fred has struggled with an addiction to various prescription meds. He first started using them due to back-pain, but soon began to abuse them and then purchase them off street dealers. Some months later he took up smoking cigarettes (around a pack a day), heavy drinking, gambling and would even buy cocaine here and there too.
He's a relatively introverted guy, very friendly. He has lived with his father in an apartment for the last 6 years. His dad is often away for weeks on end in other states for work. This means Fred has lots of time to himself. He used to describe his abuse of painkillers at home, alone, as a means to avoid boredom. He would pass up hanging out with his friends to stay home, take a few Xanax, and watch a movie. He kept this a secret from virtually all of us.

His Alcoholism

For the past few months, alcoholism has been at the forefront of his issues. His mother moved from England to Australia recently, and given Fred's reckless behaviour, she has taken him in to live with her. When seeing him recently, he explained that "alcohol is so easy [...] because it's so socially acceptable". Although he didn't drink while with me (despite wanting to), he has been virtually drunk for some weeks now. No real break. He's seen a counsellor, for about 3 sessions but has stopped. He thinks the counsellor was crazy for asking him "why do you like drinking?"Here's the thing:
He is not motivated to change. He doesn't really want to change. He has said "I'd rather just get pissed drunk all the time". When asked why, he just says "cos it's fun".
He thinks everyone around him is overreacting about his drinking. Recently he broke into one of my friend's houses when no one was home, just to steal beer from him. He did this because he had no wallet, phone or keys on him, after losing them the night before while passed out in public. This was part of a 4-day bender where he slept in public or at a friends'/cousins' house each night, mostly on account of drinking so much he'd pass out somewhere.
He thinks he'll "wake up" and change as soon as he hits "rock bottom". He describes "rock bottom" as losing his job and being kicked out of home. He thinks he is far far from hitting rock bottom. I think he's wrong.Currently he's secretly getting drunk at work by putting liquor into McDonald's takeaway cups and just sipping through the straw. On other days, if he isn't drinking, he'll take a few Xanax at work. I've sent him an SMS on these days and he can barely type a sentence back to respond. He has been warned about his "strange behaviour" at work already, and both his parents, who are incredibly distraught, have since taken his car keys off him. They now drive him to work when they can.

Meaning?

Fred landed a great job quite early in his life pursuing his one passion. His passion is a certain sport, which we'll call Cricket for now, and he is incredibly good at Cricket. He has received sponsorships, he enters tournaments (and used to do extremely well) and ultimately he wants to be a professional cricketer some day. His job involves partly working for a local cricket club as an instructor and partly receiving his own mentoring and training on the road to professional sportsmanship. I'm probably not doing a great job at explaining his careepassion here, but my main point is he possibly peaked early. He landed a role in the field he wants to be in at only 20-21 years old. All he had to do was practice his Cricket and show up for work. Day in, day out. With LOTS of time by himself.
He earns enough money to easily afford paying for his vices of alcohol, cigarettes, etc.
He feels that he's experienced absolutely no health concerns as a result.
Although now living with his mother, in a better environment, no one knows what to do as he'll lie to those around him if it means being able to get/stay drunk.

Also:

He has struggled with relationships, never dated a girl for more than a month really (except this one girl he dated around 5 years ago for a while)
His uncle died of alcoholism, but he doesn't think that'll happen to him.

In sum

I feel like maybe there's something in JBP's overall message that could get through to him. I know, he has to want to change before he can, but I've read so many accounts (on this Reddit alone) of people turning their life around from JBP's videos and/or his book/s.
My question to those reading is:
What are your thoughts? What's the best way to start with this? He's a close friend and would watch something if I told him to, and probably read something if I told him to. He knows we're worried, and doesn't want us to worry, but also isn't motivated to change/doesn't think he has a major problem yet. I could give him my copy of 12 Rules For Life...but what would I say?Is there a particular video or podcast of JBP that's worth starting with?
If nothing else, I will continue to support him as my friend. I will be there for him as he needs and do things with him where we don't drink, etc.

TL;DR
My friend Fred (25/M) is a reckless alcoholic with no motivation to change, despite his friends and family worrying sick. Is there a particular video/podcast/etc of Jordan Peterson that I could show him as an ideal place to start?
What worked for others?

EDIT: I just want to say thank you to everyone who took the time to read this, and also for those who commented. You've brought my attention very important things and I feel I've gained a lot from this post.

I don’t know if it’s regret that I’m feeling with working holidays in Australia

I am from Hong Kong. I don’t know if it’s regret that I’m feeling towards doing a working holiday here in Australia. I like traveling. I use Couchsurfing a lot in the past. From the year 2012 when I started a pre college degree and then 2013-2017 for my college degree, I’d been traveling every summer, so with the six times I traveled, one time is 2months in Europe, other 3times 2.5-3.5months in Europe, 1 time Australia+NZ(3months), 1 time US+Europe(3months). This March I turned 25. I worked at a commission based sales job in Hongkong that I really don’t like. I decided to apply for working holidays and I came to the East Coast first where I stayed with a homestay mom that I know from 3years back in Brisbane. I didn’t try hard to look for jobs in the first month(May). I proceeded to go to Airlie Beach, Townsville and eventually Cairns (July) where i got my first job as a hostel manager at the lowest rating hostel (you can easily look that up on booking,com) because my ex boss is Chinese and I am also Hong Kong Chinese hence I got the job. From then on, it was a month of craziness because he taught me all this stuff for four days and afterwards, he proceeded to leave the country to go on vacation with his wife and his kid. And I held the fort for the next ten days. All the while he was annoying and he loves barking orders at me and I held it in cuz at first I thought I knew how to handle him but when he came back all hell broke loose cuz I felt he was unappreciative and he nit picked everything that I did wrong and he also loved making unrealistic demands like after the backpackers cleaned the bathrooms he wanted me to take pictures of all the cleaned bathrooms on a daily basis. I don’t have the best emotional intelligence in the world and I became really nasty to him as he was like the same to me. I left without notice in early August after one month and left for Melbourne. I arrived here and I felt super lonely. It was really cold at that time and I couldn’t make the same relationships with people that I made back when I was in Cairns at the hostel with for example some girls from mainland China which is pretty ironical because if anyone of you knows, Hong Kong people generally dont really have the best affinity with mainland China as culturally we don’t experience the same things in terms of social dynamics, languages, currency, law, etc. But I met a bunch of really great friends in Cairns in contrast to a much more different vibe in Melbourne. And after three or four days of staying in Melbourne, I don’t know what drew me in but I went to the casino, this is when all things good started to decline. I basically lost all the money I made back in Cairns as well as the cash I held at the time. I am also a person with chronic illness with my neck since November 2011, I started using a Southeast Asian herb called kratom that has helped me deal with the my extreme and underdiagnosed calcifications around my neck since Jan 2018 and while I have had much better sleep and am able to function better during the day, I feel pretty reliant on it and I shouldn’t do that because it has addictive substance and maybe it’s because of the dehydration caused by kratom or other factors, I have become pretty antisocial but I gotta say, I also feel like being from Hong Kong and coming to Australia, I don’t know if I should say it’s a mismatch, I feel like I am not a particularly interesting person and I feel like there are big Asian communities out here already that in the eyes of many people, I am not interesting to talk to and I don’t stand out, as opposed to other times when I traveled around Europe, particularly I enjoyed visiting the poorer and less developed underdog Eastern European countries, I felt like from the standpoint of cultural exchange, I am in a happier place. Back to being in Melbourne, I have had two jobs here. One is event setup and packdown such as concerts and the other job I had was a cleaning technician project at a government building. The last work day is probably two weeks ago.. and last week I posted an ad on Gumtree and somebody contacted me about a farmwork opportunity at a dairy farm 7 hours away from Melbourne by public transport (as I don’t have drive and don’t have a car) near the Great Ocean Road. I jumped at the chance but immediately after four days of cow milking shifts (2 shifts a day) I had to go because it was not a good fit for me. My hands felt arthritic still from the job because I washed my hands a lot when the cows’ fecal matter touched my arms. I just couldn’t do it. I don’t regret trying that though and then I decided to come back to Melbourne on Xmas Eve and for the past few days I have felt a sense of loneliness I couldn’t shake out. I don’t like partying and going out for drinks after I have started using and needing kratom. I am feeling reflective about my gambling addiction that I stopped in late November as I banned myself from the casino (I lost everything - around 15000 AUD and this amount did not include any earnings I have received after I started working holidays in Australia it’s my previous savings, I feel lonely also because I don’t feel interested to talk much to a lot of people these days except maybe for talking to a few friends on Facebook messenger which I think is also caused by kratom.right now I just feel bored and empty. I saw tickets to go back home that are cheap relatively in early Jan. I am also thinking of going to Adelaide just to check the city out as a person that I met previously on a roadtrip thru couchsurfing road trip event is gonna drive to Adelaide on the 4th. I am thinking of going back to Brisbane to stay with my previous homestay and try to look for work there in hospitality. But right now I just don’t feel any motivation to look for work in Melbourne. I just feel contemplative and don’t know if I can regret coming here for working holidays. I don’t feel like I have changed much as a person. There are a few life lessons I have learnt with gambling but I don’t know what else I have achieved here. What can I do?

My Gambling Trip To Asia

Racism against Asians in Australia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Australia#Early_Asian_immigration
The Australian colonies had passed restrictive legislation as early as the 1860s, directed specifically at Chinese immigrants. Objections to the Chinese originally arose because of their large numbers, their religious beliefs, the widespread perception that they worked harder, longer and far more cheaply than European Australians and the view that they habitually engaged in gambling and smoking opium. It was also felt they would lower living standards, threaten democracy and that their numbers could expand into a "yellow tide".[1] Later, a popular cry was raised against increasing numbers of Japanese (following Japan’s victory over China in the Sino-Japanese War), South Asians and Kanakas (South Pacific islanders). Popular support for White Australia, always strong, was bolstered at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 when the Australian delegation led the fight to defeat a Japanese-sponsored racial-equality amendment to the League of Nations Covenant. The Japanese amendment was closely tied to their claim on German New Guinea and so was very largely refuted on security grounds.[2][3]
Most of the early Australian Chinese population consisted of Cantonese-speaking migrants from Guangzhou and Taishan as well as some from Fujian. They migrated to Australia during the gold rush period of the 1850s. Marriage records show that between the 1850s and the start of the twentieth century, there were about 2000 legal marriages between white women and migrant Chinese men in Australia’s eastern colonies, probably with similar numbers involved in de facto relationships of various kinds.[4]
In the late 19th century Japanese girls and women were sold into prostitution and trafficked from Nagasaki and Kumamoto to cities like Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore and then sent to other places in the Pacific, Southeast Asia and Western Australia, they were called Karayuki-san.[5] In Western Australia these Japanese prostitutes plied their trade and also entered into other activities, a lot of them wed Chinese men and Japanese men as husbands and others some took Malay, Filipino and European partners.[6][7]
Chinese miners in 19th century Australia used white European prostitutes to satisfy their sexual needs since there were only a few Chinese women around, there were 2 Chinese women to 800 Chinese men on the Riverina camps in 1883 while there were 37 prostitutes and 36 of the Chinese men were married to European women.[8][9]
Legislators complained about the 'right to marry' between Chinese men and white women such as in 1888 with Henry Parkes and statements were said by others in the legislature such as 'The question is whether we would desire that our sisters or our brothers should be married into any of these races to which we object' by Prime Minister J. C. Watson of the Labor party in 1901 and 'We don't want them to marry our white women' by Free Trader Mr Lonsdale and 'No we want them to go back to China and marry there' by Protectionist Alfred Deakin during a debate in the House of Representatives.[10]
Australia only saw a little amount of Chinese women arrive and men of all races were allowed to use the local Australia prostitutes so there was no need for Chinese to bring Chinese prostitutes unlike California. Australia never banned interracial marriage so the Chinese men were able to marry people of any race, which in half a decade of the gold rush resulted in fifty white women and Chinese men marrying each other in Victoria while there were only five white women and Chinese male marriages in California in San Francisco who were married out of state.[11]
A Chinese man Sun San Lung and his son by his white European Australian wife Lizzie in Castlemaine returned to China in 1887 for a trip after marrying a second white wife after Lizzie died, but they were blocked from coming back to Melbourne, Australia. Chinese men were found living with 73 opium addicted Australian white women when Quong Tart surveyed the goldfields for opium addicts, and a lot of homeless women abused by husbands and prostitutes ran away and married Chinese men in Sydney after taking refuge in Chinese opium dens in gambling houses, Reverend Francis Hopkins said that 'A Chinaman's Anglo-Saxon wife is almost his God, a European's is his slave. This is the reason why so many girls transfer their affections to the almond-eyed Celestials.' when giving the reason why these women married Chinese men.[12] After the gold mining ended some Chinese remained in Australia and started families, one youthful Englishwoman married a Chinese in 1870 in Bendigo and the Golden Dragon Museum is run by his great-grandson Russell Jack.[13]
The Australian sniper Billy Sing was the son of a Chinese father and an English mother.[14][15][16][17] His parents were John Sing (c. 1842–1921), a drover from Shanghai, China, and Mary Ann Sing (née Pugh; c. 1857–unknown), a nurse from Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England.[18][19]
White men in Australia were afraid of the sexual and racial threats they thought came from Pacific islander and Asian men and it was written that the Chinaman "marries, or cohabits with the mean white woman, jostles and competes with the white man, and when it comes to labouring in the tropics, supplants him." in the Sydney Morning Herald, with interracial sex and prostitution booming in Northern Australia because of the racial sexual imbalance due to the fact that Australia hardly ever permitted the immigration of non-white women.[20]
In Australia Chinese wives were only present with under 1% of Chinese men in the early 20th century, white women was seen as being threatened by Asian men with the newspaper The Bulletin "wondering how the Chows do it!" when pondering why white women were being taken by Chinese men and one of their reporters saw "and found, out of 15 girls present, six half-caste Chows and a half-caste Maori." when he went to interior Queensland to Longreach to participate in a dance, Australians were dismayed that the law permitted the marriage of white women to Chinese men, white women who married Chinese or engaged in sexual relations with them were seen as degenerate and the Vagrancy Acts were used to prosecute white prostitutes who had Chinese men as their clients.[21]
The police arrested on charges of vagrancy 22 white women for engaging in unions with Chinese in 1910 in Western Australia and sentenced both the Chinese men and white women to hard labour for 3 to 6 months, Chinese men were sought out by some white women because while 'Aussie' men were "hard drinking" and "rough" Chinese were seen as sober, hard working and having "values of respect", it was through contacts such as social and business where Chinese men met and married white women from 'respectable' backgrounds, unlike what some people suggested like C.F. Yong who claimed that the women were former prison inmates or 'all drunks'.[22]
Among the immigrants coming to northern Australia were Melanesian, South-East Asian, and Chinese who were almost all men, along with the Japanese, who were the only anomaly in that they included women, racist Australians who subscribed to white supremacy were grateful for and condoned the immigration of Japanese prostitutes since these non-white labourers satisfied their sexual needs with the Japanese instead of white since they didn't want white women having sex with the non-white males, and in Australia the definition of white was even narrowed down to people of Anglo Saxon British origin.[23] Italian and French women were also considered "foreign" prostitutes alongside Japanese women and were supported by the police and governments in Western Australia to ply their trade since these women would service "coloured" men and act as a safeguard for British white Anglo Saxon women with the Honourable R.H. Underwood, a politician in western Australia, celebrating the fact that there were many Italian, Japanese, and French prostitutes in western Australia in an address to the Legislative Assembly in 1915.[24]
In Western and Eastern Australia, gold mining Chinese men were serviced by Japanese Karayuki-san prostitutes and in Northern Australia around the sugarcane, pearling and mining industries the Japanese prostitutes serviced Kanakas, Malays, and Chinese, these women arrived in Australia or America via Kuala Lumpur and Singapore where they were instructed in prostitution, they originated from Japan's poor farming areas and the Australian colonial officials approved of allowing in Japanese prostitutes in order to sexual service "coloured' men, otherwise they thought that white women would be raped if the Japanese weren't available.[25]
Port towns experienced benefits to their economies by the presence of Japanese brothels.[26]
In eastern Australia Chinese men married European women, and Japanese prostitutes were embraced by the officials in Queensland since they were assumed to help stop white women having sex with nonwhite men, Italian, French, and Japanese prostitutes plied their trade in Western Australia.[27]
During the 1870s the New Zealand West Coast and Otago gold mining fields experienced migration of Irish prostitutes from Victoria in Australia.[28]
On the goldfields Japanese prostitutes were attacked by anti-asian white Australians who wanted them to leave, with Raymond Radclyffe in 1896 and Rae Frances reporting on men who demanded that the Japanese prostitutes be expelled from gold fields.[29]
Japanese women prostitutes in Australia were smuggled there and it was the 3rd most widespread profession, it was said that they were "a service essential to the economic growth of the north", "made life more palatable for European and Asian men who worked in pearling, mining and pastoral industries" and it was written that "The supply of Japanese women for the Kanaka demand is less revolting and degrading than would be the case were it met by white women" by the Queensland Police Commissioner.[30]
Around Melbourne's Little Bourke Street precinct and Sydney's Lower George Street grew majority Chinese male enclaves and in total in Australia there were 50,000 Chinese labourers and ministers by 1870, with opium dens being a standard thing found around the Chinese ghettos, the Chinese men were married by poor white women or serviced by poor white women prostitutes, who filled the missing female niche in the Chinese community and this led to condemnation of the white women as opium users and inflamed anti-Chinese sentiment.[31]
The sexual imbalance in the Chinese community with the preponderance of men and scarcity of women led to fears among white Australians over white women engaging in sexual unions with Chinese men since Chinese opium dens in towns and cities were visited by white women prostitutes and some Chinese men married white women and this led to the Victoria Buckland River and New South Wales Back Creek riots.[32]
Between 1890-1894 Singapore received 3,222 Japanese women who were trafficked from Japan by the Japanese man Muraoka Iheiji, before being trafficked to Singapore or further destinations, for a few months, the Japanese women would be held in Hong Kong, even though the Japanese government tried banning Japanese prostitutes from leaving Japan in 1896 the measure failed to stop the trafficking of Japanese women and a ban in Singapore against importing the women failed too, and in the 1890s Australia received immigration in the form of Japanese women working as prostitutes, in 1896, there were 200 Japanese prostitutes there, in Darwin, 19 Japanese women were found by the Japanese official H. Sato in 1889, from Nagasaki the Japanese man Takada Tokujiro had trafficked 5 of the women via Hong Kong, he "had sold one to a Malay barber for £50, two to a Chinese at £40 each, one he had kept as his concubine; the fifth he was working as a prostitute".[33][34] Sato said that the women were living "a shameful life to the disgrace of their countrymen'.[35]
Around areas of work such as ports, mines, and the pastoral industry, numerous European and Chinese men patronized Japanese prostitutes such as Matsuwe Otana.[36]
During the late 1880s to the 20th century Australian brothels were filled with hundreds of Japanese women, those Japanese overseas women and girl prostitutes were called karayuki-san which meant 'gone to China'.[37]
Japanese prostitutes initially showed up in 1887 in Australia and were a major component of the prostitution industry on the colonial frontiers in Australia such as parts of Queensland, northern and western Australia and the British Empire and Japanese Empire's growth were tied in with the karayuki-san, in the late 19th century Japan's impoverished farming islands provided the girls who became karayuki-san and were shipped to the Pacific and South-East Asia, the volcanic and mountainous terrain of Kyushu was bad for agriculture so parents sold their daughters, some of them seven years old to "flesh traders" (zegen) in th prefectures of Nagasaki and Kumamoto, four-fifths of the girls were involuntarily trafficked while only one-fifth left of their own will.[38]
The voyages the traffickers transported these women on had terrible conditions with some girls suffocating as they were hidden on parts of the ship or almost starving to death, the girls who lived were then taught how to perform as prostitutes in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, or Singapore where they then were sent off to other places including Australia.[39]
A Queensland Legislative Assembly member in 1907 reported that Japanese prostitutes in the small town of Charters Towers lived in bad conditions while in 1896 in the larger town of Marble Bar in Western Australia Albert Calvert reported that the conditions in Japanese brothels were good and comfortable.[40]
After the First Sino-Japanese War a celebration was held at an open-air concert by Japanese prostitutes who performed a dance in Broome in 1895.[41][42][43]
A parliamentary commission was held regarding Sydney's Chinese gambling which brought white European women to testify on 14 December 1891, such as 27-year-old Minnie, who had long term relationships with two Chinese men whom treated her kindly after she engaged in "casual" sexual relations with multiple Chinese men.[44]
Minnie ended up having sex with Chinese men after meeting them with friends who were also doing it, after she ran away from an abusive alcoholic husband when she was 16, seven other women were interviewed besides Minnie, girls and women escaped a dangerous street life by taking sanctuary in the inner city and The Rocks with the Chinese, another woman interviewed was Hannah who escaped her jailed brutal European husband to go live with a Chinese man, explaining that 'I thought it was better to have one man than be knocking about the streets with everybody', since the busband's 'people would not look after me', and Minnie said, 'I think fully half of them come to the Chinese when they have nowhere else to go', and she was asked 'Is it because the Chinese are kind to them?' she said 'That is the main thing, and for the sake of a home.'[45]
Some of the European husbands and partners of the women tried forcing them to work as prostitutes to 'knock about the streets' and take the money they earned or were physically violent towards the women, which led the women to go to the Chinese who provided them with houses, Pauline explained "I would sooner live with a Chinaman than a white man. The Chinamen know how to treat a woman.' after her European husband tried to make her be a prostitute, a woman named Maud said 'he tries to please me, and I try to please him' and a woman named Adelaide loved and wanted to marry a young Chinese man but his father forced him to break off the relationship, another two women interviewed were Ellen A and Ellen B.[46]
Some of these women still engaged in prostitution with multiple other Chinese men even after they formed a relationship with a single Chinese man, these women were proud of being wives of the Chinese and their well maintained houses, saying they were 'clean and tidy' and the commissioners even said they were 'clean and even tastefully furnished', and Ellen B said 'You always see all the Chinese women's houses clean and comfortable', 'always plenty to eat and drink' and Minnie said she was 'living respectably with a Chinaman', the women also viewed non-white men of different races in a different light, saying that the 'dark' men like Lascars were different from the Chinese and Ellen B said 'there is not a girl with the Chinese that cares about a dark fellow.'[47]
The commission admitted that 'they have some reason to be satisfied, as they say they are, with their surroundings. The probability is that they would be on the streets of Sydney if they were not the mistresses of industrious Chinamen.' and admitted that without the opium problem that 'it would be impossible to say that these, among the most unfortunate class of women in our midst, had not improved their surroundings by crossing the racial line' and 'there is not ground for suspicion that our alien population is now a danger to youthful virtue.' so the commission only ended up advocating tougher anti-opium measures, the women also rejected the claim by Inspector Richard Seymour in 1875 that opium rendered girls unconscious and vulnerable to sexual activity, making it clear that opium smokers were conscious during the smoking.[48] During an Inquiry in 1875 it was reported by the police that the Chinese were being serviced by young girls.[49]
A European man originally impregnated Ellen B in Melbourne and she then moved to Beechworth, Albury, and finally Sydney after she gave birth, arriving at an Anglican church run "Church Home" which was for "fallen women" where a woman there introduced her to the Chinese.[50]
Chinese men in The Rocks were sexually serviced by 40-50 European women, these women were not 'mistresses' who lived with a single Chinese man like the women interviewed by the commission but they were full-time prostitutes.[51] The commission admitted that 'The European women who lived as prostitutes amongst the Chinese appear, in nearly every case, to have fled to their present haunts as to refuges from the brutality of men of their own race. They had lost caste; they had taken to drink; they were the drudges of larrikins who ill-treated them; some had been in gaol; none were enjoying the protection of decent homes. So, far the lack of better prospects, they sought the Chinamen, who at least pay them well and treat them kindly.' and these prostitutes were found in Queensland, Victoria, and New South Wales in the countryside amongst the Chinese settlements.[52] A lot of the prostitutes were Irish Catholic girls and women in colonial Australia.[53]
In late 1878, there were 181 marriages between women of European descent and Chinese men as well as 171 such couples cohabiting without matrimony, resulting in the birth of 586 children of Sino-European descent.[54] Such a rate of intermarriage between Chinese Australians and white Australians was to continue until the 1930s.

[Table] IAmA: I'm 21, self-employed, and make video games for a living from home. AMA!

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Do you and your team work with any other languages?	Not currently. I use an engine to develop my games, which allows me to export games to Windows, Mac OS X, HTML5, Android, iOS, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Tizen, PlayStation, and more...all from the one project file.
I saw elsewhere in this post that you work up to 14 hours a day. How does this affect your personal life, notably in relationships?	For an independent developer like myself, an engine opens so many doors. It makes game development quick and easy, and the distribution options are overwhelming.
What were some unexpected challenges you overcame getting to where you are now?	I make HTML5 games because they're cross-platform compatible. Play on PC, mobile, tablets, your console's web browser, anything. That consistency is unheard of, and it's the future. I also enjoy working with the technical limitations of HTML5.
Could you go into more details of how you get your income to wind up being "mostly tax-free" by investing in your business?	Good question. I don't get out much (except for holidays and travel) and I'm very aware that a relationship would not be viable for me right now. That said, most of my friends are in a similar "workaholic" phase right now. At this age, everyone's working hard trying to get their life together.
You seem to have a few different sources of income, is there anything you're thinking of expanding into in the future?	I'm building passive income streams. Once I have enough established passive income streams, I'll be able to earn a living without investing so much time into my business.
Sick view from the apartment.	The initial ongoing skepticism from my parents was difficult for me. Also, hosting and maintaining a popular website can be a nightmare at times.
	All of my business-related purchases depreciate in value each year, which I can claim on tax. Since I work from home I can also claim a percentage of general living expenses such as rent, electricity, internet, and more. I can also claim back GST on any business-related purchases made in Australia.
	When I move to the city later this month I'll be seeking out a more professional accountant. They should be able to further help me reduce the amount of tax I pay. There are a lot of tax breaks for businesses.
	I'd like to write another book, and run some more community-orientated websites. I might publish games on Steam, the App Store, and the Mac App Store. I'd also like to make games for the Oculus Rift when this becomes commercially viable.
	Haha, that picture in my latest blog post was from the same building that my apartment is in, but it wasn't from my apartment. I stayed in the hotel section of the building last month. I'll share some pictures of the actual apartment in my next income report.
	Thanks for all the great questions.
Which games or pieces of technology inspire you the most and influence what you do?	HTML5 technology is revolutionary. I'm also interested in virtual reality tech (Oculus Rift) and motion control tech, as well as home automation.
Where do you stand amongst your friends/peers? Same type of people?	As far as games go, I'm certainly more into the independent (indie) scene than AAA. I love anything 2D, atmospheric, and minimalistic.
Based on what you've done and your exposure with industry thus far, what do you think the future will look like in your field. Basically what are you excited about?	A few of my friends are interested in game design/development but most are too distracted by university and full-time jobs.
What is one thing you wish you knew earlier on in your career?	Games created by indie developers are really coming to the forefront of the market. More and more, we're seeing small creative studios generate more interest than AAA. This is a trend that is set to grow with programs like ID@XBOX truly empowering indies on console.
What is your favorite ice cream flavour?	I wish I had known just how important diversification is.
	I keep changing my mind about this. Caramel? Coffee? Chocolate? One of those.
I notice in your May report you write "considering how Google treats AdSense publishers" - do you mind elaborating on that? Also, what's been your experience with alternatives to AdSense?	Google will ban AdSense accounts without a second thought, and the appeals process is completely automated. If your account is banned there is only a slim chance of being unbanned even if you did nothing wrong. And we all know how often Google makes mistakes (ie. taking down original YouTube content on false copyright grounds). I have seen so many developers strictly adhered to the AdSense terms of service only to have their accounts banned. When your account is banned, you lose all of the money in it. Google value their advertisers more than their publishers because they're the ones who pay the bills. Google's treatment of AdSense publishers and YouTube content creators goes against everything they claim to stand for.
	My experience with AdSense alternatives has been hit-and-miss. Unfortunately, not many can match the inventory and CPC of AdSense. But I gladly trade this for customer service and fair treatment.
SwitchAds claims to fit in the space of AdSense ads and only replace the ad from AdSense if they can offer a better CPC	It's been a while since I read the AdSense terms of use so I'm not certain if it's allowed, but I honestly wouldn't risk it.
I have a couple questions regarding the HTML5 game industry. I'm looking into making HTML5 games myself (using GM:Studio) but I don't know anything about the industry.	Licensing HTML5 games to companies is a fairly straightforward process. You make a game, pitch it to a company, and if they're interested in using it on their websites they will pay you a fee for the distribution rights.
What's the general process for "licensing" your game to a company? Who is interested in buying these games, and why?	There's a demand for HTML5 games because they're cross-platform compatible. They can be played in both desktop and mobile browsers. Mobile is huge these days, but most people can't play Flash games on their mobile device. Flash isn't supported by iOS so HTML5 is the only option for hosting mobile games outside of the app stores.
I've never played an actual good HTML5 game, and I don't know where I would even find one (unless they're like those flash game sites), so that's why I'm a bit surprised to find out there's a way to make money there.	There are some good HTML5 games out there, including versions of Angry Birds and Cut The Rope. But the market is so new that not a lot of high quality games exist yet.
Whats some need to know things to get into the industry?	That it's damn hard and most people aren't cut out for it. That a degree doesn't guarantee a job. That you don't need to be an amazing programmer to make amazing games.
	And that you should be making games even when you're not being paid to.
How do you pitch it to a company, can you explain that in elaborated details?	I have built up a list of contacts over the past two years. Whenever I publish a new game, I just send everyone on that list an email describing what the game is about, why they should license it, and how much it costs to license.
Thanks for the information so far. What are some other things you enjoy to do besides designing games. Also what are some of your favorite VideoGames at the moment.	I enjoy writing, traveling, and I'm a movie addict. I'm trying to get into digital drawing and photography too.
	I'm currently playing Hearthstone and Civilization V.
I am from a place where we don't have that much of a games industry and attending big events like GDC is not possible. What to do to build up a list of contacts? If you're new to the industry and nobody knows you, what is the first step to get everyone to know you?	Social media is your friend. And I don't just mean Facebook...Twitter is a far better resource for networking with clients and peers.
This question may be redundant given you're a self starter. But being young and working from home, what keeps you motivated? More distractions at home than in a conventional office I'm assuming.	The chance that I'll get to keep doing what I'm doing for the rest of my life is all the motivation I need now.
I'd love to get some more details on how exactly you just thought 'And now it is time to work', and just did it.	It's really hard to put an answer to this question into words. It's 99% a mental hurdle. It will be your personal challenge to overcome that, and your approach to that will inevitably vary from my own.
	I know that's vague but there's a reason no one can ever answer this question concisely. It's all in your head.
I too would like to become a game developer. I have done some basic coding in C, Java etc( very very basic). Could you tell me in detail what I have to do exactly to become a pro developer like you. Also, how easy or difficult it is to make $20k a year?	Building up your skill level is vital. Until you're absolutely confident in your abilities, all you should be focusing on is learning how to code, and how to design games. If you're truly passionate you'll be able to stick to it.
	It's very difficult to get into the industry and it's especially difficult to succeed as an individual. Consider that I've been making games for over 8 years now, almost on a daily basis. In that time I constantly challenged myself to learn more and to make better games. It takes drive to succeed in this industry.
What would be the best way to teach yourself?	Start with something easy. Jumping straight into learning C++ is completely overwhelming and demotivating for most beginners.
	There are a lot of engines that make game development easy, such as GameMaker Studio, Construct 2, and Unity (slightly more advanced). I recommend you download one of those engines and play around with it. There are tons of resources available online to help you get started too.
Little late the party, but i'll ask anyway. Any tutorials or books or anything like that you would recommend for anyone to learn from?	It's a bit out of date but I'd recommend The Game Maker's Apprentice (non-affiliate). I've also written my own book about making HTML5 games.
	As for tutorials, it really depends on what field of work you're interested in. There are tutorials for everything. Try exploring Digital Tutors.
What was your breakthrough game that got you noticed?	This is always an interesting discussion point for me, because I don't have a notable, massively acclaimed game to my name. Instead, I make smaller games for a niche market.
	A lot of developers who make mobile apps and Flash games are in a similar boat. You can still make a living by making small consumable games instead of hoping to make it big with one game (which is much more of a gamble).
As someone who makes their living off ad revenue, what's your opinion of advertising in gaming? Additionally, what do you think of techniques such as microtransactions, on-disc DLC, and other money making practices that game companies do today?	I wouldn't say I make a living off ad revenue exactly. It's only a very small portion of my total income.
	I don't mind using ads to monetize free games. If there are ads in an app I like, I'll usually pay the $1.99 or whatever they're charging for an ad-free experience.
	I'm not a big fan of DLC. I'll happily pay for an expansion pack but DLC is too often a shallow money-grab. I like micro-transactions when they're well integrated, as rare as that may be.
Where can I find free and effective resources to learn how to code/program? Is there any resources you would recommend?	It really depends on what language you want to program, or whether you want to use a framework/engine. This is one of the best guides to learning C++ as far as I'm concerned, but I recommend you start by using an engine like GameMaker Studio before trying to learn an advanced programming language.
Thanks! What about a resource for a good basic programming language?	I'm not sure if "good" and "basic" go together as far as programming languages are concerned.
What about the art? As a 17 year old independent game developer, I find art is very expensive, and prevents me from making anything at all at most times.	You can still make great looking games without paying someone to create art for you. Take a look at games like fl0w for example. It has a very minimalistic graphic style but still looks beautiful.
	You can even go 8-bit or just plain abstract. There's a market for everything.
Which games have you worked on so far? And how does one teach themselves how to program?	I've worked on probably a hundred games in the past 8 years. Learning to program isn't as hard as people think. You could teach yourself online (a basic Google search gets you started) or you could do an 'introduction to programming' course at university/college.
What games have you made? What's the hardest part of creating a game?	Similar questions answered here and here.
Would you recommend starting with Gamemaker?	Yes, I would. I believe it's the single best starting point for beginners. The older version, GameMaker 8, is more beginner-friendly than GameMaker Studio.
	GM 8 (for Windows): Link to www.yoyogames.com
	GMS: Link to www.yoyogames.com
Hey Matthew, how do the rest of your family and friends feel about your success?	My parents are proud about what I've achieved, but still a little worried about the longevity of my career (a legitimate concern). My friends don't really understand what I do for a living but they recognize that it's a fairly unique job.
On average, how many hours do you work in a day?	It varies a whole lot. During the past 4 months I've been working really long hours, up to 14 hours a day. Sometimes I'll just spend a few hours answering emails and that'll be it.
	On average, I probably work 8 hours a day.
Totally HTML5? What are the other languages that you need/use to develop games?	I use an engine, so I only occasionally have to delve into the JavaScript behind the scenes. Besides that, I often work with CSS, PHP, and I taught myself a fair bit of C++ too. And of course MySQL for databases.
If you somehow struck gold tomorrow and developed a game that was netting you $50k a month in perpetuity, what would your next IAMA be? Meaning, what would you be doing with your life besides computers?	I'd be traveling a lot, and pursuing some of my more time consuming interests such as writing, drawing, and learning languages.
	I guarantee I'd still be making games though. Game development is one of my favorite hobbies and I can't see that changing anytime soon.
Where can I play some of your games?	On my website. Bear in mind, my HTML5 games are designed for kids, non-gamers, and the elderly.
	I've developed more advanced games but most of them are no longer public.
Have you ever see/dealt with wildlife issues if so what where they?	Australia mostly lives up to its reputation...insects, spiders, snakes. At least here in Queensland. I was sitting outside last year and a deadly brown snake casually slithered by within a meter of me...that was fun.
No dropbears?	Not yet, but I know they're out there...waiting.
What is your greatest problem when making a game?	Working on large games can be extremely draining. It's easy to burn out when you're working on a single game for months on end.
	The greatest problem is getting back into a project after you've burned out.
How did you get started making games? Was it something you set out to do when you were learning to program, or did you start making other things and decide on game-making later?	I wrote a (somewhat lengthy) post about how I started making games on one of my websites. It's a bit dated but might provide some interesting insights.
How much do you earn on average per month? Do you make enough to pay rent/food/etc.?	My average income (generated solely online) over the past 24 months is USD $5,542 per month.
	I graphed my income per month to demonstrate the volatility: Link to i.imgur.com
Do you have any degrees? If you make the next Flappy Bird and was rakingin 50k a day would you just retire?	I don't have a degree; I didn't attend university/college. Answered the second question here.
How do you obtain your artwork for your games and how much money does one expect to pay for each asset or bundle of assets? How much was art for one of your games?	I buy artwork either from stock sites, or I pay for custom work. For a small mobile game I might spend $500, or up to $1,500 for something on a larger scale. For a desktop game you could easily blow $10,000+
If you make Flash games how would you make money?	It'd be harder than making HTML5 games because there is so much more competition. But I suppose I'd make money in the same way: sponsorships and ad revenue.
How long did it take you to learn to code?	Well, the basics are pretty easy to pick up. There's a whole lot more to learn than just the basics though, so you never really stop learning to code.
Which state in Australia is your favorite and why?	Victoria is probably my favorite. Melbourne is my favorite Australian city, but I love rural Victoria too. The generally cooler weather is a big plus.
Could we see your WIPs or completed projects? Do you have a website?	Similar question answered here
How did you find clients when you were just starting out? Did they come to you or did you come to them?	I searched for them. It took months of hard work and networking. These days, I've built up a prominent platform so they come to me now.
How do you feel about a game like Happy Wheels, in that it is wildly successful and popular, and yet a very basic, straight forward, linear concept?	I love seeing the success of simple games built around good concepts. Games like Happy Wheels prove that you don't need a 50 million dollar budget to entertain 50 million people.
Who makes the music that goes along with your games? Do you make it or do you hire different types of musicians for different types of games?	I've been working with the one musician for about 4 years now. He's a very skilled and versatile industry professional that I was very lucky to find.
Who's your hero in life? Props to everything you do	Hmm, I don't think I really have a 'hero' per se. I'm inspired by people like Timothy Ferriss and Richard Branson. And thanks.
I'm glad you've found a flexible career that you seem to love! I wish you all the best in your future endeavours. Do you do a lot of creative writing for your video games (i.e. dialogue)? If so, do you have any rituals or creative processes that help you get the juices flowing?	Unfortunately, I don't do as much creative writing for my games as I would like. The games I'm making at the moment are more casual/social/arcade, so there's not a lot of room for engaging storytelling.
Roughly how much money did you make last year?	In 2013 the total came to USD $69,170. That's mostly tax-free too since I reinvest back into my business quite heavily.
What percentage of your income on games are from your own games vs your partners games?	Lately there's been a big drop in revenue from partnered games. I'm slowly moving away from this model as not all of my partners can keep up with the market, and I'm not really seeking new partners like I used to.
I agree making more small games is much less risky, but hope you will elaborate on your strategy to stay competitive?	Instead, I'm swapping the focus back to making my own games more often.
	Years of experience and an understanding of the state of the market help me decide what to make. I reduce risk by trying to separate my business from the competition, and by seeking out new opportunities not known to the masses.
	That's something I can't go into detail about right now. In my upcoming blog posts you'll start to see my strategy unfold though.
How do you reinvest it? What exactly are your expenses.	Mostly office furniture, better computers and displays, and gadgets like a Wacom tablet. Since I work extensively with mobile, I've also had to buy quite a few mobile phones and tablets.
How hard is it to make a good looking game? I recently went to a unity 3d seminar and it was pretty hard for me to do all the layout and level design especially if you dont have any textures to work with.	On a low budget, it can be difficult to make a game look good, but it's certainly possible. I like to use a minimalistic and abstract approach to graphic design in my low budget games.
I recently started making my income through myself and am currently trying to self teach myself as well. Anyways, what is the hardest thing you've had to overcome since starting out on your own?	It's been difficult dealing with the volatility of my income. I never know if I'm going to make $100 or $10,000 next month. This occasionally makes it difficult to make decisions.
This is really interesting! Do you upload games to Android store (Google Play or how it's called) and Appstore for iOS?	I probably won't upload any games to Google Play but I could if I wanted to. I will definitely be publishing to the App Store at some point.
Where do you think one should start in learning how to make video games if one can't afford to go to school?	Online. There is so much information out there if you search for it. I'm entirely self-taught, I didn't go to university/college.
In the beginning, how did you advertise your games? I would imagine it would be hard with the other thousands of applications competing.	I work in a niche field, so there's little competition. I sell to companies not players meaning I don't necessarily have to advertise my games.
What's the best way to learn how to make mobile apps? It has been something that I am interested in but I do not know any coding, which is quite a huge problem.	Use an engine. Answered a similar question here.
What did you eat for lunch today?	It only just hit midday here in Australia but I'm thinking coffee and pizza for lunch.
Does your boss sexually harass you?	The case is still going through the system. My lawyer says I shouldn't talk about it.
Would you be interested if a AAA game developer or publisher hired you?	I've received quite a few job offers but none from AAA yet. Regardless, the answer would be 'no'.
How do I learn how to make HTML5 games? (I already know javascript)	It depends. Do you plan to use a framework or an engine? They make everything a lot easier.
What kind of a game engine do you use? I built a snake game using only pure HTML 5 and js. It was fine without the framework but I guess more complicated games require some sort of framework to use? Can you recommend what js frameworks should I use?	I use GameMaker Studio Master Collection. Here's a big list of JS frameworks and engines.
Gee I feel behind lol. I'm 22 years old and in college for Computer Science. I was a biology major for two years then after doing a summer of research, I decided it wasn't for me and picked up the computer again. Long story short, I picked up Flash and have done stuff relating to games and animation (which is where I want to go mainly, Animation and concept) Any tips on how you started out making a name for yourself?	If you want a job in the industry, I believe a strong and unique portfolio is more valuable than a degree, though optimally you want both. Social media is invaluable when it comes to networking with peers/clients/employers, so be sure to jump on that bandwagon too.
I cannot draw at all I can't even do simple pixel art yet I want to make games but a)Have no money to pay an artist and B) Friends are really busy acting and stuff what should I do?	Answered a similar question here.
Is it worth it?	Sorry, I don't know what you mean.
If you were trapped on a deserted island with a mermaid would you rather the mermaid be top half human, bottom half fish or top half fish and bottom half human?	Top half Mermaid bottom half human. My logic being, there's more meat in the top half and Mermaid probably tastes delicious.
I mean, are you happy with what you do?	Absolutely. It's a dream job as far as I'm concerned.
Can i pay you $5 for a job?	I charge $200/h so unless the job takes 1.5 minutes...
Can i come and work for you?	I think I'm a few years away from needing employees.
What are your oppinions on LOVE2d?	I haven't used it but I've heard good things.
I'm working on my own indie game with some friends. All of us have had extensive modding experience and a couple of us are going to game development school. I am more of the organizer of the group in terms of business and publicity, and although my own father started his business, do you have any advice or tips when starting one from your own experience?	I recently published an article called 5 Tips For Starting Your Own Online Business. Maybe it's relevant to your situation?
What is your favorite game of all time?	Age of Empires.
How similar is your life to Indie Game Dev on Steam? Good luck	I'm not sure what you mean.
What was your first programming language? Edit: And what did you start with? Like game-wise.	BASIC.
On a scale of 1-10, how much do you hate BASIC? BASIC was my first language, looking back, I don't see how I managed to use it. It's so limited.	It wasn't so bad at the time; I made a few cool games with BASIC. Obviously I wouldn't use it today though.
Did you have any knowledge of programming before making video games?	None whatsoever.
Please kindly guide me on how to start making video game.	Answered similar question here
I am a 17 year old interested in pursuing a career in independent game design. I have spent most of my teen years working in 3d modeling and XNA. Do you have any advice for an aspiring artist? And could you possibly review some of my work?	I'm not really an artist so I'm not sure if I can offer you any useful advice.
You said below you are moving away from partnered games. Will you stay with making web based games of your own or move to ios/android?	I'll still be making HTML5 games.
Why web based games and not focus on mobile? According to some reports mobile is more of a growth field. :-[)	I make HTML5 games designed for the mobile web. So I do make mobile games, just not for the app stores. There's more room for growth on the mobile web than the native app stores.
Thanks. What is the difference between the web and mobile web? Just optimizing for phones/tablets?	If someone is browsing the internet on their phone/tablet they're on the mobile web.

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