Just some visuals that Feng Zhu explains in his two latest videos, that reinforce your point of view. http://youtu.be/dnflBERf2zM http://youtu.be/3TVji_fiKsw He explains what you talk about, and the creative process vs design. Very useful stuff.
Well I had a Creative Director who would ask a question in an interview. "Are you a gamer who wants to develop games, or a developer who likes to work on games?" He was asking about priorities. He didn't want gamers because the #1 thing in their life was playing games not developing or refining the skills he needed them to…