[Mz]

I have heard it is a send up of this: http://venturebeat.com/2016/04/16/game-developers-must-avoid...

Though I have not read the piece it supposedly satirizes.

[Kristine1975]

It's a parody. The articles even start the same way:

I read this article by Dean Takahashi the other day, and my jaw nearly hit the floor...

[iansane]

I just read both, it is a parody