09-14-2008, 02:00 PM | #31441 |
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The Norsemen!
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09-14-2008, 02:31 PM | #31442 | |
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I wrote this on another forum, and I think it's one of my better insights on video and compuer games, so here it is for public consumption.
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09-14-2008, 02:35 PM | #31443 |
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Chemistry! Physics! Biology! Maths!
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09-14-2008, 04:54 PM | #31444 | ||||
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Is that another term for a female game developer? Or someone who literally develops dames... like a cosmetic surgeon or something? Quote:
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09-14-2008, 06:36 PM | #31445 | |||
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Rocket science has nothing on game design.
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Heh. No, that's not quite what I had in mind. More like Cliff Blezsinski walking out of a building in Prague, suddenly seeing the city before him, and the idea for Gears of War popping into his head at that particular moment. |
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09-15-2008, 09:53 AM | #31446 | |
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Oh? Now you're saying that only game industry veterans are allowed to be creative?
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09-15-2008, 10:53 AM | #31447 |
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Like, duh... obviously!
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09-15-2008, 11:00 AM | #31448 |
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OMFG srsly?
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09-15-2008, 11:22 AM | #31449 |
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Totally. Nobody should trust you to know how to do something unless you're old, gray, and have been in the business for 100 years.
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09-15-2008, 11:25 AM | #31450 |
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I can't get a job because I don't have experience. I don't have experience because I work at Electronics Pit.
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09-15-2008, 11:37 AM | #31451 |
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Dude, I know how to design a game. I don't need three fucking years' industry experience. Just hire me already.
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09-15-2008, 11:40 AM | #31452 |
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Okay. We'll put you on QA.
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09-15-2008, 11:46 AM | #31453 |
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Dunno.
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09-15-2008, 02:44 PM | #31454 |
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So if I'm in QA, am I just a playtester, or do I decide how to tweak gameplay?
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09-15-2008, 02:51 PM | #31455 |
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You get to be ignored when you point out the game-breaking bug in a game that's about to be sent off to manufacturing in order to hit a predetermined release date .
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09-15-2008, 02:59 PM | #31456 |
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Bugger it.
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09-15-2008, 03:36 PM | #31457 |
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Oh, and you have to work overtime all the time!
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09-15-2008, 03:36 PM | #31458 |
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09-16-2008, 04:46 AM | #31459 |
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09-16-2008, 05:05 AM | #31460 |
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Can't touch this!
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