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[AndY]

[Dancing]

The ending got so depressing because it is so true... so true... on the family part. I have a girlfriend and sometimes me doing my coursework conflicts with her...then again ive been told she needs to chill out and deal with it.

[The Joker]

Damn, this video is depressing. It is very true and very surreal.

[Au-heppa]

I love the part about programmers hating the playtesters. "Curse you for being good at quality assurance!"

[Ranma]

Most people that join the ZP:S testing team have been Cardboard Robots. So much so, that most just find it a gaming session and don't even bother writing reports. It actually does get on my nerves at time. Like the Yellow Robot said, you get sick of the map until your eyes bleed out. I get nauseated by testing on old maps. When we test on older maps for gameplay changes I just ask Riley what the new changes are and I check them out for bugs while all of the other testers play around and ignore their responsibilities. Most don't even write reports. It's just playing video games before it's released for those clowns.


I also laughed at the "girl gamer" bit. Back in high school I had a girlfriend who also liked video games, and I was lucky too because she wasn't half-bad looking (and it was a blind date my boss set up). But our video game bonding sessions consisted of us playing 2 different video games in the same room. I didn't want to play Maplestory and she didn't want to play Counter-Strike. After that I got the realization that it's not just about video games, but also the taste in video games. So the whole "girl gamer" fantasy is stupid. It's better to spend time with your woman in real-life than in the digital world.


I actually had this talk with my cousin once before he graduated. "Playing video games and making video games are not the same thing." It actually sunk in and he's not some mindless Cardboard Robot. Thank God, you know?

[Quenquent]

So true......

I got an idea for a video game (as you can see in the topic "dead frontier") but I can't create it because I don't got any qualifications to make it.......

Yes, this video is not only about two robots talking, but its also about the truth.....

[rickinator9]

Quenquent, on 18 March 2011 - 12:17 PM, said:

So true......

I got an idea for a video game (as you can see in the topic "dead frontier") but I can't create it because I don't got any qualifications to make it.......

Yes, this video is not only about two robots talking, but its also about the truth.....

Learn to use visual studio/XNA or for very basic games, GameMaker

[Bering]

The video game industry brings a lot more creative freedom than movies. A friend of mine, who worked for a long in the film/animation industry, and worked for PIxar (now he's mainly teaching and doing his own thing), but he told me that if he wants to get into the business again, he wants to work on a game again, which he did once. At that point, for the first time, he was asked, if he could take his designs further - while in the film/animation business. I know more who also worked on both games and films, who say there are more freedom in games, than films. However the company you end up working for in the end, probably also has influence on creativity.

But this movie is obviously made by a (big) pessimist, who doesn't want to encourage more people to work in the game industry. The video matches the VFX business more, than the game business.

And the voice over nearly drove me crazy..


WTB more optimism.