Oh man, I'm reading "The Masters of Doom".........

NoSeRider · Apr 2005

You have got to be kidding me?

Read "Masters of Doom".

Hey, I'm sorry. But I don't act like that even on my worst days.

Gmanx · Apr 2005

Which bit, man? There's so many tantrums and backstabbin' moments - what got you piqued? Throwing kit around? Stealin' folks from other companies? Daikatana?........

NoSeRider · Apr 2005

I'm reading all the profanity people use when they talk to one another. Generally, where I work, if you use profanity you get fired.

I've heard all these stories about game studios growing mushrooms and having rated 'R' parties.....from San Diego game artists.

I've been around stuffy people too long.

I think game artists take alot of eccentric behavior for granted.

Gmanx · Apr 2005

I think Romero and Hall were the two main perpetrators there. The eccentricity is what breeds invention isn't it? Or it used to be.....

Moz · Apr 2005

now slave labour and outsourcing are the mothers of half assed reinvention!

danr · Apr 2005

you'd get fired for swearing? Bloody hellfire. An inventive-swearing test is part of the interview here ...

Malekyth · Apr 2005

I get uncomfortable with an interviewee if he substitutes "crap" or "heck" or "dad burnit!" for perfectly good alternatives. On the other hand, someone who greets me for the first time with a "fuckmerunning, it warms my aching fucking heart to finally meet you, you beautiful cocksucker" is HIRED.

Gmanx · Apr 2005

It was once said "swearwords are the recourse of a poor vocabulary".....well, that fucker's dead now..

NoSeRider · Apr 2005

I thought fighting about software was just fun?...You guys take this shit too seriously.

Hell, Victor Navone used Animation Master and got a job at Pixar.
http://www.navone.org/HTML/MakingAlienSong.htm

Malekyth · Apr 2005

Not us, just Them.

(and me too at one point, but I was younger then)

r13 · Apr 2005

personally, i think nose takes this all too seriously. always trying to weasel out a hidden meaning, always trying to provoke a "discussion". the answer is we're all human beings, and no one knows the right answer. is there a right answer? i dunno, i suspect not. so we all go forward as we know how.

rawkstar · Apr 2005

that book was fun.

Nose ... where the fuck are you working now?

sundance · Apr 2005

"...kick your ass back to the doom days where you wish you were." OMFG! THAT'S ROFL!! i'm killing myself at that!

oXYnary · Apr 2005

Paul Steed is the man.

Malekyth · Apr 2005

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OMFG! THAT'S ROFL!! i'm killing myself at that!

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That isn't to your credit.

sundance · Apr 2005

RageUnleashed · Apr 2005

Gosh darnit, why the poop don't those guys have some frickin manners?

Paul Jaquays · Apr 2005

The book was set up to be a contrast between the characters and personalities of Carmack and Romero. The book shows "screenplay" type versions of both guys ... they are made more extreme than they are in real life.

I came away from the book with a greater appreciation for Tom Hall ... who was never portrayed particularly positively by some of my coworkers at id. I had the opportunity work with Tom a bit when we were helping set up Guildhall. Yes, although my name isn't mentioned in the body of the book ... thank god ... I worked there during the time period covered by it. By reading the book, I actually learned about things that went on while I was there that I was not aware of at the time of my employment.

lkraan · Apr 2005

Rumors of Masters of Doom being transfered into a Showtime original movie

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/04/14/news_6122303.html

Oh man, I'm reading "The Masters of Doom".........

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