Where would you LOVE to work?
polycounter lvl 20
No need to express your views publicly. Let's just see which companies out of the ones above you'd love to work for.
If you voted other it'd be awesome to see who it is you were hoping was on that list.
If you voted other it'd be awesome to see who it is you were hoping was on that list.
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EDIT: +Blizzard
And it's not somewhere you would work at for one title, then move on to the another company. A person could really forge a (varied) career in a place like Valve.
I really like where I'm working now though
2. valve <- I voted this
3. blizzard
"What kind of beer would you like?"
"The other kind."
WTFDTM?
Them or Insomniac, OMFG! The makers of fun games again!
Black Isle Studios
-- before Interplay tanked
Rare - Killer Instinct team
Namco - Tekken 2 team
Btw, everyone says Valve, but are there any Valve guys here? It seems to me that is one studio I never hear anyone work for. I'm wondering if they have some super gag order or something, where you're not allowed to participate with the lowly masses (us) or something?
http://www.istartedsomething.com/20081204/a-peek-into-a-legendary-game-company-valve-software/
Pixar's California Studio seems pretty amazing too. I recently went to an animation conference by one of their animators, Simon Allen. At one point he talked us through a slide-show of the place. It seems like a very creatively nurturing and just a generally awesome place to work. You can see a little bit of it here:
http://www.dailygame.net/news/archives/007495.php
After the HL2 debacle, that gag order probably really was implemented.
An even cooler question is this though:
What game studio would you work for anywhere in TIME... whooooo
anyway... its kinda the only game company Id work at and not pursue other art on my own time. Obviously Mistwalker Studios harbours some of my favorite artists through time now, but im not impressed with their current work, I bet they are boiling somthing outstanding though..
- I also like this company - Winking
I have no clue whats up with Winking studios, but looks like great stuff....
That said, I really love the studio dynamic so I'm not sure how I'd fare for a long period indoors with no co-workers.
That said, if I was looking for a new job, I'd love to work at id, Epic, Blizzard, Valve, Naughty Dog, Insomniac... anywhere which has a good track record of solid games, made by people who love games, not just a company bought out by a big publisher destined to churn out tie-ins and sequels until the money dries up.
Also... aniceto, Pixar at the top of your list? Surely that'd just mean you model one thing per month then only one ends up being used in the final film, or something... I feel like film is much less rewarding than games in terms of getting your art seen by people.
"I modelled the radio in the background of this shot, oh and also the wheel on the left of the giant truck thing"
I'd love to work at BIG though
Ooh nice. That's a whole other thread I think.
-K.
Of course I'm only basing any of my opinion on the quality put out, not the quality of life on the inside. . .
Capcom I love to death and was my first choice.. but I feel that if I had a chance to work on RE or SF or Mega Man or some other property I adore, I would come to loathe it... Even given complete creative control over the whole project. XD
Maybe "the army" too, i recently turned down a job offer from them because I didn't feel comfortable having to enlist as a rifleman if I was only making models for VBS2
i'm a total gta fanboy
Other for arenanet? I'm already here, but it's pretty much where I should be.
Monsters Err'dayyyyyyyy.
At this point I think I'd really enjoy a 1 on 1 fighting type game studio. It's probably what I'll do with my portfolio in the future. I'm really enjoying Soul Caliber IV which is a lot of fun character wise. Can't wait to get my hands on SF4 and some others.
Oh, man, there's another place I'd love to work. Guild Wars has some great stuff.
Having said that, I love the hell out of the project I'm on right now and really couldn't be happier. Unless we critically fail our economic saving throw I can't envision looking for another job.
Better yet though, it'd be nice to have people work for you.
I love you Blizzard, I admit it, head over heels.
After that, favorites would be Double Fine, Valve, Behemoth, etc.
You'll begin to hate them.