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  • Two Listen
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    glynnsmith wrote: »
    Ok. So...

    When a "game engine" comes up in conversation, and you get asked what a game engine is, what do you say?

    "That green stuff in the Matrix."
  • scrawld
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    I usually just describe it as the thing that powers the game (hence the name engine). It's what makes everything work as it should. That usually covers it.
  • Ged
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    I told some girl on the train yesterday that "I make art for video games" she seemed happy enough with that answer.
  • McGreed
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    Yaeh, its a pain to explain with words that isn't related to game and art, because saying something like "I make models for games", for someone who knows nothing about games, models means something else. Oh the joy.
    Usually I just say I make 'visual stuff for games', and if they me to go into more details its "In the game, I build and paint the buildings and objects you can run into or pick up". If they still don't get it by then, I usually try to change subject. And 90% of the times they have the look on their face saying "Nerd". Ah well.
  • arrangemonk
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    i dont get asked what i work

    usually someone is comming telling everyone

    uhh look at anton, hes an engineer, he could be doctor soon , blah blah blah

    and then i try to get away ... i hate too much attention
  • Muzzoid
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    I just tell people that i draw zombies for a living. Which is generally true.
  • crazyfool
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    I went to brighton with my lady yesterday to pick up some bunnies :) the kids there asked what I do? did I make mario? haha, I thought for a second not this again, do I have enough time to explain it, best thing would be to lie, in short I said....yes, yes I do. I couldnt face making their massive smiles turn upside down :(
  • sneakymcfox
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    I just say I'm a student to anyone who isn't a close friend and all of those have seen me working so that one pretty much sorts itself.

    I never found UVs a hard concept to explain really as long as people know what a world map is and know what a globe is, however I can't say I've ever tried explaining what a normal map is.
  • slipsius
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    i usually just say I animate for games, and they usually have some stupid response like what do you mean, animate. and i say, I make shrek move..... pretty simple. lol

    or, I make the art visuals for games. i find that one is pretty widely accepted.
  • Malus
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    "What do you do for a living?"

    "I corrupt the youth of today whilst simultaneously acting as a baby sitter for shit parents."

    "x_______x"
  • Rwolf
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    I say I'm a 3d modeler, and explain it's like making a kit model, but on the computer. I still get ???
  • Geezus
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    I just say I'm a student to anyone who isn't a close friend and all of those have seen me working so that one pretty much sorts itself.

    I used to love telling people I was a student, and that I studied Game Art and Design.
    I often got "Gay Art and Design?" It's interesting that people are more willing to accept that there's a major that studies the art and design of homosexuality, than they are to accept that there's a major that studies the art and design of games. :D

    Side note, I once had a 4 hour conversation with a Neurosurgeon, straight from India, about Video Games and Neurology. It was probably one of my favorite Greyhound experiences. He was as interested in my life as I was in his.
  • scotthomer
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    Geezus wrote: »
    I used to love telling people I was a student, and that I studied Game Art and Design.
    I often got "Gay Art and Design?" It's interesting that people are more willing to accept that there's a major that studies the art and design of homosexuality, than they are to accept that there's a major that studies the art and design of games. :D

    Side note, I once had a 4 hour conversation with a Neurosurgeon, straight from India, about Video Games and Neurology. It was probably one of my favorite Greyhound experiences. He was as interested in my life as I was in his.

    As wierd as this sounds, its so rare that anyone genuinely gives a damn about someone else's life, I had a similar conversation once with a guy who invented a particular type of tank. He genuinely cared about my life, was bizarre. I remember a quote that went something like "People never really listen, they are just waiting for their turn to speak"
  • Bigjohn
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    You could also go with the classic, "None of your damn business, that's what". If you're in a jerk mood that day, which I often am.
  • Zipfinator
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    scotthomer wrote: »
    I remember a quote that went something like "People never really listen, they are just waiting for their turn to speak"

    From Fight Club:

    NARRATOR: When people think you're dying, they really, really listen to you, instead of just...
    MARLA SINGER: Instead of just waiting for their turn to speak?
  • monster
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    I just typically say I'm an Artist. I don't get any deeper than that unless they show sincere interest.
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