More accurate than anything I have ever seen
April 9, 2008 7:25 AM Subscribe
More accurate than any piece of film has ever been in all of recorded history. (Youtube)
As a Video Game Designer for over 12 years, I have never seen a more accurate portrayal of the digital creation process in film.
As a Video Game Designer for over 12 years, I have never seen a more accurate portrayal of the digital creation process in film.
Heh. But seriously, go home at 5.
Yeah, that's a firing.
My blood pressure went up just watching it...never again! never. never. never!! (the client picking out the one bad pixel was great!)
posted by The Light Fantastic at 7:46 AM on April 9, 2008
Yeah, that's a firing.
My blood pressure went up just watching it...never again! never. never. never!! (the client picking out the one bad pixel was great!)
posted by The Light Fantastic at 7:46 AM on April 9, 2008
This is great, thanks!
(and I know absolutely nothing of the visual effects industry)
posted by nonmerci at 7:51 AM on April 9, 2008
(and I know absolutely nothing of the visual effects industry)
posted by nonmerci at 7:51 AM on April 9, 2008
Man. Sweating like that can't be good for your keyboard.
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Oh. Uh. Right. Guess the keyboard had it coming.
posted by nebulawindphone at 7:56 AM on April 9, 2008
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Oh. Uh. Right. Guess the keyboard had it coming.
posted by nebulawindphone at 7:56 AM on April 9, 2008
wow. this is totally what the dev team i'm on is going through. thanks! and, you know, the client can suck it and all...
posted by localhuman at 8:02 AM on April 9, 2008
posted by localhuman at 8:02 AM on April 9, 2008
The key is get people to need you more than you need them. Then you can go home any goddamn time you feel like it.
posted by fungible at 8:11 AM on April 9, 2008 [6 favorites]
posted by fungible at 8:11 AM on April 9, 2008 [6 favorites]
You babies! Don't you know how much effort goes into baiting, keeping satisfied , broke but not smelly, ideologized and confused an entire workforce of different individuals? On top of this, the decreasing numbers of gullible youngsters make it all more difficult, as the line "you are too expert / you are not enough expert" is so old and spent even bad cop / good cop looks good in comparison . If that wasn't enough the new generations of youngster are increasingly ignorant and stupid, what are we supposed to exploit, overgrown k12s who focused on LOLing ?
Yours sincerely,
senior middle management
posted by elpapacito at 8:12 AM on April 9, 2008 [2 favorites]
Yours sincerely,
senior middle management
posted by elpapacito at 8:12 AM on April 9, 2008 [2 favorites]
I think part of the problem is any industry where they essentially recruit their own fans, I think this happens in a lot creative industries, you essentially get your enthusiasm exploited.
So, if you want to make a lot of money and lead a non-strenuous life, enter a really boring industry. You know, there's going to be a couple of people who get really excited about new advances in porous asphalt at the DOT but they'll probably be going home at 4:30 just like everyone else who works there mainly to get a paycheck.
posted by delmoi at 8:13 AM on April 9, 2008 [3 favorites]
So, if you want to make a lot of money and lead a non-strenuous life, enter a really boring industry. You know, there's going to be a couple of people who get really excited about new advances in porous asphalt at the DOT but they'll probably be going home at 4:30 just like everyone else who works there mainly to get a paycheck.
posted by delmoi at 8:13 AM on April 9, 2008 [3 favorites]
Holy shit there's a new development in porous asphalt???
posted by spicynuts at 8:46 AM on April 9, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by spicynuts at 8:46 AM on April 9, 2008 [3 favorites]
Aside: what is the name of that awesome frantic-busy music? Not the William Tell overture, the other frantic-busy music?
posted by everichon at 8:47 AM on April 9, 2008
posted by everichon at 8:47 AM on April 9, 2008
that was a bit boring...
posted by savagepolitics at 8:55 AM on April 9, 2008
posted by savagepolitics at 8:55 AM on April 9, 2008
If they were really that overworked they wouldn't have time to make this movie.
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 9:11 AM on April 9, 2008 [4 favorites]
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 9:11 AM on April 9, 2008 [4 favorites]
delmoi writes "So, if you want to make a lot of money and lead a non-strenuous life, enter a really boring industry. You know, there's going to be a couple of people who get really excited about new advances in porous asphalt at the DOT but they'll probably be going home at 4:30 just like everyone else who works there mainly to get a paycheck."
Government work is stressful if need to find any sort of fulfillment in your job (well, most government work). So is tech support. Ask me how I know ...
posted by krinklyfig at 9:53 AM on April 9, 2008
Government work is stressful if need to find any sort of fulfillment in your job (well, most government work). So is tech support. Ask me how I know ...
posted by krinklyfig at 9:53 AM on April 9, 2008
Also, I don't why he's so excited about starbucks at 5:30 after munching all the caffeine pills.
posted by delmoi at 9:55 AM on April 9, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by delmoi at 9:55 AM on April 9, 2008 [2 favorites]
meanwhile, EA execs insist that beatings will continue until morale improves.
posted by shmegegge at 10:01 AM on April 9, 2008
posted by shmegegge at 10:01 AM on April 9, 2008
that was so boring and cliched I couldn't watch it.
Ya.
While an apt portrayal of the industry, it was kind of embarrassing in a nerdy-inside-jokey kind of way.
I bet everyone laughed really hard when they showed it at the company Christmas party.
Especially the part when Danny played The Client, right? That was fuckin' awesome!
posted by chococat at 10:06 AM on April 9, 2008
Ya.
While an apt portrayal of the industry, it was kind of embarrassing in a nerdy-inside-jokey kind of way.
I bet everyone laughed really hard when they showed it at the company Christmas party.
Especially the part when Danny played The Client, right? That was fuckin' awesome!
posted by chococat at 10:06 AM on April 9, 2008
Yeah. While I identify it's just some in-house pat-on-the-back bonding piece not really fit for anything more than a co-worker party. Unoriginal, dull and cliché. Sorry, not very good. Especially if it was produced by professionals.
posted by tkchrist at 10:28 AM on April 9, 2008
posted by tkchrist at 10:28 AM on April 9, 2008
Hyperbole much? Flagged.
posted by lalochezia at 11:42 AM on April 9, 2008
posted by lalochezia at 11:42 AM on April 9, 2008
Actually, the no-doz pills were ROCKETS.
Smarties are filled with chocolate.
posted by tehloki at 2:05 PM on April 9, 2008
Smarties are filled with chocolate.
posted by tehloki at 2:05 PM on April 9, 2008
Not really all that accurate. Where are the talking dog and cat and the pointy-haired boss?
posted by wendell at 2:58 PM on April 9, 2008
posted by wendell at 2:58 PM on April 9, 2008
Rockets? So that's what they call Smarties in countries where Smarties are just M&M's!
posted by DoctorFedora at 4:54 PM on April 9, 2008
posted by DoctorFedora at 4:54 PM on April 9, 2008
Who the shit uses a mouse? Get a tablet, jerky.
You meant to say A PUCK, didn't you? That's how REAL COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN gets DONE.
posted by Smart Dalek at 5:42 PM on April 9, 2008
You meant to say A PUCK, didn't you? That's how REAL COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN gets DONE.
posted by Smart Dalek at 5:42 PM on April 9, 2008
So that's what they call Smarties in countries where Smarties are just M&M's!
Smarties are about one thousand times better than M&Ms, whether you eat the red ones last or not.
posted by chococat at 8:36 PM on April 9, 2008
Smarties are about one thousand times better than M&Ms, whether you eat the red ones last or not.
posted by chococat at 8:36 PM on April 9, 2008
That was great. I particularly liked the error that simply said, "Windows Vista!" I also liked that they used the "segway" tag for their video, because I felt it was key.
posted by Nattie at 12:25 AM on April 10, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by Nattie at 12:25 AM on April 10, 2008 [2 favorites]
well i thought it was, and i wasn't the only one. suprise suprise, metafilter is full of geeky subculture injokes and they may not all fall within what is "funny" for you. i only read 1/10 of the threads on metafilter, but i really enjoy those i do.
if you're saying it's objectively bad and no sane person would like it, then you're wrong and a dick. if you don't like it personally, and are saying it shouldn't be fpp'ed, then.. chill out, mang.
posted by Dillonlikescookies at 5:59 AM on April 10, 2008
if you're saying it's objectively bad and no sane person would like it, then you're wrong and a dick. if you don't like it personally, and are saying it shouldn't be fpp'ed, then.. chill out, mang.
posted by Dillonlikescookies at 5:59 AM on April 10, 2008
Smarties? Rockets? My mind bends like a spoon.
Okay... Smarties win in a fight against M&Ms. The bright chemical-blue smarties are of course infinitely superior to the paler blue ones made with "natural" dyes.
As you were...
posted by eponymouse at 6:01 AM on April 10, 2008
Okay... Smarties win in a fight against M&Ms. The bright chemical-blue smarties are of course infinitely superior to the paler blue ones made with "natural" dyes.
As you were...
posted by eponymouse at 6:01 AM on April 10, 2008
Mod note: a few comments removed -- if it's bad enough, take it to metatalk, otherwise don't fill up the thread with accusations of who is or is not ruining it. thanks.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:36 PM on April 10, 2008
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:36 PM on April 10, 2008
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Can you crush the blacks?
The final one won't look like that will it? (that is the final one)
Let's go back to the first version...
posted by phirleh at 7:31 AM on April 9, 2008