Did anyone se that guy last night on sunday? : Halo 2

[beetle]

not sure exact details but hes a NZ guy, been about on telly before and he works for M$ and plays games, and helps make ? Halo 2 ?

Was on last nights Sunday program, was really interesting.

to play and get paid....


beetle

[noone]

yeah i heard about that , it would be the best job ever , "now sir , can you take home Half Life 4 and try it out for bugs - you know that this is 15 months before public release so no distrubuting "
, YAY

[Growly]

I'd love his job too - they send he works 100 hours per week, playing games.

[godfather]

> to play and get paid....
>
> beetle

And we thought that was exactly what beetle did all day, played and got paid?

[beetle]

Um played what???

yeah right and i have all the time in the world to do nothing.....


beetle

[Laura]

Hey beetle

I reckon godfather had his stopwatch out on that one
(Hmm..Let's see how long it takes to get a bite?)

Next we women ( or maybe men also ) were expected to stick up for you over how much work it takes to run motels - while also studying etc etc.

I'd call it design-a-thread.
Am I right or am I right, godfather?
Or couldn't you possibly comment?

[DangerousDave]

Remember the guy is pretty much a genius. He had a degree by the age of 15. And from what i've read of game coding prodigies (namely Carmack), they don't really like to play the games so much as to create them. The guy probably spends 80+hours a week coding and probably rarely plays the game - thats what beta testers are for (an even worse job).

The reality of game development is long hours, lots of work. You have to be smart and incredibly focused. You would get paid a relatively tiny amount for playing the game. And even then, wouldn't you get bored of playing the same game for at least 2 years?

- David