Posts by e-freak

  • A Game of Thrones

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    I think it's important to note that his wolf was acting strange before it happened and his death was foreseen by Melisandre. Also, the book clearly states that he didn't feel the last stab only the cold, before that, he shouted for his Wolf. I think he was already in his Wolf by then. Every Stark child (with the exception of Sansa and Rickon) has Warg capabilities but all of them were only triggered after traumatic experiences (Bran falling from the tower, Jon lost behind the Wall, Arya after the Red Wedding). Varamyr, the skinchanger said that he had great potential but the boy in him was fighting it. Master Aemon said something similar. I think it's an important point that Jon the boy dies and the man's reborn.


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    Yes, I don't believe for a second he's dead. The entire Wall story arch would lose it's POV character. It's a song of ice and fire. Martin will not leave the Wall behind. No he survives. Melisandre wanted to talk to him urgently before he died. I think the Wildlings will save him (it were only the stewards that attacked him) since they were already prepared to fight with him against the Boltons. Melisandre will play a part no doubt, but how I don't know. Perhaps the queen is behind it as well. We don't know. Anyway, I agree that he must die to leave his vows behind. He's too much like Ed, all honor. We all wish R+L=J and it has been hinted at a lot by Martin but you never know for sure, especially with Martin. I didn't see this plot twist coming, not by a long shot.


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    stupid question but what is r+l? neds sister and the dragon dude?

  • A Game of Thrones

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    yepp, finished them as well. google for the preview chapters, he already released two chapters of the next book online

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    most people i asked about this agreed that there needs to be an explicit statement that he's dead. at the moment i think he's in limbo and will probably make a weird comeback through the wildlings

  • Batman Arkham Origins

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    Next-gen Batman. Watch !


    And e-freak, it's always been with WB, from the first game .


    No WB was the publisher and Rocksteady the Dev. the ip (and unreal engine modifications) went back to WB and their inhouse studio in Montreal. I'm betting you a beer right here that they have a different IP now

  • Does this mean it is for real?


    Your List is not very accurate. It would be more like:


    Apple Cloud

    Amazon Cloud

    Google Cloud

    Facebook Cloud


    Everything else is stored within these servers. Especially the Amazon and Google Cloud are probably hosting 60% of today's internet. Even if you try "and host it yourself", a lot of the space you can rent easily is in the Amazon cloud.

  • Retirement + Working overseas

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    Nobody really know what will happen for game developers in the future actually, since even the oldest aren't retired yet.


    Our Sound Director went into retirement last year or the year before. We had a big celebration (kind of) because he was the first employee ever to hit the 67 years.


    One big difference is also that you can retire in different countries at completely different ages. Its currently a huge discussion point in the european union that germans work till 67 in france till 62 and in malta even 60. so if you work all your life in france, but you are german - which system applies to you?


    (oh and Arkane is currently looking for artists in lyon - maybe you can give it a shot there? )

  • Retirement + Working overseas

    afaik the 401(k) in the US allows you to cash out when you leave the country if you work there for say 15 years but want to move back to europe.


    its a weird topic and its been crossing my mind as well for quite some time. I mistrust mosts private pension plans as I've had some friends who got screwed over by this already in the past.


    like warby said, real-estate might be the only somewhat reliable care plan, but then again it requires you too be long enough in one country to purchase a building or apartment there and plan ahead enough to pay down credit on it. you also need someone to take care of it (and potential tenants) while you're abroad or in a different city. Its definitely a huge burden (but still most likely the one that actually pays off, no matter the economic situation in your country at the time of your retirement).

  • Crytek Uk Internship?

    So, your Portfolio is very much out of date - 2007 is 7 years ago and going back to that thread you said you "resurrected" ("I lost 8GB of maps and other files during the imfamous HD crash of 2001" (that's 13 years ago that you lost those files!)) old stuff back then already. Half Life is 1998 - a good design is a good design, no matter how old the game of your mod, but it will be very hard in an interview situation to convince someone that your skills transfer to today's standards.


    I wouldn't put down QA as something below your talents - a) QA doesn't have to be a permanent position, and b) QA is a very hard skill set in it self if you want to excel in it. QA requires to understand Design decisions (you are not a focus tester, you are the one trying to break shit by exploiting the systems).


    2D Art is a position we don't have anymore afaik. We do have 2D Flash Artists and Concept Artists, but for Game Art everyone is expected to work 2D and 3D etc..

  • Evolve (Turtle Rock Studio's new baby)

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    I'm really curious as to how the "rounds" will progress. Judging from these screens, it's looking like a simple stand-off like the tank vs the four survivors in L4D. That's surely not how it's gonna be and I'm curious what exactly it IS going to be like! I would love it if rounds became really tense back and forth's where the monster is supposed to disengage and disappear into the foliage and shit. It sounds like that's what they are aiming for.

    it would also be great if you have 'mini campaigns' in which the monster varies in strength and role throughout the maps or stages. e.g. in the first mission the monster is really weak and has to escape to a certain point - being the hunted. over the course of the campaign the monster gains strength and turns into the hunter - similar to L4D this could even allow for some of the reverse level design stuff they did in the swamps in L4D2 where you play maps forwards and backwards with different objectives and different pathing options.

  • Crytek Uk Internship?

    What's your current job? What do you hope to learn in the internship? What kind of work would you like to see yourself being able to do in 5 years from now?


    Look at your strengths and try to figure out how you could fit into a gamestudio in the near future. If you want to go into design, it might be a good idea to either finish one of your old mods or to take a look at the freeSDK for CryEngine and just cook some small gameplay thing up (exploration and a puzzle maybe). QA is probably always a good starting point as well if you just want to experience the inside of a studio and orient yourself. Its also a viable career path in it self, but its certainly not an easy field either as you need to track bugs left and right, try and break the game constantly with the most obscure settings and instructions and communicate a lot with all departments on problems you discover.

  • Out of curiosity

    yeah, more often than not you will find that a lot of "game designs" are very similar to patterns found in chemistry or biology or can be described in similar terms and formulas. while nothing beats the "hands on" user testing and tweaking to what feels good to the consumer, its always a good starting point to be able to produce models before hand and analyze the data you get back based on those models!

  • aw yeah

    Dude, your writing is unbelieveable, I had tears of laughter from that book sale and the phrase "get a bit too much Pink Floyd for my taste"


    Great to see you can keep a humor on such an impactful experience