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Some guy gives advice on interviewing for game design jobs.

Bighead mode in real life

I’ve been down with the flu this past week, much like, well, everyone else. So I’m a bit late with this; but on the off chance your brain hasn’t already melted:

Every game company I’ve worked at has done some sort of company music video (especially in Austin, where literally everyone has a guitar in the closet and dreams of playing Rock Band FOR REALZ).

I’m pretty sure CCP is the only ones crazy-Viking enough to actually post theirs on the Internet.

Im chillin at my desk with two girls and one pimp cup
Sippin champagne, reading mails checkin what’s up
Isk spamming scum bags disturbing the peace?
WOOP WOOP its the sound of space police!

Eazy-E wept.

This will either go very, very well, or very, very badly. Or both!

Note: handwritten signs more appropriate for cadging money at street intersections tend to frighten HR.

Six minutes too much party for you? Try this remix:

Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, on how to retain valued employees:

The executive said that he has tried to instill into the company culture “skepticism, pessimism, and fear” of the global economic downturn, adding, “We are very good at keeping people focused on the deep depression.”

Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, on how to create a healthy working environment:

“We have a real culture of thrift. The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games.”

Well, SIGN ME UP, partner!

This thread explains why you may want to wait a few patches on your Hearts of Iron 3 purchase.

Don’t have a Paradox forums account? Post below the cut:

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