Recent content by Escapist_V

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I'm pretty much in the same position that you are right now, and this is what I think: How far away from graduation are you? If it's only one or two courses I'd recommend finishing them of anyway. Becoming a career writer is kind of a gamble, so you want to make sure that your world doesn't...

First, for those complaining about having to do huge updates after they bought the game on disc, remember that this isn't Valves fault unless it's actually one of their games. Day one updates are there because the publisher/developer pushed it out the door before it could be fully tested or a...

As I see it the Boy | Girl paradox serves to point out the flaw in probability theory. It's what happens when you leave out essential information or use terms that are ambiguous, not constraining the question enough. People interpret the question differently, adding in factors like order and age...

Mine's Johansson. It's the most common surname in Sweden, which is where I live...

Yeah, because banks are so famous for loaning out millions of dollars to extremely high risk projects without any real security, and at fantastic interest rates I might add. Owing more money in the future than you spend now is so much better than having somebody paying you a salary which you get...

Generally, yes. I'm among those who think it's a sickness and we need to find out a way to help them. (Favorite E.R. episode is the one where the pedophile carves evil into his forehead to scare away children because he can't help himself.) Everybody should have the chance to turn their lives...

No, but that doesn't mean I like politicians using game classifications as a tool to make themselves seem family friendly. Wish there was a global rating board and/or some way to force publishers to release games in all areas simultaneously.

The point I was trying to make was the role of publishers who supply that money during development as a response to the general "labels/publishers do nothing" tone of the thread. Without them the developers would have very little finacial security. Companies like Blizzard, Bioware or Epic might...

Hardly. Remember that the world's greatest survivor is the cockroach. Where somebody is making a product, someone else finds a way to make money from it. Like a disease they will be weakened by our attempts. The weak die of while the strong feast on their corpses and come back stronger...

================================================================================== I don't mean to attack you in any way, you just opened up for a point I feel needs to be made. I'm going to say "you" a couple of times further down in this post, but that refers to the person reading and not...

I'm studying to become a game designer right now and although I haven't done anything on a professional level yet I've done som smaller projects and messed around with Game Maker during the latest years. Right now I'm working on a casual game I'm hoping will be fit for commercial release in the...