My very first game testing job was for a AAA title that was already getting into a big crunch. But I was okay with it, since it got me in a new industry, paid better than the job I had, and got me away from retail forever.

IMO, the problem lies in the law. Used to be, there were only a handful of professions exempt from overtime pay. As the years went on, corporations lobbied for more and more professions to be made exempt, and the government’s been all-to-happy to oblige them. Just because you are salary does not automatically make you…

I work independently as part of an indie game developer, and this kind of stuff is why I don’t really want to move into anything bigger. We crunch sometimes, but really only when we run out of money (which happens more often than we’d like to admit).

You might wait, but the Publisher might not. They have to hit dates, or they have release windows that coincide with large marketing initiatives, or they want to release during a certain season. Additionally, a developer might not even have enough money to fund development for the time required to “finish” the game.

OOHH! Zinger there! Because if somebody fucked up in the past, they forever forfeit the right to recognize when other people fuck up. Makes sense.

Wait a second, there’s no fucking monorail?

Cops are always right because they have badges. Duh.

Frustrates me how “sure” that the arresting officer was that he caught the “right guy”

I don’t have all the facts regarding the story (none of us do obviously) so all I can do is speculate and I agree that the anonymous student is obviously an adult and that if she indeed had a problem with the requirement of nudity it would’ve been ideal for her to say something. However, considering everything that…

Schools regularly sit on their asses until parents are involved, even colleges, because a lot of the time college aged adults are still not financially independent. Sometimes you have to know when to call in the Calvary if you can.

Not only did I have a similar experience (in terms of administrators being uninterested until parents get involved), but college students... They might be legal adults, but most are adults in pretty much no other way.

Yeah, it’s not like there are any sexual assaults or anything going on on college campuses. Parents should just let their fully mature adult children handle everything, and not question anything that looks inappropriate.

This is a really weird power dynamic, and I have to agree that it is super inappropriate. That being said, the student is an adult. Asking mom for support and advice is fine, but she needs to make the complaint herself.

And they’d be wrong just the same.

I love grease and lard in the proper amounts for the dish. I also love huevos rancheros, guacamole salad, fish tacos, pico de gallo, carne asada, cilantro, and now I have to go wait for my favorite restaurant to open.

I WILL EAT ALL YOUR ONIONS AND BELL PEPPERS, HEATHEN SAVAGES

NOPE! Retire that antique. Its not survivable on the modern battlefield and can’t take advantage of the latest weapons systems. What ever mission it can still acomplish, a drone can do it better.

half the fajitas I served to adults then had all of the vegetables picked out and pushed to one side and the meat eaten. And those aren’t even like, ‘difficult’ vegetables. Onions and bell peppers, you giant babies. gaint. fucking. babies.

Isn’t it disturbing what some people do for the fuck lust?

Pretty sure if I ever had a six pack I would just walk around without a shirt on constantly.