I’m in the closing moments of the E3 project right now, which means we’re all getting cranky, barking at each other a little, and generally being fed up with this project and not able to wait for it to be ...
Read More »The Euphoria of Completion
The E3 Countdown reached zero yesterday night, and without much fanfare. We expected the last days to be a mad rush to the finish line, filled with difficult decisions and exhausting days without end; but in truth, the crazy days ...
Read More »The Last Stretch
We’ve been in single digits for a little while, on the E3 team. The countdown officially ends Friday, at which point we enter what is called in sports ‘overtime’. (Trust me, actual work overtime has been initiated for a while ...
Read More »The Miracle Build
One of the most important, yet unsung part of making a game is the versioning. With next-gen consoles, it’s even more dramatic: there’s just so many people touching the code and the data that getting a good, stable version of ...
Read More »I Thought I Knew Tired
Here we are, working on a Sunday for the second week in a row. E3 is in 3 weeks, and we’re in full-swing, tough-as-nails crunch time. This morning, I got up relatively early, but found myself physically incapable of putting ...
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