See if you can beat the current record (5 IIRC).

Also, most people live in places where it's too cold or windy to go nude, and in the other places, you have to worry about sunburn instead.

@ Ace: Lyra discovers coffee.

The audio people are working on some of the more hardcore moments in the game... it's 11:30 at night and I just heard a dude scream in terror, followed by the sound of something shattering.

So yeah.

We really need to introduce coffee to every pony in ponyville! Even Pinkie Pie deserves a shot of espresso!

edited 25th Apr '13 8:41:08 PM by NESgamer190

To late, we already have coffee.

Wow... what sort of game is this?

edited 25th Apr '13 8:42:21 PM by CDRW

@Kegi: It's not Arkham Origins, is it?

Legally, I can neither confirm nor deny these allegations.

But it is a game that involves a lot of punching. And related activities.

Right now they're looping the sound of a dude falling off a building, I think.

Reminds me of the shooting of LOTR. Apparently, at one point they were filiming at a cemetary in the middle of the night. So naturally, the locals heard weird noises coming from the cemetary in the middle of the night...

Right now they're looping the sound of a dude falling off a building, I think.

Sure, that's what they want you to think.

I wonder if they can stick the Wilhelm scream in, just for fun.

Meh, it's cheaper to just do the real thing. It's cost effective, reduces the cost of a paycheck, and gives it that authentic sound :p.

@Kegi: Guys falling off a building? I know what that sounds like.

But, I shall back off.

And thus the theorizing begins.

Speculation and rumours, man. They get the Web buzzing.

Well the only major thing I know about the series is that fake Joker segment in Arkham Asylum.

@Kegi: Maybe they're actually throwing dudes off the roof, so they can get an authentic scream.

So what is your job? What part of the game do you work on? And if it doesn't give too much away about whatever you're working on now, what games have you worked on in the past?

He does bug testing, I think.

edited 25th Apr '13 9:30:49 PM by edvedd

Meh, depression really sucks. Been having a very, very terrible day.

Octavia, meet Prince Douc...er, Blueblood.

Well, considering the clip cuts out a few seconds before any of the sounds stop...

As for my job, my technical title is "Dev QA" which is sort of like a tester meets an intern. Strictly speaking, my role is integrated testing, which means a more in depth version of what regular testers do. I run specific tests for the devs(Rather than just normal, run-around-and-break-shit testing) for various things. Examples have included in the past cataloging all instances of conversations the player needs to trigger in the game, or testing all the behaviour of specific enemies in every conceivable situation. We also run smoke checks, which is a test to see that the build functions, basically. IT' sounds small, but if the build doesn't work, the devs can work on it, so it's important.

A heavy part of the job, however, is being on-call for whatever tasks the devs require of us. These can be extremely variable in nature, covering everything from the banal(running through the game to record memory spikes and drops) to junior dev work(Integrating audio, creating interior location assets, implementing lighting, etc.) to things that are borderline unrelated to the game itself(helping the marketing team capture videos). I'm not entirely sure this part of the job is official, but lately it's been the heaviest part of the job. I haven't played the game in 2 and a half weeks, and I haven't entered a bug in almost a couple of months.

As for past games, I only got into the industry about 9 months ago, so I've only ever worked on one other game, which is Sleeping Dogs. On that, however, I was a regular tester, so my job was limited to randomly running through the game looking for bugs. I can't really discuss the process more than that. Given the nature of my company it's questionable whether I can even say I worked on it, since I didn't work on it long enough for my name to be in the credits.

And now, I must be off, lest I be a zombie tomorrow. Bonne Nuit, tout le monde.

You know, there's nothing wrong with being a zombie for a day.

but you're always a zombie

@ Dark: Want to talk about it?

@Dark: Well that sucks. Hope you start feeling better soon.

Anyway, I need to get to sleep. Lots of stuff to do tomorrow.