Beer and Ice Cream
No, I don't mean making a float out of it. That's just what they tend to serve us here at work, late at night, when we've already put in a 12-hour day and have several hours to go before we can go home. For those of us who don't drink (we're in Utah, remember), they also provide sodas. So I guess I could make a pretty yummy float out of it. Maybe tonight, since it's looking likely that we'll have another week of 14 to 16 hour days this week.

This is just a brief comment on the state of my life right now. Back in the front lines of the mainstream game development business.

I vaguely remember being a little jealous and nostalgic about the video games biz when I had gotten out, but my buddy John was still in the thick of it. Now that circumstances are reversed, I doubt John feels the same.

Once upon a time, a little over a decade ago, it was a little different. A lot of people in the games biz had a stake in their companies. Stock options, or were actually founders / co-owners / whatever. It's a lot easier to pull out all the stops and work the crazy hours when you have a stake in the final results.

Not that those were ever worth much to ME (I think my options from the SingleTrac days netted me a whole $3500 when all was said and done and converted to Infogrammes stock). The beer and ice cream might be a better deal, truth be told.

Labels: Biz

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