Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Nigel Critten" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Cool Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 16:22:33 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 48 Message-ID: <7p9ahf$i8s29@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <7p7e72$i8s22@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <37B7ECDE.D167A56F@easynet.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: gameware.demon.co.uk X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 > You worked on Lost in Space? That's got to be good for your CV. > > Maybe you should concentrate on one thing - graphics or programming - rather > than trying to do both. > > I would have thought with your skills you would be seriously in demand! Well without sounding to up myself, you would think so wouldn't you ;-) The main problem is that of location, I'm stuck in a happy little rutt up here in Norwich, I could have gone to London for a lead artist job but I've done that and no offence to anyone living in London but it ain't a great place despite what Tony Blair would have us believe, and I don't think it has swung since the 60's :-) I didn't mind Shepperton that was very similar to Norwich but with far less shops. I've tried to concentrate on one thing but I kind of drift, I was doing well just doing CGI stuff in Lightwave, having no inclination to write for the PC (I've done Visual Basic and fiddled with C++ but prefer 68k assembly (I must be mad ;-)) and then Sony come along and say look at this a Playstation you can program and I thought cool, then I thought no don't do it (the price helped me say that to start with) but they kept dropping the price and in the end I weakened and gave in. The main problem was that after Lost In Space I was at a loose end, and the Yaroze can up so I went for it. To be honest these 2 jobs that have been mentioned to me I don't even know where they are :) the first is because they are looking for a bigger place, to get a Blue Screen stage, Motion Capture stage, workshops and CG department in, its bound to be in London somewhere. The other is because... hang on I've just found out Middlesex... The other problem is that deep down I've always been into games, loved them if you actually managed to get through my original post you will see I go back a few years... ever since I got my first ZX81 I wanted to write games, the first one was one I typed in from a Listings magazine (Remember Those... arghhhh) it was a skiing game if I remember with a X for the hero and *'s for the flags :-) oh that takes me back, I also remember it didn't work very well :) Nigel. www.gameware.demon.co.uk http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~ncritten/