Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Al" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Codies talk at my uni Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 00:56:29 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 77 Message-ID: <86q91j$5tt1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <86mi6u$qrp1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-120-20-60-62.vip.uk.com 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 They gave a talk at Bmouth Uni last year (when I was there). Did it come across as more of a sales pitch than anything else and you didn't actually learn anything at all? Did they tell you when you go for an interview them make you spend a few hours doing an Art test, a Maths test, and an English test? I think it's 1 of each, or I might be getting confused. I know a few ppl who applied and after leaving the interviews they decided they didn't want to work there! I remember how they told us how they were all about pure game play, which would explain why they do some half decent race games and nothing else then ?!?!? ;) (I would be right in thinking they haven't developed (i.e. developed not published) anything worth note on PSX apart from Colin McRae and TOCA aren't I?) I got a free Music T-shirt, a Music Yoyo and a TOCA2 torch! Al -- http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/3657/ music 'n' game dev 'n' piercing 'n' stuff Matt Verran wrote in message news:86mi6u$qrp1@chuka.playstation.co.uk... > Some recruitment bods from Codemasters came to my uni yesterday, I couldn't > go because I am on my placement year working away from the uni but my mate > did go and here is his report: > > " > I went to the presentation. I think they were mainly saying "Look, we > want you to work for us when you leave, we're really good." It was a > kind of recruitment talk really. > Still, they had a question and answer thing at the end and that was more > interesting. They said they were looking at bringing some Japanese games > over here :) > They also had a go at pirates, this guy asked if you'd still be able to > copy ps2 games and what they thought of pirates, what a stupid thing to > ask a game developer. > Some other guy asked if they still had some of the old people working > there and the guy said "You just want a free copy of Dizzy don't you?" > :) He also told the guy that you can get it if you download a speccy > emulator :D > On the job related side of things they went on about how Codemasters > only produce quality games, and Codemasters = Pure gameplay, and they > only accept the very best of applicants. Then they said that programming > knowledge wasn't really necessary, most programmers start out in the QA > dept as testers, and you only really need to like solving problems and > have an interest in games. > > We got free brochures and bookmarks too! > " > > I though the part about emulation was interesting, The Codies have quite > famously refused free distribution rights to their old 8-bit software. Oh > and I think I would have asked how their new American division is going and > what they think about Mike Tyson being the licence for Prince Naseem Boxing > in the states (just to be controversial)... > >