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Wanna Work for Dave Taylor & American McGee?
The well known former Id developers are starting a company to develop a
shooter for the X-Box. They are looking for programmers, artists,
level designers, and producers, but only if you're in, or willing to
move to LA. If you think you're right for this one, you should
email Dave.
Yeah, um, i'm looking to sell my car. Can i get a story on Slashdot too?
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1) I like playing games where I get to shoot things.
2) ???
3) Hire me!
Its definetly a once in a life time chance.... why everyone not just move out to albany instead, its gonna be the new tech capital of the world ;)
That is an extremely bad idea. It's not uncommon with junior open source programmers running of and cloning the project and giving it away for free (smoothwall for example, there are countless of other examples).
People do open source for different reason and just a minority are fanaticals but you put yourself in risk hiring people with a open source background.
shouldn't this be to http://wantads.slashdot.org?
did slashdot get hit with a stupid stick all of a sudden?
This sucks, what, you pimping to monster now? Here's a nice job, why don't you all fight over it so we can get someone who's a sucker..
Too bad that John Romero probably doesn't want to leave Texas.
What a killer game it could have been !
did they pay for this ad?
this sounds more like a want ad than 'news'.
They probably don't want replies unless you've already been through the entire product cycle on a released game. These people are after money and success, they don't care about your 3D engine on SourceForge.
Could you throw in some firearms training? [And yes, I have been to L.A!]
Ph33r m3!!!
Too bad I hate the US, game programming, id software and especially the X-box.
Otherwise very cool job.
You're not trying to pick up OSS/FS advocates for developers unless you fancy to risk getting your products a bit GPL-contaminated.
That's not the case always, but hry mate, you can't afford screwing up repeatedly, can you?
It's nto developers you're looking for here, but artists, web site designers, free-riders, Microsoft bashers and this sort of stuff...
At least American McGee is capable of developing a non-cookie cutter game like Alice.
I like the Guy.. I like Twisted.. I hate repetitive crap games.. the lack of creativity. Remember the 80's? When every game looked and felt different?
I find American McGee's games reminicent of those times. Creative. Different. Strange. *FUN*
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At least userfriendly.org doesn't front about it!
Taco, /. start running calssified ads? I mean, how much are they / week, and who decides when to place them? I totally understand that this may be of some interest to some people, but it hardly meets the bar as "news." Come on, now.
Since when did
Just what were you thinking?
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Dave's not here, man!
One way or another, ddt will see that a Linux port is produced. (Inside joke)
/. their email, why not. They are looking for employees and now you cut off their primary method to get it. Good job guys.
You could have at least put another link up for people to harass.
Jesus christ, since when does Slashdot post help wanted ads?
Is this their new advertising method, posting stories for money?
Even though he's selling out, I have to give props to Taco for having the balls to post a story about Xbox, with all of it's evil Microsoft connections. I guess taco-snotting may just be a rumor.
BTW, read my journal. If you don't like censorship, you'll like my journal.
My name is Alex. I like cats. I need a job. Here is my resume. Can I get a slashdot story?
wtf in this? Score: +2?
Why does a shooter for the X-Box need to be developed?
Is it armored, so an ordinary gun can't destroy it properly?
Old model: slashdotting websites into oblivion
New model: slashdotting inboxes into oblivion
i'm amazed that i survived - an airbag saved my life.
How many emails will he get to create a special secret level, the dark, smelly cavern of goatse.cx?
if they use the X-Box development kit. If they were asking for help to do the first unlicensed X-Box game, now that would be a Slashdot worthy news.
Um, dude, Persia has been dead for centuries. They would now be called "Iranian".
On the other hand, it's not surprising that they prefer to call themselves Persian Girls. For similiar reasons they aren't called Iranian Rugs, either.
Yet another first person shooter. How tedious.
and so is every porn site and spammer i can sign him up to, if he wants responses im sure we can fill his inbox for him, thanks for the mailto link, the spamcrawlers will enjoy it
the poor guy is gonna get spammed into hell ! ..
so whats the point ?
he's never gonna see YOUR resume
he'll end up deleting 1000's of emails
just to be able to cope
If junior open source programmers can "run out and clone the project", then obviously "the project" can't be very big or complicated. If it weren't the "junior open source programmers" that clone it, it would be a competitor, or some other open source project. Perhaps the business management of the project should take then hint and look for a more profitable project.
just a minority are fanaticals but you put yourself in risk hiring people with a open source background.
Yes, you do put yourself at risk: at risk that if you persist in doing something stupid, your programmers are going to run out on you. I'd consider that a benefit. But to each their own.
(smoothwall for example, there are countless of other examples).
Was there actually a company stupid enough trying to make a business out of that?
"...you should email Dave."
Poor Dave.
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. --E. W. Dijkstra
No seriously, this story is off topic. Slashdot, don't waste our time with want adds for developing a game that will run on a game console sold by the possible anti-christ.
a turd person shooter. /. staff.
You know, like shooting Taco and other
Before getting too excited, check out their website - they are looking for development teams, not individuals. Sending in just your CV probably isn't going to get you very far!
However, there is actually in interesting story here - the whole idea of there being a third party connecting the money (publishers) with the developers, but controlling the design and management on the project seems to be quite different to how things currently work in the games industry.
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XBox is proprietary and owned by our eternal foe Microsoft. Therefore this is helping our ruin. Now, if the company would use profits from XBox sales to subsidize a copylefted, up-to-date port for GNU systems, I'd be all for it.
At lease id has always created cross-platform code, and even donated some of it, even if belatedly.
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If you are part of either an established game development team or a new team with outstanding talent, and you are looking for funding and intersted in...
Not very current and I hope you've got a fair bit of experience in the video games industry before you send off a CV - the programming and artist positions they have open each demand at least 5 years.
I guess the angle is that Dave Taylor used to work for id and has been a Linux advocate? Does that make him a great person to work for? There are hundreds of other game companies always hiring. And of course it would make sense in this case to hire someone with:
1. Game development experience.
2. Console programming experience.
And this surely isn't the right place to troll for those.
...and you're asking this on slashdot? haha good one :))
[YES I'm ironic, don't bother mod me down if you didn't get it]
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I need a job. I can code. I can cook coffee.
yes, I'm the perfect junior 3d programmer! Unfortunately I do not get the job before I programmed an awesome 3d shooter demo at home and spend 2y in coding without making any money. yes, I can cook coffee... do I get the job in the game industry?
[ ] yes
[ ] no
[ ] keep cookin... um coding
Why would any self-respecting geek want to write games for a proprietary Microsoft platform. For crying out loud, we need more multi-platform PC games! How about developing a highly modular Open Source game engine and then sell non-free scripting, levels, artwork, etc. (the part of game design that takes all the real time and effort) I would gladly support such an effort as compared to a game with binaries only. Then build a community around the game and encourage mods, network tournaments, etc. I guarantee you'll find a market because community is something that console systems will likely never have.
I'm starting a new station a few blocks from here and need some people to pump gas, wash windows, etc. Wanna work for me?
On the heels of the story of LWN now taking donations, it look like Slashdot has begun selling classified ads as stories on the front page!
rooooar
You definitely have the right attitude. You're hired!
Is this the first example of the Slashdot effect on an email address?
This
Dave: "I'd like to check my mail"
Slashdot: "I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that"
*ducks*
Nice attitude. At least we can be reassured that no one will ever have to work for you, because you'll never amount to anything. Slashdot, one of the most open-minded places on the net, and a racist coward hiding behind his keyboard like you making stupid statements.
To quote a distinguished professor at the university I attend, who has multiple doctorates from many prestigious schools, and is considered a leader and innovator in the field: "Fuck you."
It seems that the common method for creating a company in silicon valley nowadays is as follows:
-Find a futuristic or artistic/creative single noun.
-Concatenate a single digit number between 1 and 9.
And hence, we have these rediculously uncreative company names which all sounds the same.
Cloud9, rhino9, carbon6, etc.
Also applies to computer games, IE: rainbow6.
One day, company names will relate back to the products being sold.
"relocate to LA, work with McGee, TaAylor"
Qualifications: You Must be gay.
I've heard the postings at Hotjobs can often recieve more than 1000 replies.
;)
Posting for a video game development position on slashdot? Geez... the sky is the limit.
Perhaps this is a scam for a recruitment firm to gather resumes.
Are Slashdot stories allowed to be nothing more than 3-line advertisements? If I wanted shameless plugs, I'd watch TV.
Note to M1-ers: a curt but otherwise insightful message is not "Flamebait" or "Troll".
Check the Jobs link. It's not asking for teams, it's asking for specific things like "Lead Developer", "Lead Designer", etc. That's not asking for teams.
I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a Citizen of the State of Texas
It sounded like a toilet bowl manufacturer until I realised it's an actual human being's name...
You Merikkkans really like to push your 'patriotism' to extremes, doncha?
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I like to shoot things too. I'm also good at being a YesMan, making espresso drinks, and I'm willing to compromise all morals for employment (up to and including homicide with a reduced sentence). The whole "programming, developing, directing" thing is a little weak but I'm sure my mad "killing anything that moves" skillz make up for that.
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Time for everyones favorite quiz show, "Who's e-mail just got slashdotted?!"
a) Bill Gates
B) The guy in this story
C) Malda
To find out the answer, wait until this gets modded down!
On to our advertisement...
ho hum..why bother..the nvidia chipset in the damn thing is gonna be outdated by the time the summer is over. Anyone seen the ATI 9700 yet ?
I fail to see the problem here - I work for Playstation, my friend's dad owns Gamecube and my little sister has GP32 hair.
Ad posted.
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In America we are imprisoned by our fear of them.
If id couldn't have the guy as an employee, is he really a good guy to work for?
New gaming company American McGee was found dead on Sunday. Police say it looks like a slashdot by email killing. They looking for a suspect named "Takko" who is presumed to be of japanese origin.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Too bad that John Romero probably doesn't want to leave Texas.
Yah, when I lived there, I said that about a certain State Governor. See what happened? =)
Get off my launchpad!
I would suggest someone give Rasterman resume to Dave since he has not done anything lately
"What for?"
"Standard credit check. Need to find out whether you're an intelligent, helpful, informative individual or... well, this also helps us weed out the trolls."
"Actually, I just got an offer from another company I couldn't turn down. Sorry."
I was fortunate enough to have a chat with Dave at GDC 2001 and he seemed to not like first person shooters at all. I wonder what changed his mind. =)
Tom the Sigless
I'll second what the AC said, and as a special one-time offer you get a free link to it. LyX is truly the best word processor I've come across.
You completed 115 credits and didn't get the degree? You had to be fairly close, no? A lot of employers would look at that and think you were a flake, I know I would. I think you have to spin that somehow or give it some context.
These teaser images look pretty interesting.
PCXL was more than just the best gaming mag EVAR, It was also a better prognosticator than Nostradamus. Case in point: It was a recurring joke that PCXL would shut down before Daikatana was released. This came true, as the final issue of PCXL was published in April 2000, while Daikatana was released on May 23, 2000, just a month later. Coincidence? Maybe, but wait until I provide the rest of my evidence of PCXL's psychic abilities...
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;-)
In the April 1999 issue of PCXL, they had a large April Fools section in which there was a story about John Romero (PCXL's favorite punching bag) leaving Ion Storm, cutting his hair short, and focusing on old school games. Well guess what, that is exactly what happened!
www.johnromero.com/images/News/Haircut-After.jp
He quit Ion Storm, cut his hair and started MonkeyStone Games, which makes simple games for PDA's and the like.
And there exists other, more circumstantial evidence regarding PCXL's talent for divination. In an editorial in the December 1999 issue of PCXL (shipped early November), editor Mike Morrisey states that he's sick of buying a new video card every six months, and that he's skipping the current generation (voodoo3/TNT2) because he's sure the Voodoo 6000 will be released in a few months. Lo andd behold, on November 16, 1999 the VSA-100 chip and the Voodoo5 6000 are revealed by 3dfx!
I'm sure by now your jaws have dropped, as you have probably come to the same conclusion as I: namely, that PCXL was the best, most hardcore gaming rag ever, and that its existence was a threat to crappy game publishers and developers everywhere *cough* Eidos, Ion Storm *cough*. It had to be destroyed so that the game oligopoly could continue to pump out crappy games with short development cycles in order to maximize profits without the public being aware of their evil machinations. PCXL was the bastion of truth in the gaming world, and with it gone gamers would again buy crappy games which consistently scored high in the cookie cutter mags. It's a conspiracy I tells ya!
When you actually spend time around Iranians, then you'll have a bit more credibility. Iranian, Persian, it doesn't make a bit of difference to me.
Except for that whole muslim fundamentalism thing, and the terrorism, and ...
And by the way, I dated a "Persian" girl.
TERRORIST!!! You are a filthy terrorist and the MPAA is going to h4XX0r u! ph34r!
We need programmers and artists too, where's the form to fill in my classified ad for /. ???
I had sex with a persian cat once, and it didn't like it one bit I don't think. Thankfully it was declawed. Anyway, it was awful funny watching it try to rub all that jizz out of its fur for the next few days. Stupid cat...
I know Slashdot didn't just post someone's email address on the home page ...
The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit.
Why would someone want this story to appear on their site? Remove it.
I'm not a game programmer and I don't live in LA, but can I just like, hang out with you guys? :)
SL33ZE - Artificial Intelligence is No Match For Natural Stupidity -
yeah, it may be for the M$ X-box, but half of you would probably sell your soul in order to be a 'game designer'.
Uhhh... Uhhh... Uhhh... I can do their webpage!
/^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
SO FUCKING BAD!!!
...living proof that you need little more than a "weird" or "interesting" name to suddenly become very famous in this country (particularly among nerds....American McGee, Jello Biafra, etc...)
I'm sorry, but could someone give me an idea of what this guy has _actually_ done to deserve such fame? I hope 'Alice' isn't your answer...I saw him talk at GDC '01 this past March, and my impression was that he wasn't even a part of the development team -- he wasn't even on-site...he'd ship off his "artistic visions" to the on-site team who actually designed/coded/drew the game, he got all the credit, and the press loves him why? Because he's got a cool name.
Seriously...I'm happy to give him credit where credit is due...if the guy's a brilliant game designer, a top-notch dealmaker, a great programmer, or a lead artist, fine -- I'd love to know about it, but come ON...enough with the sensationalism.
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Hell no. But I see that YOU work for the Unreal boys. How's that whole "UT2k3" deal going? Any inside info or easter eggs you wanna divulge?
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Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on lunch.
I'm a computer geek from Melbourne Australia currently spending some time interstate in Sydney in a vacation. Meeting up with a fellow freelance journalist and on our way to a club, our taxi passed a museum advertising its upcoming exhibit, Chinese Dinosaurs.
"Chinese Dinosaurs?"
"Chinese Dinosaur Ninjas"
"Undead Chinese Dinosaur Ninjas"
"John Romero's Undead Chinese Dinosaur Ninjas"
(we both burst out laughing)
Sorry, us peons aren't allowed to talk about it. Zug Zug :)
--was a Pac-Man rip off. Nostalgia clouds your vision and is for old people. Halo, Panzer Dragoon,, Super Mario Sunshine,, X-Box, GameCube, PS2, and yes even the venerable Dreamcast. . .to hell with the past, I'd much rather have today's gameing world any day of the week!
How about a little AC action on the sly?
I'm wondering if I'm the only one enjoying the irony of a CmdrTaco posting a story looking for X-Box developers.
Sure, I'll apply for lead programmer. Now all I need is a million years experience as a developer, knowledge of all possible API's out there, a PhD in maths, chemistry, graphical design and one in psychology, 25 years experience in the gaming industry, a neat house and a great car. Just hope a girlfriend isn't required.
That's what should be done to prevent the evil /. subscription plan. A classified ad section should be created. People can pay to put up classified ads for other slashdotters to respond to. That should bring in enough money so that a subscription plan won't be needed.
Technoli
DO YOU HAVE AN INSIDE MAN?!
I think I blew this case wide open! And I'm talking all the wayIt's cuz I have SuperKarma(tm).
I guess once you have really high karma it just mods you up auomatically. Even if it's just chit chat.