I still play a bunch of WoW. I used to be way into competitive multiplayer stuff like Quake 3 and COD4 but I haven't found anything recently that has drawn me in (plus my home internet connection gets up to around a 400 ping during the evening hours for most things). I'm curious to see BioShock 2's multiplayer.

This seems to have turned into a rollcall for us to list our favorite whatevers.

Movie: Tossup between Oldboy and The Fast and the Furious.
Music: Lady Gaga, Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill), Japanese rock and metal (Dir en grey, Versailles)
Book: Anything by Alexandre Dumas (historical fiction) or China Mieville (weird fiction)
Multiplayer: Natural Selection, L4D2. UT3 when vehicles aren't involved. And WoW.

Maybe we should just put up "About Us" pages for each dev...

Hey guys

First off, a very warm welcome to all the orange names. Those, combined with the tags ensure that you won't get my daily 'Ban random member'

Next to that I was wondering if you guys live far from Beth HQ. I imagine that board meetings and the like would be a pain if you had a 5 hour flight every week or so


Greetz,

Milt

So how tyte is the game today?

Multiplayer?

I guess Forza 3. Wish they'd come out with a Tourist Trophy 2 with multiplayer. Until then, I'll have to be satisfied dragging knee in the local canyons IRL. 78->Montezuma->76->Banner->Palomar Mtn. Rd. this weekend mefinks. SoCal, FTW!

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

I assume you're using a new generation of the TES con set / GECK.
Did any of the Obsidian people have experience with the TESC/GECK prior to the conception of NV? Vocationally or avocationally?
How does it compare to working with the NWN lineage of tools? (The Dragon Age tools are a freaking disaster area IMO)
Do the quest designers get jealous of FOSE or is it pretty straightforward to throw function requests over the wall?

UI.

Also: Forum humor and fan-interaction, much under-appreciated features these days .

What are your top 10 favorite games of all time?


Did any of those inspire you to work on games?

Howdy folks, glad to be aboard.

I'll bounce back some of these questions.



Canvas!



Good Old Coffee. Many years ago, during my first crunch, I built a caffeine molecule from my college chemistry kit. I keep it on my desk now as one of my few decorations. Caffeine and I are good friends.




I'm not sure exactly, I think I volunteered as I was about to be recruited (or perhaps the other way around).



I couldn't possibly pick a favorite. Some of my favorites are (In no particular order):

Double Indemnity
Princess Bride
Empire Strikes Back
Yojimbo
Akira
Godfather
Singing In The Rain
Usual Suspects
Memento



Twice a week some of us spend our lunch playing Left 4 Dead 2 in versus mode. That'd be my choice right now. Of all time? Probably EverQuest.



Ender's Game

Awesome. Now I need to stop at the library on the way home...

Alright, I never checked where Maryland (Bethesda) and California (Obsidian) were before that question... holy cow, you guys are like on the opposite sides of the country!

Quoted for good taste. :thumbsup:

:rofl:

Yes, we're very far apart.

West siiiiiiiide.
http://lc.fdots.com/cc/lc/af/af02ebec2d99b5ea8a4ef86cfe1ccf00.gif

Phule's Company is a fun read.

Don't you laugh at the french boy! Oh alright, you can :facepalm:

I wonder if that teaser trailer is the one Josh teased us about a few month ago when he went to meet the Beth's people...

Great taste in books!
I also love the sequel, "Speaker for The Dead" which I believe was somekind of inspiration for Cameron's "Avatar".

Also what can you tell us about "Western Art Direction"?

To be fair I never really knew where Maryland was either until I moved here from California.

I agree with Stomper, that's why you are uber cool. Let someone else worry about fixing something with your GUI if they can find an error. OMG did I say uber. :banghead: I meant covered in Awesomesauce.


Have you caught your breath yet, I bet that will be posted on some bulletin board at Beth HQ for viral laugh inducing.


He was the GUI Master. Kind of like a Jedi master, but he causes your computer to do cool things, not you.

Ricky answered if Obsidian got the code or had to start fresh so I'll ask, can you keep a straight face when you call that stuff you call Pizza, Pizza? You know, being in California and all. If you orded double pepperoni, extra cheese, would an ambulance be called to deal with the number of people who fainted or got violent?

What was your favorite movie of the year 2009.

:lol:

Added to which, do you think AVATAR is a secret plot to brainwash us into smurfs fans using psychotropic 3 dimensional light?

I'm a novice programmer myself (CS student) B) Though as far as making my computer do "cool things"... I've got a lot to learn.

Favorite: H2G2
Currently Reading: The Ender books



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