Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

GGXXAC+ - In a battle of Life or Death between a little girl and a bodybuilder packing explosives, who will win?

My "2014 sucked for video games" thread is borderline inevitable and the only reason I haven't posted it yet is so that no one can complain about the year not being over yet (which to be fair, considering how the Fall usually is, is a valid point maybe). Can we all just pretend the last 8-9 months hasn't happened beyond Nintendo turning around their marketing and Square Enix learning from Bravely Default?

I'm starting to think that every one here in Nintendo life finds me almost annoying......... And I got nothing to say about that.

So I got this Strider on Steam and so far its just downloading and based on what I've heard, it has some bugs and errors and what not and I hope my bro's money doesn't go to waste if the game doesn't work for me.........

I had done a playthrough of Titus the Fox.....but I don't know what to do of it. I'm thinking of doing a playthrough of Rayman as well as its one of my all time favorites.

I'm starting to feel that people around me find me irritating. Nintendo of America finds me irritating whenever I send them mails occasionally, some users find me annoying and most of my family members find me annoying. I don't know what to do now and I'm worried about how things will turn out once I start a job.

Speaking of which, this job thing worries me as now I would have to deal with stuff on my own paying bills, groceries and games and it worries me as to how that job that I'll get at first will soon lead me to become a game designer.

Then my game has the visual problem and I need someone who can draw the visuals for my game and so far, its not going well.......

@Artwark I'm not sure about that NL is finding you annoying. One thing I can say though is that you seem very worried about your future, and I guess that it's that weakness that makes you seem irritating to others.

No one is more annoying than me on NL _{except code beggers}

So my parents still insult me by saying that I'm lazy and that I don't want to get a job because if I do, I won't have any time to play. so for the sake of the argument, let's just say that its true that I don't want to get a job because I won't have my play time at all. In the world of entertainment, there is no excuse as to why you shouldn't relax or heck even do something childish because that's one of the ways to create. Can you honestly tell me that Regular Show or Adventure Time were made with the creators not having any intentions to get themselves influenced from others? nope. Can you tell me that Miyamoto's philosophy didn't inspire millions to become gamers? no. Entertainment is simply meant to be that way whether it being lazy or reading books and all.

So problem is that my parents are trying to force me to get into web designing as I don't like that job cause I did an internship. Not only that but If I get exhausted after work and that I got no time for play because I will only get few hours before sleep, I'm screwed as I find it like my dad's position only much worse and I'll never be happy and I'll never be able to get the latest games and what's worse.....I'll never be able to complete the games that I would've just got.

Now I understand that reality is harsh and life will hit you as long as you let it hit you and that you first gotta do something inorder for you to get what you want in the end. But in this case, how are jobs like Graphic/web design, testing, animator or illustrator going to get me into being a game designer? Like what if all of these things that I do now will never get me into gaming? I'm suppose to MAKE GAMES DAMMIT NOT DO SOMETHING THAT ISN'T RELATED TO GAMING! I'VE MADE TWO GAMES AS PROOF THAT I CAN MAKE GAMES SO WHAT MORE IS NEEDED FOR ME TO MAKE GAMES EXCLUSIVELY FOR NINTENDO!

I'm starting to think that this would've been easier for me if I lived in USA instead of my horrible rotten homeland where people are so damm narrow minded, religious and worst of all, can't get the service done properly at all!

Game designer requires computer programming ya know. You need to know how to create the stuff, this includes whether it's your game or your working on somebody else's game.

We all have to get jobs, start driving, and making moolah.

Listening to this amazing "World Calamity" remix (A remix based off a song from PMD: Red/Blue Rescue Team, if you didn't know). The remix itself was apparently made in 2012 but it's still as awesome as ever.

I'm starting to think that this would've been easier for me if I lived in USA

I've lived in the USA and my life there was an abundance of weight on my shoulders

But in this case, how are jobs like Graphic/web design, testing, animator or illustrator going to get me into being a game designer?

Graphic design is necessary to make the game appear the way you want it to be

Illustration is important too because game developer teams make concept art all the time

Game-developer teams rely on animation all the time (this should be obvious if you know the meaning of the word "animation")

Testing is necessary to make sure the game is well-polished before being publicized

Just like you. To me it seems like you're still a kid and even think as a kid.

You can (almost) never jump to the finish line. (You working for Nintendo.) Start simple with some game devs in your country and move to their city. If you need money, get a simple cleaning job or something similar and work your way up from there.

In our first world countries, life is only as hard as you make it to be. You live with a family, get food everyday, have a computer, have video games. You don't really have a reason to complain...

As I said, don't think narrow minded yourself. Move to another place, start with simple jobs and work your way up from there.

I'd like to ask all the Brits here something: We know you have the, globally speaking, odd habit of transporting on the left side of the road. However, do you also walk on that same side? Say, if you're walking to the subw... sorry, to the tube trough a narrow hallway which side is the traffic on? And does this same apply to escalators, where standing on the 'fast lane' is a sin most grave.

Do people in America even walk in the same general direction? It seems like people just walk wherever they want to, and if two people are in eachother's way...it depends on who's bigger...

At least they do that in my area. I dunno, maybe upstate NY is full of undisciplined idiots? I'd totally believe that...

@Artwark I've read a bit about your desire to create games, but it seems you want to rush ahead to make games without the need for "unnecessary" things in the way. I may not know much about you, but making 2 games doesn't seem like much under your belt (I could be proven wrong though). I don't know if the games you made were good or bad, and I don't know if you're in high school or college, but you've got a long way ahead of you if you want to be a game designer (that is what you want to be, right?). Working in the game industry generally requires all-around knowledge about different aspects of it (that even includes non-electronic games). You'd also have to learn some financial and philosophical aspects of the game industry too. You gotta get at least some of "the big picture" in order to be successful in making games.

I'd add more to say, but I don't know much about your current situation. You could tell me more if you'd like.