Of misbehaving canines and extended hours...

[zrath]

I've got a little time to kill while waiting for my buddy Warren (No LJ) to show up, so here's a quickie little update:

So I've started working for the game design studio I mentioned in an earlier post.
The studio is Naughty Dog, a wholly owned subsidiary of SCEA (Sony Computer Entertainment of America).
Which is pretty much the American Sony PlaySation arm. So I'm at Sony again, except I'm testing REAL games.
Tee-hee!
Okay, the game I'm testing is "Jak X: Combat Racing". It takes the various souped-up buggies from the
"Jak 3" action-adventure game (third in the "Jak And Daxter" series) and puts the Wipeout/Twisted Metal
spin on them. There are circuits and arenas, offensive and defensive power-ups, as well as boost and
healing packs. It's multi-player online or off. There are about 12 different game modes in multiplayer.
It's looking pretty fun so far.
I started working there Tuesday, and was already asked to do some overtime.
Matter of fact, I worked overtime all 4 days this week.
I'm taking the weekend off because I want a nice breather (today), and I have some stuff to deal with (tomorrow).
Today, I'm going down to an Orange County park with my pal Warren to attend the annual Fur-B-Q.
It's a chance to be out in nature, get some fresh air, and talk with some friends.

(checks watch)
Where the hell is he?
(calls his cellphone)
Z - "Where are you?"
W - "Sepulveda Pass, going 2 miles an hour."
Z - "Blargh!"
W - "It's the 405, whattayagonnado?"
Z - "Yeah, that's true. Well, I'll see you when you get here."
W - "Okay, bye."
(hangs up)

So anyway, where was I?
Oh yeah, work.
I don't know what next week is gonna be like.
I do know one thing: I must go to Trader Joe's and buy food I can take with me to work.
Because I wind up eating both lunch AND dinner there if I do OT.
Oh yeah, food at work: there's plenty of free snacks. And the sodas are dirt cheap!
A quarter for a can of Coke or Dr. Pepper, and a NICKEL for a can of Squirt! W00T!!!
So I've been drinking a couple of Squirts a day. I do need to bring water though.
Sparkletts water is le yucky supreme!!
Probably should get a case of Crystal Geyser at Trader Joe's...

No time to talk about "Lords Of Dogtown", except to say that Pascal and I both loved it.
It's really well done and a tribute to its source material.

More later!

Comments

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Doesn't Collabi work there?

[zrath.livejournal.com]

I don't know, does he?
I've chatted with him a few times on FM.
I don't know his RL name though.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Yeah he does, I looked it up on his website. :D