You're probably remembering the guy that made the mario flash movie where he tells he's leaving. Don't remember what company, but I do know it was in AU.
Same here. I thought it was pretty significant. Here I'm sitting at a big corporation, hating my life and counting down hours until the weekend... but maybe I should use the arrow keys and control the guy myself. He's not going to go anywhere until I start hitting those keys.
well, the opening screen does show you the controls, and the "play" button are strong implications that you're supposed to interact and play the game. but i admit i couldn't tell when it "started" exactly
a "play" button to press doesn't hint at a game at all, it hints at a movie. you press "play" to play a movie, you press "Start" to start a game. You may argue that those terms can be easily reversed, which may at first glance be a sound argument, but deeper investigation would reveal that you do not play many video games, or have possibly never owned a VCR. This isn't an argument of grammar, this is an argument of tradition, and traditionally we say: ↑↑↓↓←→ ←→ A B SELECT START
I love this comment by BubbaBrown on the original site:
Good flash. I heard all the same things when I quit my job. Still an unemployed computer scientist, but sometimes you just got to escape. A professor once told me to be wary of the "golden handcuffs" or getting too complacent and comfortable... I saw what he meant. Guys with 10+ years of industry experience sitting around doing nothing and incapable, after years of atrophy, of doing anything of importance, but still collecting a check. I had to leave. It's the worst time to do so, but you don't see the living dead, your future, and stick around. So, good luck on your future ventures.
Now I'm sitting in a customer's office and looking at my invisible but oh-so real golden handcuffs. Something to think about on the week-end...
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 69.2 ms ] threadHell, he'd probably even be able to put that on his resume.
I prefer this one.
just saying, not hating >_>
It starts with people saying "Lets dream!" "We're going to touch the stars!"
Then it evolves in to "We need more time." "We're going to have to cut things."
Then after that, it switches to "We'll never ship on time." "Gotta get it out regardless."
And then the final jump off the cliff will be off the stock price chart.
Good flash. I heard all the same things when I quit my job. Still an unemployed computer scientist, but sometimes you just got to escape. A professor once told me to be wary of the "golden handcuffs" or getting too complacent and comfortable... I saw what he meant. Guys with 10+ years of industry experience sitting around doing nothing and incapable, after years of atrophy, of doing anything of importance, but still collecting a check. I had to leave. It's the worst time to do so, but you don't see the living dead, your future, and stick around. So, good luck on your future ventures.
Now I'm sitting in a customer's office and looking at my invisible but oh-so real golden handcuffs. Something to think about on the week-end...
Being able to take "that leap" against all the in-game nay-sayers, actually felt as real as the day I left my job of 5 years to do it myself.