[gameprogrammer] Re: Are AO games bad for CVs?

[Bob Pendleton <bob@pendleton.com>]

On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 10:32 -0800, Kevin Jenkins wrote:
> If you do games where you kill people, why should employers have a 
> problem if you do a game that is AO? If anything the game where you 
> kill people ought to be more offensive.

I agree completely, sex is beautiful, murder is disgusting.

	Bob Pendleton

> 
> Alan Wolfe wrote:
> > Hey Dirso,
> > 
> > All the other people that responded were supportive of you doing this,
> > and I agree, it is a good oportunity!
> > 
> > Many times through out life people will tell you that things you want
> > to do are a bad idea for various reasons, all I have to say is if this
> > is something you want to do, you should go for it!  If other people
> > tell you it's a bad idea but this is something you truly want to do,
> > ignore them!
> > 
> > If you want to get into the game industry, this is deffinately a step forward.
> > 
> > Getting into the industry is the hard part, but once you are in you
> > are IN.  As shady as this might appear to some people (most game
> > companies are pretty open minded btw), it deffinately is a way in, go
> > for it man!! (:
> > 
> > On Jan 10, 2008 9:22 AM, Edilson Dirso Vasconcelos de Melo Junior
> > <dirso@e-challengegames.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> An adult site, SM stuff, offered me some really nice money for a simple
> >> game, not bloddy, and I'm considering to make it. Since this would be the
> >> first game with my name on it and since I'm really serious about getting
> >> into game business I would like to ask the professionals here: Should I
> >> accept the offer?
> >>
> >> It's not about money, since I have a nicely well paid part time job. But
> >> that's something I could in my free time, quickly, nice payment, nice number
> >> of users and it's not agains my religion (hehe). I WON'T do it just for the
> >> money, I would do it ONLY if I can use it on my CV.
> >>
> >> What do you think? A nice game studio would reject my CV if I put a game
> >> like this into my application?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Dirso
> > 
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