Interview with Marc Laidlaw & Eric Wolpaw

nightcabbage · 11-02-2009, 07:44 AM

Valve's Writers And The Creative Process:

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/featur..._creative_.php

mimaz98 · 11-02-2009, 07:52 AM

Score! Appreciated again. You're on a roll tonight, Justin ole' boy. +rep for this one.

Neveos · 11-02-2009, 07:57 AM

damn nightcabbage that was fast

daventry · 11-02-2009, 08:04 AM

Aaw, nothing on HL2Ep3 and Portal 2.

mimaz98 · 11-02-2009, 08:04 AM

Fantastic interview. I simply adore delving into Valve's writing process and the writing process for games in general. Yeah, this is where I want my life to end up!

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Originally Posted by daventry

Aaw, nothing on HL2Ep3 and Portal 2.

Who cares? Doesn't matter.

nightcabbage · 11-02-2009, 08:44 AM

Doesn't reading interviews like that give you such an intense craving to work at Valve?

mimaz98 · 11-02-2009, 08:47 AM

A craving I will ardently pursue to fulfill.

Neveos · 11-02-2009, 08:50 AM

Eh, I wouldn't want to work there, but I would enjoy making third party stuff -based- on their work. Like I would love to make a short film based on half life, and not have it be official, but to have it as some form of unofficial entertainment in the form of interpretation.

nightcabbage · 11-02-2009, 08:54 AM

Sounds cool! I am willing to fully back your project Neveos...

And by "back" I mean come on these forums and post moral support.

Jacob x5 · 11-02-2009, 09:20 AM

Really interesting read. Thanks for posting.

Hiroshima · 11-02-2009, 02:04 PM

"Don't worry, their just sitting on it" in the voice of the citizen out front of the first apartment on the first level.

Neveos · 11-02-2009, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by nightcabbage

Sounds cool! I am willing to fully back your project Neveos...

And by "back" I mean come on these forums and post moral support.

lol, well I'm actually gettin kinda serious about it. Already started a crayon-based storyboard, lol, and even took some fencing wire and shaped it into an HEV suit which is turning out pretty good. My brothers and I make a lot of little short films, and the last one we did last christmas was based on the dark knight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXN5x_H1ie8 (it's in 2 parts). My youngest brother wants to go into filming so we do little movies as a hobby.

supernaut · 11-02-2009, 07:40 PM

This was an excellent read.

mimaz98 · 11-02-2009, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neveos

lol, well I'm actually gettin kinda serious about it. Already started a crayon-based storyboard, lol, and even took some fencing wire and shaped it into an HEV suit which is turning out pretty good. My brothers and I make a lot of little short films, and the last one we did last christmas was based on the dark knight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXN5x_H1ie8 (it's in 2 parts). My youngest brother wants to go into filming so we do little movies as a hobby.

Sounds good. I look forward to seeing it mature.

CrowbarSka · 11-03-2009, 08:25 AM

Very interesting read, this is my kind of stuff!

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11-02-2009, 07:52 AM	#2
mimaz98 Join Date: Oct 2006 Reputation: 518 Posts: 17,054	Score! Appreciated again. You're on a roll tonight, Justin ole' boy. +rep for this one.

11-02-2009, 07:57 AM	#3
Neveos Join Date: Mar 2009 Reputation: 100 Posts: 836	damn nightcabbage that was fast

11-02-2009, 08:04 AM	#4
daventry Join Date: Oct 2007 Reputation: 0 Posts: 155	Aaw, nothing on HL2Ep3 and Portal 2.

11-02-2009, 08:44 AM	#6
nightcabbage Join Date: Jan 2007 Reputation: 233 Posts: 1,627	Doesn't reading interviews like that give you such an intense craving to work at Valve?

11-02-2009, 08:47 AM	#7
mimaz98 Join Date: Oct 2006 Reputation: 518 Posts: 17,054	A craving I will ardently pursue to fulfill.

11-02-2009, 08:50 AM	#8
Neveos Join Date: Mar 2009 Reputation: 100 Posts: 836	Eh, I wouldn't want to work there, but I would enjoy making third party stuff -based- on their work. Like I would love to make a short film based on half life, and not have it be official, but to have it as some form of unofficial entertainment in the form of interpretation.

11-02-2009, 08:54 AM	#9
nightcabbage Join Date: Jan 2007 Reputation: 233 Posts: 1,627	Sounds cool! I am willing to fully back your project Neveos... And by "back" I mean come on these forums and post moral support.

11-02-2009, 09:20 AM	#10
Jacob x5 Join Date: Oct 2006 Reputation: 88 Posts: 1,028	Really interesting read. Thanks for posting.

11-02-2009, 02:04 PM	#11
Hiroshima Join Date: Oct 2008 Reputation: 55 Posts: 421	"Don't worry, their just sitting on it" in the voice of the citizen out front of the first apartment on the first level.

11-02-2009, 07:40 PM	#13
supernaut Join Date: Apr 2006 Reputation: 769 Posts: 3,000	This was an excellent read.

11-03-2009, 08:25 AM	#15
CrowbarSka Join Date: May 2007 Reputation: 9 Posts: 785	Very interesting read, this is my kind of stuff!