Work & Play: Inside the lives of gaming's greatest (also proof that Ken Levine is a lurker ;) )
Saturday, January 12th, 2008 - 12:00pm
I was browsing through Kotaku today and caught a cool article on the desks/personal spaces of notable people in the games industry, including the wise & prosperous Mr. Levine and The Escapist's main man Russ Pitts. Pretty cool to see everyone's work environment.
Looks like Ken's a GWJ lurker... 
http://kotaku.com/photogallery/kenlevine/1000466833
Gamertag: RiverRatMatt
Witchlight Cycle: Sithis of the Thelis'Thale Clan, Dragonborn Paladin of Moradin
Wow cool!
It looks like Fletcher's got some barbed wire growing out of his 360. Is that like a crown-of-thorns or something? The 360 is the second coming!
In Ultima Online I used to poison hams and leave them on the ground in cities for people to pick up and eat. I can't believe how many people thought street ham was a good thing to eat. -Elliottx
He probably stole all our killer suggestions for the next -Shock game, the ratfink! Kidding, kidding.
I'm still waiting to get inside something, so for the moment, it's been very much "poke around the ravine." - rabbit
In addition to my biannual stints as Derek Smart, I have developed a healthy sideline in being Ken Levine.
"All that time you waste dating and having sex could be better spent scouring the web for new game developer press releases." - Quintin_Stone
The magic words have been spoken. Countdown to when he's going to show up?
"This is way, way more bad boy than you're gonna be able to handle." - Tommy Gavin on Rescue Me.
Xbox Live: AbsolutTexan
My home on the web
Wow it's GWJ! Oh snap!
And what is that...? Two... three iPods? Geez!
XBL / Art / Blog (09/20) / Buy! (10/07)
Well, yeah. When you're that awesome, you can listen to two, three songs at the same time!
Cerebri Music - Play. Rewind. Repeat.
Twitter | Xbox Live: dhaelis | PSN: dhaelis
Your comment rests on the assumption that I am not Derek Smart.
Since I just told you that, biannually, I am Derek Smart, you are accusing me of lying.
Why must you hurt me so?
"All that time you waste dating and having sex could be better spent scouring the web for new game developer press releases." - Quintin_Stone
I'm Ken Levine, I admit it.
Fedaykin98 wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:
Bah
Certis fired him a long time ago
*edit*
Woops, this is Stylez. My ladyfriend was logged in it seems
This is Certis. I am locking this thread because it's getting out of hand.
Whoops, looks like I'm logged in as Yoyoson. Ungggh. Lock, thread, damn you! Crap. I've lost all my powers.
Anarchy!
In Ultima Online I used to poison hams and leave them on the ground in cities for people to pick up and eat. I can't believe how many people thought street ham was a good thing to eat. -Elliottx
*applause*
"Even though that place should only be fifteen or twenty minutes away geographically, in actual practice - between the hours of four and seven - Redmond might as well orbit the Earth." - Tycho, Penny Arcade
Uh, what?
Ken Levine, Christopher Balestra and Mike Ball are the only ones who know the greatness of the old school Intellimouse Optical? Sad.
Even more sad that Levine will eventually be one of the people I have to fight to the death over the last working one.
Xbox Live: MNGwinn | Spore: MNGwinn
The Intellimouse Optical was a fine mouse. Mine started to lose precision, which adversely affected my use of fine-point apps like Photoshop, so I ended up replacing it. Are they still making them? And frankly, I like my Mx518 more.
Fedaykin98 wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:
What kind of HardDrive does Ben Judd have on his xbox? I think I have been staring at that picture for half an hour!
And I gotta say I love the museum Randy Pitchford has in his office.
"Why do I keep whipping it out, it never does anything!" -- Yes, I said this
XBox Live Gamertag:
Inigo Mantoya
Some of those homes are really nice. I didn't know so much money could be had in the gaming industry.
Randy's collection is all class. I hope I can do something similar at some point.
No, you're Ken.
I'm Levine.
The secret is now out.
It's a dev kit. The top thing contains extra dev kit hardware, the specific functions it performs I'm not sure of. It probably just has a 120 GB drive. It's also not removable.
xbl y3llow5 | steam yellow#5 | PSN ForrestTheWicked
Quick, destroy them before they join together and become sentient!
"I'm absolutely retarded. Not 100% sure why." - atom
"Dhelor + intarwebs = Great ideas." - wordsmythe
"Do I what I do: hate everyone." - Quintin_Stone
I for one welcome our IIIpod overlords...
So it's true; the quarians didn't invent the geth. Apple did!
"Men like sex, thus boobies! Oogaba!" - dejanzie
"If ads put your sanity to the test
come on down to Rat Boy's nest!
light up a stogie, and soon you'll see
how rock can be commercial-free!
'I'd hit it!'" - HP Lovesauce
This is a very, very timely thread.
Certis beat me to it. - Elysium
Next announcement by Steve Jobs: Iskynet.
shihonage wrote:
PSN: BoogleGWJMy god... It's too late!! We're all doomed!
XBL / Art / Blog (09/20) / Buy! (10/07)
Wondertwin powers: activate!
Fedaykin98 wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:
Oh Noooooo!!!!
"Why do I keep whipping it out, it never does anything!" -- Yes, I said this
XBox Live Gamertag:
Inigo Mantoya
How so?
Gamertag: RiverRatMatt
Witchlight Cycle: Sithis of the Thelis'Thale Clan, Dragonborn Paladin of Moradin
Clearly, Certis and Levine have gone on a picnic into the woods, where, facing cruel reality stripped of everyday comforts, the two begrudgingly learned to embrace each other's flaws as they struggled for their very survival.
It is a story of courage. It is a story of horror. It is a story... of sacrifice.
It's also a story of knocking boots.
"I'm absolutely retarded. Not 100% sure why." - atom
"Dhelor + intarwebs = Great ideas." - wordsmythe
"Do I what I do: hate everyone." - Quintin_Stone