i hate games now. i hate looking at them, i hate ...

i hate games now. i hate looking at them, i hate picking up a controller, i hate that new game smell, i hate the wording in the manual, i hate the artwork on the cover, i hate the disc based media they are stored on, i REALLY fucking hate those security labels, i hate people who use their finger nails to destroy the packaging to get that label off, i hate marketing inserts in games, i hate cross promotions, i hate the way buttons start to stick, i hate picking up someone else's controller and have it slimy; go take a fucking shower nerd, i hate sound in gamesi hate the way games look on a tv, i hate watching people play especially if they are having fun, i hate it twice as much is two people are playing, i hate online gaming, i hate offline gaming, i hate "screen names" and i fucking have one, i hate online reviews of how this new game is so much fun, i hate people looking forward to games. Pre-orders? F’n hate them. i hate folks who camp out for this hobby, i like the people who drive by late at night and kick the bajesus out of them, i like it when game dorks bleed real blood, i hate retail, i hate the people who work there, i hate asking for them to check in the back for stock and have them say "oh we're out" without even walking back there; go do your job poindexter. i hate first party manufacturers, some more SO than aNY one else

i hate everything surrounding games and this industry.

a question overheard, not directed towards me. in...

a question overheard, not directed towards me. in all honesty, had this been asked of me, i really could not tell you how i may have responded. some options that spring to mind:

• "you're shitting me, right?"
• i instantly and permanently become stupider
• stared blankly until that half second when no one else is looking and just shoved them out the third story window. it'd be akin to putting down old yeller
• taking their hand, walking them slowly to a conference room, asking them to wait while i go gather HR, their boss and an independent witness; asking them to repeat the question once more.
  

so what's this question?

"um, are fed ex and ups the same company?"

please leave me alone. go away, please. not only...

please leave me alone. go away, please. not only do i not need your input for something that i have done at this company for 4.5 years and in this business for 10+ years, i find all of your comments to be asinine and a complete and utter waste of my time and resources

in closing, it would serve the company far more if you would focus on why print is late then help in planning cd manufacturing and pack out, two things that by your own admission, the last time you had anything to do with was during the 16 bit era of gaming. times have changed; media has converted from cartridges to discs; lead times are shorter; capacities are different; gaming is now high profile, no longer a niche market. in today’s age, we consider vendors to be partners and we treat them as such; whining will get you nowhere.

not only do i find your input ludicrous, i find it tedious and your personal hygiene quite disgusting and you have an “atrocious ignorance of personal space” (thanks E.A.B.)

"Are you a moron in a cage?" "NO!" "Moron on the...

"Are you a moron in a cage?"

"NO!"

"Moron on the loose! Moron on the loose!"

I was approached with a sheet that I had made that has the dimensions of a product, 7.5 L x 5.5 W x 0.5 H. In the other hand, was an actual PS2 game. Foir those of you not into gaming, it is the same size/shape as a DVD case so you have a visual.

With these things in hand, they are set on my desk, the person looks at me and asks "can you help me figure out which is which?"

I get a ruler and point out that the longest number is 7.5, Long = Length. I point out that the middle number of 5.5 is how wide it is, Wide = Width. Then I point out how deep it is, 0.5.

"OH! Height is the same as Depth?"

Depends on how you look at it moron but those numbers should be self explanatory.

I may throw the Pi symbol on there as a fourth dmension, simply to watch the struggle manifest itself between the brow.

wow, it's been a long time coming for an update. s...

wow, it's been a long time coming for an update. some background on the last few months. things have been exceptionally busy and i've been trying to not take idiocy to heart as much. well, really the busy thing; i haven't had time to post.

but here i am with what has to be some of the stupidest commenst to date.

in order to understand some of these, some background will need to be given. when a new game comes out, we have to supply "set up" info to our accounts so that their receiving can receive the product correctly. this set up includes; weight, dimensions of individual units and also case pack dimensions. simple enough.

simple, meet club accounts**. club accounts, meet simple. you kids play good together and no fighting.

unfortunately, club accounts HATE simple. i mean, simple must have taken club accounts milk money, stole his bike, fucked his sister or something cause club accounts and simple are like open wounds and whiskey.

so this one club account, that shall remain nameless, wants us to ship their games in "keeper" cases. these are the long plastic cases that you see at the best buys of the world. the ones that the cashier needs to open before you leave the store. ok, no problem. we'll do the work for your stocking clerks cause we know you hire what are essentially the menatlly handicapped.

but wait, we want more! we designed a nifty shipping carton/tray thing in which you put six units into, close and ship. that way our floor monkeys only have to tear the top off and put the box out on our tables. ok i says. it's an extra expense that we have to eat but hell, happy customers make for fatty profit.

now HERE is where it gets fun. we had the boxes made to their design and dimensions. we've bought the boxes. we've bought the keepers. now they chase us to no end to get the deminsions of the nifty shipping/tray.

i don't know your fucking dimensions nor do i want to. YOU supplied them to ME and now your threatening to cancel orders if WE don't get YOU the dimensions THAT you supplied to ME?

go fuck yourself and your 300 piece nation wide order.

more to come as i vent.

**club accounts - these are the "big box" stores that typically require a membership. you know the ones, you go in and but a gross of toilet paper to save 1/2 a penny on a roll. or hey! that 5 gallan can of refried beans just saved me three cents an ounce!

wow. just wow. i was just asked if a "game that ...

wow. just wow.

i was just asked if a "game that has copy protection can be installed on multiple machines".

let me try and explain everything that is wrong in that short little sentence:

1. we spend a LOT of money protecting our games to keep the average consumer from making copies and installing on multiple machines.

2. per my blog name, i'm in manufacturing. i handle the PHYSICAL build of product; i have nothing to do with the code on the disc or how it works.

3. OF COURSE YOU CAN'T FUCKING INSTALL A FUCKING COPY PROTECTED GAME ON MUTLTIPLE FUCKING MACHINES MACHINES SINCE THE DISC IS FUCKING REQUIRED IN THE FUCKING DRIVE TO FUCKING WORK.

have a nice three day weekend

was just asked by someone in sales about the packa...

was just asked by someone in sales about the packaging configuration of a title (how many units in a box that gets shipped to retail).

two things about this question; first, EVERY console title is packed the same way, 12 units to a box. second, there is a set up sheet that sales sends to their accounts so that the accounts set up packaging configuration on their end and that they order correctly. the person who asked is the person who APPROVES these set up sheets.

am i taking crazy pills? you set something up, you send to your accounts, you approve back to us saying "A-OK" and then you have to ask if the work you did was accurate?

the seventh seal has been broken people, the end is nigh