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Do they need more space for their draconian IP lawyers or something?
Shit! A solo dev is making a new entry in the Metroid serie! That’s gonna hurt us sooooo bad we can not let this infamy goes!
A delayed
gameoffice is eventually good, but a rushedgameoffice is forever bad.Happens to everyone, big guy. Chin up.
Is that huge building finished? I need to be able to move in our developers by January of 1996.
Sir, it’s 2023.
Right now?
Yes sir.
So yesterday I was…
Also in 2023 sir.
Well no. That’s not how I roll. But do me a favor and look up whether we released something called a “Virtual Boy” in 1995. And someone get me a new Palm Pilot, I need to keep better track of what… day… it is.
I wonder if anyone has told them about digital downloads and moving sourcecode using network cables. If not, I bet they’re going to feel really silly moving crates of code up and down freight elevators in their huge meat-space office. /s
It is kind of hard to check hardware prototypes into version control.
I assume that first party game developers are sometimes working with unannounced hardware that Nintendo might not want leaving the office. It also makes it easier to call a hardware engineer over when you break the system.
That makes sense.