By John Walker on November 10th, 2011 at 9:52 am.
CCP have been releasing a series of videos explaining the technical side of EVE’s development of late. Certainly in need of some good PR at this point, it’s a fun look at the people behind the game, and reveals lots of new developments implemented and planned for the game. And the most recent edition includes the bonus of watching “CCP Mandrake” solve a Rubik’s Cube with frightening speed.
There are four of these In Development videos so far, starting here. In this episode there’s talk about improving the star map, shadows, crash reporting and the launcher. But the bit you want to focus on occurs at 3:38. Try not to be too upset by “Topknot”‘s hair, and just watch on the left.
This is who you want making your games.
10/11/2011 at 10:13 Snords says:
Christian Bale.
10/11/2011 at 10:21 GenBanks says:
lol you beat me to it
10/11/2011 at 10:16 Baboonanza says:
I want a drink called ‘Quafe’
I like the sense of humour in the video, very low-key but amusing.
10/11/2011 at 10:22 Hoaxfish says:
They did actually sell some real-world Quafe at one time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCP_Games#Quafe
10/11/2011 at 22:56 ezuz says:
And that was just Egils Orka labelled as Quafe. You can still get it in Iceland: http://www.hagkaup.is/vorur/matvara/matvara/drykkir/vnr/60
10/11/2011 at 10:17 spiderwebby says:
sorry, I couldn’t hear you over rubix cube guy…
10/11/2011 at 10:25 HelderPinto says:
No shit.. is that Bale? lol
10/11/2011 at 10:46 Gasmask Hero says:
More shots of awful, pasty devs. These people aren’t sexy! They do not enhance your product! If I buy, say, a delicious frozen pizza, I don’t want to be shown videos of the assembly line workers that put it together. Those people work in a pizza factory, they will not be beautiful! Same principle applies here. Stop it!
I didn’t come away from this thinking about whatever good job CCP is doing. I came away thinking ‘Get a haircut’ and ‘Look at that Rubiks Cube cheater’. PR fail.
10/11/2011 at 10:51 Beva says:
First of all: What? :(
Second of all: “Delicious” frozen pizza?? Again, what?
10/11/2011 at 10:51 Ross Angus says:
I disagree with the original comment.
10/11/2011 at 11:04 sneetch says:
“PR fail.”
Yeah, I wonder if that battle could ever have been won by CCP.
10/11/2011 at 12:00 strange_headache says:
Are you kidding me? These people look like regular people, what is wrong with that? Do you prefer fake beauty models that contribute nothing meaningful? Besides Mr. Topknot looks fabulous in that tie & cardigan combo. I wish more people would have the courage to look different while remaining classy.
Also I think that the CCP dev diaries are very well done. You can see that these people have fun at what they do and that is the most important message you can convey. To hell I say with regular nonsensical PR-talk.
Oh and by the way, you’re an intolerant prick!
10/11/2011 at 13:43 Ostymandias says:
Actually, I now want to play EVE soley based on the fact that it is developed by Icelandic hipsters.
10/11/2011 at 10:53 Snids says:
I think Christian Bale is pretty cool up there. I like the tie/cardigan combo. The hair is ok in my book. Not everyone wants to be short back and sides, suit on a workday, chinos on the weekend.
I’m not really sure if you’re serious though.
10/11/2011 at 11:24 fashiontzt says:
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10/11/2011 at 14:24 mod the world says:
What’s with 90% of software developers having beards?
10/11/2011 at 15:49 JohnH says:
Because they’re to lazy to shave.
10/11/2011 at 15:56 darmwand says:
Because they can?
10/11/2011 at 16:57 Rhin says:
A beard is like a small plant that grows in the presence of monitor-light.
10/11/2011 at 19:32 Koozer says:
If all geologists have beards, and all developers have beards, do I need a double-beard?
10/11/2011 at 17:27 PleasingFungus says:
John, do you just want to make a post about your “Rubic’s Magic” – a fond retrospective, talking about all the fun you had, and how modern developers could learn a lot from those toys?
Because I’m not stopping you.