The Best Office In The Video Game Industry

While I was in the Dallas area for QuakeCon last week, I was lucky enough to swing by the Gearbox offices in their lofty place atop a Plano highrise. Primarily, I was there to see Borderlands, which is looking great but which I'm otherwise bound not to talk about for a couple of weeks here.

Anyway, since Jeff just spoke to the company's president Randy Pitchford on that neat-looking game in the recent past, I figured I'd use my interview time to investigate another subject I'd heard tales about: the nostalgic excellence of Pitchford's office. Embark on a little video tour, won't you?
 
 

Hell Effin Yes!

I think that Kotaku just ran a few stories about developer's desks, Tim Schafer included, but that was definitely boss.

The preview picture is already great.

Get this gentleman on a podcast!!!!

Yeah Kotaku ran a story on this

Whoever said gamers were uncultured?
 
Much respect to that man.

Looks like a cool place to work.

awesome

I'd post pics of my shitty desk from inside the "vault" aka james cameron's Avatar at Ubisoft Montreal, but as our nickname to the production floor indicates, it's a very secret place :/ (blame FOX).

Awesome, so looking forward to Borderlands 
 
Randy Pitchford is such a nice Guy

hahah yeah i saw some pics of this on kotaku
crazy stuff. seeing all of those old consoles makes me feel super young ;_;
 
oh randy, still excited as ever for borderlands hahah
 
looks good though!

Very cool place. Love how he has all those consoles on display.

What a classy man.

i just popped 16 boners

Damn, nice view and nice collection. Classy.

lawdy!

KB Toys name drop... best video ever.

Luckiest... dude... EVER!

Giant Bomb Cribs: Randy Pitchford Edition.  Awesome video Brad, good to see that the dudes at Gearbox are working at a dope office space.

seems like a cool dude.

Kinda boring.

Anyone else hate 'funnest' ?
 
I keep hearing it and it's always sounded wrong to me.

I can't wait for Borderlands either, Randy.  Sweet office.  I wish I still had all of my old consoles and games :(

That dude has got it made, RESPECT!

Crap! Why'd you film the part about him turning his desk to the window? Now every office job is going to adopt this practice! As if cubicles didn't destroy dignity enough...*grr*

I'll buy Borderlands just because of that office.

The only person to proudly display a sega saturn...and i applaud him for that. 

Randy Pitchford
Handsome for a man.

Awesome office.

randy pitchford is such an awesome guy

that man is my hero

they helped developed halo?

Awesome Office, now i am jealous.

What an office, and seems like an awesome guy, Borderlands will be saweeeet.

" they helped developed halo? "

Is it wrong to mastrubate to this?

I know where that is. Didn't know he was on the thirteenth floor.

Beats my office... but no multiple monitors?? You're crazy! Everything else is awesome, but a single monitor gets a thumbs down. I hate flipping through open programs constantly when getting work done.

I love how giddy he got when he started talking about Borderlands. Anytime the head of a studio gets that genuinely excited about a game, you have to give him props. Also, I wonder where he got those stands his systems are on...

That was pretty sweet.

Not only is his office kickass, it's really great to see that he's so excited about Borderlands. The game looks stellar and it helps knowing he's genuinely pumped about it, but not in a Cliffy B way. Refreshing.

That is one amazing office and that man is my new hero
BUT
We all know that the future Giant Bomb office will be much MUCH better than this

Sweet.

That dude is living the dream man!

I really don't know much about Mr. Pitchford, but he seems like a great guy.