duderbattalion

I'm not good at Haiku's .. so here's a poem instead: 
 
Never ending work .. at 4 in the night, 
Weekend's gone .. and still no sight 
of a break, a holiday, a John Labatt's blue,
wasting some noobs on Bad company 2. 
 
This assignment's so long and hard, 
says the voice inside my head ..  
And right after that, pops up the words, 
That's what she said ! 
 
A moment to laugh,  at my own stupid joke, 
as I code the next line, with an strTok() .. what ??  
I's 4.20 now, and I just wasted some time, 
writing this stupid blog, to share online ..  
 
With all my fellow duders, and some dudettes too,
Damn .. I still crave for that John Labatt's blue. 
So till next time, when I write another drunken rhyme, 
To all my friend,s good night, Gang sign <>, peace out, Crime !  
 
I have nod idea why I wrote that last line .. but hey, it rhymes.  
 
Take care peoplesss .. 

I actually did my undergrads in India before I shifted to Canada (and now the states). Have a few arch friends back there so I totally know what you mean. 
 
Architecture's a really hard field, and I don't see it contributing to a career in games at all. And I know it feels like a big deal to drop a year of education to shift into another stream, but in the long run, that one year wouldn't matter .. as long as you end up doing what you really enjoy. If you're really into arts, I'd highly recommend you try out for colleges like National Institute of Design (which is super tough to get into .. but totally worth it), or something like DJ univ in Coimbatore maybe ? (Not totally sure if it has design courses other than fashion design .. but you get the gist) . 
 
Also, to make it into games, you'd probably want to shift to someplace like California, cuz that's a whole hub for budding artists and companies looking for those artists. It's been around 3-4 years since I have been away from India but when I graduated, I didn't find any game companies that were hiring there. You can probably start thinking of giving your GRE in your 3rd year or so .. and then trying to a good design institute in the states or Canada. I know one of my friends is in Art Centre College of Design in Pasadena, CA (incidentally in the same city as Giantbomb's previous office), that's very well reputed. I know USC has a pretty good design program too. 
 
In any case switching streams is always a bit stressful, so here's all the luck that you make it through in one piece :)

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I have a screwdriver on my right, so I could use it to stab them in the eyes or the neck.

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" @HandsomeDead said:

" I don't know what kind of nerds you guys are, but I've been using Apple products for about three years now and never had a single problem besides for about 3 hours last month when I thought I'd like to play Civ V then realised I couldn't on my current hardware. What do you guys do on a PC that's too advanced for a Mac? "

play crysis  "

Just finished writing an algorithm that figures out how to play the Dots game with you. Link for the uninitiated ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dots_and_Boxes) 
 
Right now, it works for a simple 3 X 3 grid, but damn, it's satisfying to see the computer go toe to toe with you in a game and know that it's your code that runs in the background ! I am working on a GUI now .. maybe polish it up a bit, and who knows, maybe I'll put it  up here and let you fine gentlemen and ladies tell me how much the game sucks :P (it was a more of an extension to an AI assignment honestly). 
 
In any case, that was how the last 3 days of my life were spent ! Looking forward to the weekend, though there is still work to be had. Wish I had my PS with me so I could play some god damn Medal of Honor (in spite of the reviews .. I guess I still want to play it. Nostalgia .. I presume). But oh well .. I guess I'll just have to make do with playing J'eanne D'arc on my PSP. 
 
So quick question for the masses, one of the major complaints against Medal of honor (amongst a gazillion other ones), is that it is supremely derivative in it's content. But is being derivative necessarily a bad thing ? What were a few super derivative games that you have played and enjoyed ? For me, the first game that comes to mind would be Darksiders. Really enjoyed it .. despite it being a "dark" Zelda clone.
 
Peace !

One of the best games I had played that year for sure. I totally know what you mean. How far are you in the game ?

I'm going to go old school here: 
 

Half Life: