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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Yikes!

It has been a very very long time since I have posted to my blog. Not to make any excuses but lets just say I have been very busy.

Right here is the summary of what has happened since my last post.

Burnout Paradise was published in January and it was a BIG success. It was number one on the charts and a lot of people absolutely loved it! I am very proud about this title since it is my first published AAA game.

Here is a screenshot of the credits with my name in it.



We have started redecorating our house and this is the main consumer of all my free time. Basically the entire place was covered with woodchip wall paper and painted with really ugly colours. So the main mission is to strip off all the wall paper, fix the cracks, holes etc. and then paint the place.

We have had a couple of issues with the plaster in certain places where by a big section of the wall will just start bulging out and crack. Thus we had to stop using the steamer and rather do it the old fashioned hot soap water and sponge method. Let me tell you, plastering a 1m square hole in the wall is not fun!

Once the place is done I will upload before and after photos.

I will soon be starting to work at Lionhead (yes the guys that made Fable, Black & White etc.) and I am currently just waiting for my visa. Yes that means I no longer work for Criterion / EA.

5 Comments:

  • Congrats man!! cheers manfred

    ps I almost thought you'd stopped existing judging from your bolg :)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:32 PM  

  • No no, hehe just got very tied up with other things.

    So how is it going Manfred?
    You still on the island?

    By Blogger André Jacobs, at 2:43 PM  

  • Oh yeah, very much enjoying it! Also our game is going to be in the shelfs soon, that makes me happy too :) Hope to read more on your blog soon. cheers m.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:32 PM  

  • Goeie More mrn Jacobs

    Jy is erger as die bleddie skim. As n mens nie van jou blog geweet het nie, sou ek nie eers meer weet of jy bestaan nie. Jyt nie eers laat weet jy waai by jou job nie.

    Nou ja, happy bday vir gister, ek is weer n dag laat, maar ek hoop jyt n killer dag gehad, en Gerry het jou lekker bederf.

    PS. Bly om te sien julle geniet die nuwe huis.

    Llewellyn

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:28 AM  

  • Sorry man! Jus ek het nie eers tyd gehad om mense te e-mail nie.

    By E___A maak hulle so, as hulle jou redundant maak dan laat hulle jou letterlik net jou goed gruip en help jou uit by die gebou.

    Bang mense steel belangrikke inligting of clients.

    By Blogger André Jacobs, at 7:58 PM  

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