Archive for May, 2007

LOST thoughts

May 27, 2007

i wrote this post last wednesday night, but for some reason i didn’t post it at the time; i’m not sure why. anyhoo, here it is for you now:

we just finished watching the final episode of season 3 of LOST. it was amazing and wonderful and will leave me with plenty to think about for the next 7 months. until then, i’m going to give you my thoughts: there are spoilers here, so if you haven’t seen the finale yet you might want to hold off. enjoy!

jack and his “flashback”

jack’s flashback seemed to be more of a “flashforward.” i predict that for the remaining 3 seasons each episode will feature a specific character’s flashfoward instead of flashback.

the resulting contact with the boat “80 miles off-shore” will not result in rescue, which won’t happen until the end of the 6th season. therefore, over the next 3 seasons, the flashforwards will be working backwards toward the point of rescue in much the same way that during the first 3 seasons the flashbacks worked forward to the point of crash.

the two times that jack mentioned his father were just ways of trying to trick the audience: he could have easily found prescription forms of his father’s and filled them out for himself; when he told the new doctor to go find his (jack’s) father he was actually saying, “my father, on many occasions, was much worse off than i am right now, and he was never reprimanded.” he was also pretty cracked out and could have just been insane at the time.

questions

  • with almost all of the “others” now dead, where are the remaining survivors of the tail section (the flight attendant, the kids, etc)?
  • why/how was locke so certain that jack should not talk on the radio? what else did walt say to him?
  • is Naomi genuine? or is she just a really good liar? who is she really working for?
  • why did charlie think he had to die? why couldn’t he have left the control room and locked the door from the other side?

80s PARTY!

May 20, 2007

the 80s party kicked ass and it was by far one of our best party yet! that’s not to say that we haven’t had some amazing parties already, but there was something special about this one. so, if you happened to make it out last night (nintendo testers i’m looking in your direction), then you can thank yourselves for making it such an amazing time. we are nothing with out you.

it’s still pretty early here: red cups litter the beer stained floor, cigarette butts are soaking up rain on the front porch, and dried guacamole is browning in a bowl. we’ve got a long road ahead of us, but we’re strong and we’ll live to party another day. until then, here are the photos you’ve all been asking for:

flickr.com/photos/elisfanclub/tags/80sparty

so long, nintendo, so long

May 19, 2007

so long, nintendo, so longyesterday was my last day working as a game tester for nintendo. i’ve been working there since last august (with 2 months in the call center), but it seems like only yesterday that Ed handed me my very first Wii Remote and told me to “start testing.”

i woke a little bit earlier yesterday morning and borrowed britt’s car to drive to mighty-o and pick up 6 dozen donuts, to celebrate my last day. in concert with these efforts, vanessa made 12 dozen vegan cup cakes from scratch. amazing! i can’t thank her enough. jordan stopped by the hotbox to pick me up on his way to work because carrying 6 dozen donuts on the bus would not have been a good idea.

we set up the donuts in one of the conference rooms at about 7:30am, and then i just went around telling everyone i could find that it was my last day and that i brought in donuts. everyone was extremely grateful and appreciative. my last day couldn’t have gone any better. i’m so happy right now (single tear rolls down my face).

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game testing (at nintendo) is one of the best jobs in the world. most of you are probably thinking, “duh! you play video games and get paid for it.” but to be honest, it’s not that simple. sure, playing (testing!) video games is the best job i’ve ever had, but it could have been horrible (i know many people that would hate the job). so what makes it all worth it? what actually makes it one of the best jobs in the world? the people.

i have never worked with such awesome, amazing, kind, and funny people. ever. period. from the very beginning i felt like i was part of the (ultimate) team. considering that many of the employees (associates) have been there for years and have formed very close relationships with each other, it is amazing how quickly they welcomed me (and the other noobs at the time) into the product testing family. i honestly can’t find the words to explain how awesome the whole experience was.

i won’t even try to mention names because i’ll inevitably forget someone, but you know who are. it was awesome to meet you, it was awesome to work with you, and i will miss you.