Signed an NDA today. I’m about 3/4 of the way through the hiring process and it’s only for a seasonal position, but it’s exciting to possibly have a cool art job 
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Oh gosh, what a day… ugh, what a day…
I’m alone in the house this week since the parents are taking a nice vacation in London England.
Work is stressful as always, those high school lunch-rushes are no joke.
I also had a very rare early-morning long shift today. Usually my shifts are a consistent 4.75 - 6hrs long, and the longer ones start later, going into the afternoon.
Today tho, my shift was 7.5 hours long, from 7am to 2:30pm.
That’s a lot of stress in one day.
And it didn’t end when I left the building.
My dog Ponyo, whom I fed and let out to do her business at 6am since I was gonna be gone a while, didn’t do too well while I was gone. Had some sort of stomach bug or irritation, since when I came back, I had to clean up a few bunches of… ‘stuff’… 
I’m not mad at her, I understand she didn’t mean it and was essentially trapped indoors for so long. (She doesn’t even seem guilty about it which is fine, she’s not the smartest 
) The meal in the early morn’ probably didn’t help…
Still very happy to see me again when I walked through the door
Vacuumed and cleaned all the main floor today though. Silver lining being I was going to do that tomorrow on my day off, and clean my room today, but I can swap those.
Totslly ruined the chill/chores post-work schedule I made myself last night.
Ponyo is doing better, it seems. She seems fine when I took her on a walk.
Still, I feel bad I wasn’t there for her and stuck at work. She’s usually never alone in the house for so long that early in the morning though.
All in all, I salvaged it. Cleaned the first floor, everything’s okay enough now.
Having dinner. Ponyo is too. 
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I’m a little bored. I wold like to something new in my life, in my work. I’m tired to always the same things. For example, in my work as a journalist, I’m tired to write always and always about what happens in my city. I would to talk about something new. I wolud to do something new. Recently I helped another journalist to do a podcast about a terrorist attack in Rome 50 years ago. I would like to do a podcast, or a videodocumentary. I asked her to give me some advices and so I’m waiting for her. I also want to write a book (or more than one) and I’ve been studying and trying to do it since the last 11 years. Now it’s time to complete it.
And sometime I have the desire to do a videogame. But this would be, maybe, something impossible to do, too difficult
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Just got a rejection email. I don’t understand this shit anymore
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Why don’t you write a story for a Videogame?
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Oh, that’s disheartening. I was rooting for you on it.
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I am sorry to hear that, I know that this is so frustrating 
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Because I’m a journalist. I’m not used to write fictional stories. I never did it and I don’t have so much imagination. The book I want to write is about history of local politics in Italian cities in the last century. Nothing interesting for a game.
However, sometimes I think about some ideas for a videogame. I watched a lot of Italian action movies of 70s. It was a kind of movies born in a particular decade. In the streets there was a lot of violence, because of fascist and communist terrorism, stronger crime groups, mafia families that begin the drug business. Sometimes I think that it could perfect for a videogame. But I wouldn’t know how to do
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that sucks. im sorry.
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Shit. That’s terrible to hear. 
You’re still a fantastic artist, and it’s a damn shame people don’t want your talent. Because you are talented!
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What a bunch of coniving, selfish, ungrateful bastards. They don’t deserve you @v1deost, stay strong, you deserve a good job. Don’t let those fuckwits bring you down. I’m sure you will find something good eventually, even if it takes time.
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Damn, silvereyes choosing violence!
Interesting
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If I had a dollar for any upcoming games that use their ‘#2/sequel’ title as a way to also tease the amount of playable protagonists in that game, I’d have two dollars. Which is weird, especially that it’s happening twice in the span of 7 days.
I also now have 2 dollars which ties into the numbering theme- wtf is going on??
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This is horrible to hear and your frustration must be endless, but youll get a job elsewjere from people who can actually see the amazing person in front of them.
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It was very incredibly validating to read you guys’ kind words. Thank you friends @LandirtHome @Mini @Screaming_Meat @TheChicken @Khakiasp . 
This rejection felt extra confusing because why the fuck would someone send an NDA, have their candidate sign it, and then they sign it…just to say no. It seems unprofessional and a waste of everyone’s time.
Just have to keep searching I guess. I hope you all have a nice rest of your weekend.
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It is also a sign it might not be a place you want to work at. Who know what other work goes to the waste there due to mismanagement.
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At a Lowe’s today, and they have Christmas displays mixed in with the Halloween displays. It’s officially beyond ridiculous.
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Bruh Christmas season starts the day after Labor Day.
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So I’ve seen a lot of people toss around the game Manhunt as actually a really good classic game for its time – meanwhile for me I’ve only ever heard if it in passing as “that really violent video game that was banned once”
But after checking out this retrospective review, it’s… impressive the gameplay systems, structures and themes the game covered, that would heavily inspire and allow much more successful and well-known titles to release in the future, based around stealth or bleak violence!
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It’s a great game. What I always liked about it was how vulnerable it made you feel, melee combat with more than one enemy was an almost guaranteed death sentence so it really made you reliant on darkness and observation. It was blunt with its violence, and I suppose that did earn it a kind of reputation, but the violence was coupled with this excellent and grimy atmosphere that really made it stand out.
I’ll give you a heads up though that if you want to play it through Steam, there’s a fix you need to install to make it playable.
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