Mike

Jimmy Bullard.

It's not about trying to pass the tests. It's the idea that development studios need to hire 'the best' when by any logic if everyone is hiring the best then in reality no one is. It's not really down to how good your course is, it's down to how the employer views you and if they've got two near identical CV's, one from Oxbridge and one from Obscureland it's obvious who they'll pick.

Developer shortages?! What a load of bull.

I am a Computer Science student at the University of the West of England (feel free to laugh) and whilst full-time graduate jobs are easy to find there aren't many companies trying to pluck Computing students from here. I can guarantee that there'll be at least 50 graduates per year in this faculty without work for at least a year after they graduate with the recent hiring problems and most of them would jump at the chance to develop games.

The real problem is that these companies are often far too picky because they all believe in ridiculous tests and all want to find the best talent there is without realising that if all companies only hire the best, they'll either.

1) Have the best possible developers
2) Have average developers (most likely)
3) Have no developers.

Hell, if one of these developers could get off their high-horse and attend some job fairs at the lesser-known/local universities they might find fully-capable students who would fill all the spaces they'd need for the next decade.

I think the idea is good, but it needs a bit more tweaking to fit a format that actually works, and there's only really one format for tech that works time and time again.

Top Gear.

Somehow, Clarkson, Hammond and May have created a show about cars that millions of people (that don't like cars) love. Yahtzee provided the comedy, but he was the only one that really provided the entertainment factor. Hundreds of straight video game programmes have aired and the majority of them fall flat on their faces, so why not a comedy one?

Get a couple of writers in to write some jokes that every one will understand, tell the other two to lighten up a bit, ditch the sketches and stick to the harsh reviewing technique that Yahtzee has made his own.

Hopefully it'll get picked up, because there are no good video game shows out there right now.

If this is the hottest gaming video of today someone please come up with something better! That was lame on so many levels. Just reused jokes we've all heard before.

Translation: LOL DEM YANKEES CANT HOLD REMOTES!!!

But seriously, how should it fly off if you're holding the remote? This has been blown way out of proportion.

I seem to remember when we all used wired controllers. Remember when people would knock over consoles by pulling on controllers? We didn't go crying about Nintendo then, did we?

Let's change ATM's while we're at it...

This reminds me of FFXI, which came a year late. I'm suprised that people in the UK aren't as annoyed as others are at this, as Square-Enix time and time again are always late delivering in Europe. Quite a few nerds went up-in-arms over FFXI, but I don't see this rattling too many cages.

What makes them tick?

Probably the lack of sex, past, present and future.

"If these scenes don't impress you, you're just a cold, heartless gamer..."

Or, y'know, maybe I enjoy PLAYING my games. If I wanted mad visuals I'd watch a movie.