I drank 15 cups of coffee and stayed up for 36 hours straight to polish a demo for E3. I also stayed up 30+ hours two more times on that project.
I usually drank about five cups of coffee a day working at studios. More if working 12+ hours.
I worked with a guy who never drank energy drinks until he went on a press tour in Europe. He started drinking them and it triggered a nerve problem that affected his heart. He had to have an operation to sever the nerve.
Now, I only drink one cup of coffee a day during the week and two on weekends. I never drink energy drinks unless someone buys vodka redbulls, and how can I say no?
Yeah, they where making alot more money , but we’re talking about folks with families to raise , and all that overtime starts to mess with your health . One of the designers had an eye problem and needed to run to his doctor, but our producer was more concerned about if he has any more bugs to fix …
E3 is a scary hard deadline , depending on the project if its not looking good at E3 you run the risk of outright cancellation( abet this should be a very small risk, still no need to piss off publishers by saying yo its not going to be presentable this E3 .
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