The last place I worked actively discouraged overtime. They knew that guys like the one Willem describes actively sell out the guys that come after them by being so utterly willing to strike such a losing bargain, and that such an attitude eventually becomes poisonous company culture. 

Of course, they're closed now, as is the place Scampie and I worked before that which also discouraged overtime, so, there's that little data point. 

It's hard to find a good spot in this Industry.
I've been working for almost 8 years now, I must have worked a total of 2 saturdays, and no more than 4 months of paid crunch (in time off usually, and it was usually soft, like 2h extra every evening). I feel really fortunate about it.

The hardest thing is finding a good lead. The company where I currently work does quite a bit of crunch at times, but my team's lead is well organized and manages to avoid most of it for us. Unfortunately this isn't always possible depending on your job, some teams are more dependant on other teams being on schedule (like character art vs environment art). 

...as is the place Scampie and I worked before that which also discouraged overtime...

...where I ended up working a bunch of overtime anyway to meet the needs of an important contract we had, but at least my boss stayed for much of it with me doing everything to assist.

Still wasn't very good for my mental health, especially when afterwards I took up Raven's offer to return to their frying pan of "way behind schedule, yet still discovering what the game was"... 

link 

Quit. 

Good game. 

Romero plays Doom http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/22/john-romero-doom-lets-play/#more-264569

Somewhat interesting. 

Interesting, but did they have to use that horrible engine with all those glows and blooms and weird texture filtering? :( 

Also, "gib sounds" as in, djibb:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJzbE8wz1Wo&t=6m20s

Eat it, Dazers / Dranners / Danzers / Dranz. 

nevermind 

JIB. Eat it, haters. :P 

Get wrecked world! 

 

it is still Gib, you cocksniffers. 

Look at you guys getting a "Nautical" and stuff.

[popeye]I like the cut of you'se guy's jibs...[/popeye] 

Don't listen to Daz, he can't even pronounce WAD correctly. 

Who would be authoritative on that if not Romero? 

A butcher...? 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30937492

Sleepy, MFX, Spirit, Negke, etc - you guys PSYCHED FOR THIS? 

those who choose to sit are often referred to as a "Sitzpinkler"

I learned three german words today! 

Etchin patterns in the marble with piss is the shit. 

seems like a bad material choice for a bathroom floor if it is damaged by contact with urine. 

In my opinion marble is a bad material choice for anything horizontal (including a table top), it's highly susceptible to any acids and oils no matter how tiny the rise in ph is, including your own sweat. Vertical (and horizontal if you're stuck with it) marble surfaces should be sealed with a special marble or stone sealant (multiple coats).

To get rid of a stain make a paste made out of flour, water and a cleaning product intended for stone (consistency of toothpaste), smear it on and let it fully dry (at least 18-24 hours) then scrape it off. The paste "Should" draw out any oils from the very porous stone. You may need to repeat for the more stubborn stains.

If you want to go with the natural stone look use granite or use some man made material that looks like stone instead. The latest stuff looks fine and is much easier to maintain as well as costing less in general.

(end voice of experience) 

Makes it nearly impossible to believe some of the pristine marble textures in Doom =/