Comments on: The Owl Ball http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/923 Jason Scott's Weblog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: None Moose http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/923/comment-page-1#comment-3287 None Moose Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:09:18 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=923#comment-3287 I knew someone who worked for Psygnosis in the U.K., they were truly great. In fact, I'm playing their "Discworld" game right now.. I knew someone who worked for Psygnosis in the U.K., they were truly great. In fact, I’m playing their “Discworld” game right now..

]]> By: Anonymous http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/923/comment-page-1#comment-3286 Anonymous Mon, 19 Dec 2005 23:40:39 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=923#comment-3286 Barbarian was definitely THE best game on the Atari ST. Barbarian was definitely THE best game on the Atari ST.

]]> By: l.m.orchard http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/923/comment-page-1#comment-3285 l.m.orchard Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:38:16 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=923#comment-3285 Ooh, Psygnosis.. the logo always made me think of prog rock like Rush (the owl) or Yes (the font). But back in my Amiga days, we all knew if the new game had the owl ball, it was going to rock. Ooh, Psygnosis.. the logo always made me think of prog rock like Rush (the owl) or Yes (the font). But back in my Amiga days, we all knew if the new game had the owl ball, it was going to rock.

]]> By: Michael Kohne http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/923/comment-page-1#comment-3284 Michael Kohne Sun, 18 Dec 2005 05:17:57 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=923#comment-3284 Don't be surprised that a company had an effect on you - I do software (embedded systems) for a living, and every place I've worked has had an emotional connection for me. In some cases the attachement to people and product was quite strong, and it hurt quite a bit when the whole thing got it's plug pulled due to the fate of the controlling corporation (one parent company deciding it wasn't worth it to continue development of our product, one parent company going bankrupt, with our (profitable!) division being sold to our competitor.). The emotional reaction was so strong and hurt so much at the end of one job that I didn't let myself get attached to the product at the next job - I could see pretty early on that the company wasn't someplace I could be forever, and I didn't want to have too many emotions when I walked away. If you aren't emotionally attached to what you do, you probably aren't doing what you're going to be best at. Without some (at least minor) emotional involvement, how can you be passionate about your work? And if you aren't passionate about it, how can you do your best? Don’t be surprised that a company had an effect on you – I do software (embedded systems) for a living, and every place I’ve worked has had an emotional connection for me. In some cases the attachement to people and product was quite strong, and it hurt quite a bit when the whole thing got it’s plug pulled due to the fate of the controlling corporation (one parent company deciding it wasn’t worth it to continue development of our product, one parent company going bankrupt, with our (profitable!) division being sold to our competitor.).

The emotional reaction was so strong and hurt so much at the end of one job that I didn’t let myself get attached to the product at the next job – I could see pretty early on that the company wasn’t someplace I could be forever, and I didn’t want to have too many emotions when I walked away.

If you aren’t emotionally attached to what you do, you probably aren’t doing what you’re going to be best at. Without some (at least minor) emotional involvement, how can you be passionate about your work? And if you aren’t passionate about it, how can you do your best?

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