Well, I haven?t been able to get as much done with Falcon Squad as I?d hoped this week, but it?s all good ? I?ll have a new demo out this weekend.  I?ll talk about that in a second though, because the reason for that is that I have gotten a new job!

Yes, my career as a lowly page designer for a real estate magazine is over, and I am now a production artist for a beverage company!  It?s really a very nice job, and I have had a lot of fun learning their system, and helping with product packaging designs and such.  My supervisor and project manager are nice people, and everyone at the company seems very happy to be there ? which makes it much easier for me to be there as well.  The only flaw with this new job is that it?s considerably farther away (an hour away) than my last job (20 minutes away), but so far being a commuter hasn?t been as bad as I thought it would be.  The pay is good though, so I?ll stick with it for as long as I can, and still keep plenty of time on the side for my girlfriend, and for my work.

That said, I?ve been working today, and I should have a new demo out for Falcon Squad tomorrow.  The new demo will include a lot of user-requested fixes / additions, as well as (hopefully) two new maps to play on, and a lot of fixes and optimizations.  I?ll be running a server as much as I can tomorrow as well, so hopefully I?ll see some of you online!

Lastly, I also wanted to say that Aces High Over Verlor Island has made it into round 3 of the cagematch over at the GMC.  If you liked AHOVI, show your support with a vote!

Anyway, I?m off to get back to work on Falcon Squad, and also to play some Rainbow Six Vegas later on?  just picked it up (on sale for only $39.99 at Target!), and it?s an awesome game.  Thanks for reading, and for voting! ;)

Yeah, ive known about everything in this post for a while, but I must say that it sounds great!
I remember you saying something like you make almost twice as much as your old job, so congrats!

so, what's a beverage company prodo artist do, exactly?
i'm always interested in learning the ins and outs of different professions.  are you allowed to shine any light upon your duties, or are they top-secret?

Fred's so successful at everything he does, I'm envious ;) Good on ya man! Falcon Squad is something-slick, I must say, and despite the fact that I'm not much of an online-shooter fan, I'm actually looking forward to testing out the CTF in this upcoming demo. Good luck, and right on with the new job!

CTF is allready in Falcon Squad : P

Fred, you're young and you got your health.  What do you want with a job?

Well, right now they are having me help out with designs on product labels, and all sorts of other things like that.  I've also spent a fair amount of time building their layouts into 3D mock-ups by cutting them out, folding them into their intended shape, and sticking it all together...  which was not an expected duty of the job, but I actually enjoy using my hands now and then, since the computer stuff always gets a little tedious after a while.

Basically though, right now in my preliminary stages, I am the designer who takes what the lead designer does and gets it finished, or copies it and makes it work for differently flavored drinks / etc.  All in all, it's pretty neat, and much better than my last job (ugh!).

Haha, well not everything, unfortunately, but I appreciate the compliments, hehe.  I'll be working more on FS this weekend, and I've posted a thing in the design / refine section here if you guys want to help me out a bit with the story, since I'd really like to attach a fun and thorough single player game on as well.  :)

I was asking myself the same question, KC...  especially after being laid off from my last job for a month, getting up at 11 AM, going to sleep at 3 AM, and doing whatever I wanted all day long, every day of the week.  I think my pursuit of material goods got the better of me though...  I needed some money for game buying!  ;)