While surfing YouTube to watch the Star Trek movie trailer over and over in preparation for a midnight screening tonight, we were thrilled to dig up this little visual gem, aptly entitled, Fun With Claymores 3. That pretty much sums it up perfectly. Special props to Applejuicepie1 for his creative flair with explosives!
This weekend, a group of our hard working team members participated in the annual Vancouver Sun Run, a 10km race through our beautiful city with over 50,000 participants. Not only did we place FIRST in our division, beating out 118 other teams, but we placed tenth out of all the corporate teams that ran the race. The next time [...]
We wouldn’t be able to call ourselves Canadian developers if we didn’t have the hockey team to prove it! The season is wrapping up with the Slant Six Games’ men’s team putting up a solid showing, crushing the competition in the latest match with a 6-1 victory. Thanks for making those red and white-winged [...]
Thank God Its Pastry Friday! If you’re following our blog, you might notice an inordinate number of posts about food and drink. Well, Pastry Friday is just another food-related tradition that has to be shared. Can you picture all the sugar happy pre-caffeinated game developers swarming over warm muffins and freshly sliced bagels, even daring [...]
David Denofreo, 3D Artist, is well known around our office for his fascination with photography. Here’s an overview of David’s latest vision and how he achieved such compelling results… don’t worry, no developers were actually harmed (physically) in the making.
I’ve had the idea of doing wide angle, unflattering portraits for a while now. It’s an [...]
This week we’ve cornered Tyler McCulloch, and forced him to give up his dark secrets of game design. I don’t think we succeeded but you can atleast find out why he’s here and what he pretends does.
Quote:
“motion blur is the new lens flare.”
Years in Industry:
Just over 5 years
What do you consider prerequisites for your job?:
Being [...]
Fruity Goodness!
In celebration of our new Wellness Program, we kicked off the morning with fresh fruit smoothies. While we all love our Pastry Fridays, this is a welcome addition to the week! Wellness is already an important initiative for the staff since many of us ride bikes, run, do yoga, play on the Slant Six [...]
Favorite Quote:
“NO Body Expects The Spanish Inquisition”
How many years have you been in the games industry?
Five years.
What do you consider prerequisites for your job?:
BFA , strong 3D Package and photoshop skills, experience in games, highly adaptable.
How long you’ve been at Slant Six Games?
2 years
Best part of your job?
Being Happy!! The people at slant are [...]
Managing Director, Brian Thalken, is profiled in the February edition of Business in Vancouver (BIV). Read the article here that discusses how Slant Six formed and some of the wild and crazy things Brian has done over the course of his career. Curious? Go read it!
Today we’re having a chat with software engineer, Bram Stolk. What kind of name is Bram? Well we didn’t ask him that but you can find out a few interesting things about him below:
Favorite Quote:
“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot- proof programs, and the Universe trying [...]
The results are in and we’ve been voted #11 in the ranks of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in BC! This is our first year participating in the annual survey that surveys both staff and management in companies of 100 employees or more. The videogame industry did well overall with a few of [...]
For anyone curious about what kinds of people work in our production department, meet Viv! He’s a very down to earth and talented Associate Producer (working hard on one of our top secret soon to be announced titles). He’s also pretty good at keeping pucks out of the net during Slant Six hockey games. Below [...]
