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Yes, that is an exaggeration and its one that really needs to be kicked out, because it simply shouldn’t be true. Thats one of the reasons I left Rockstar, because I simply wasn’t prepared to work like that. I’ve never worked unreasonable over-time and I don’t intend on doing it if I can help it.[/quote:911ecd0602]

Thank god for that.. :) Apologies for my ignorance but i’ve absolutely no experience of what goes behind the closed doors of the industry, all I have is rumours and innuendo to go by. Still, even today you keep hearing these horror stories about people working 16 hours a day and sleeping at their desks and stuff, and generally working in conditions that are more akin to paid slavery than those in a high-tech, forward looking profession… The recent EA overtime episode did little to help this either. I guess its one particular image of itself which the industry will find very hard to shake off.

The way I see it anyhow is that you are only going to get so much out a person each day, and strectching their hours will not improve this in any way. You would probably end up getting more work out of someone who is bright and alert (and had a goods night kip) working for 8 hours than someone who is in near zombified state (due to lack of sleep) and working long shifts of up to 16 hours..