Paradox Development Studio Advent Calendar #10: Darkrenown

[Regina]

PDS is happy to present:
My name is: David Ballantyne
My forum nick is: Darkrenown
At Paradox Development Studio I work as: Scripter
So what do I do, really – what does that mean: Everything that isn't art, sound or code. Events, setup, design, playtesting, QA, etc. I keep busy.
I have worked on: EU3: Divine Wind, HOI3: For the Motherland, V2: A House Divided. Secret Bears. HOI3: Their Finest Hour. V2: Heart of Darkness. EUIV.
Right now I´m working on: <Super-secret fun stuff>
My best moment at Paradox Development Studio: Wiping out Podcat's clan in the first 10 minutes of an office MP game of Sengoku. He was distracted by reading the tutorial popups.
My best game ever and why I like it (that I did not create): Probably EUIII. I love the scope and the number of different nations you can play as. Freespace 2 gets a mention though: DIVE DIVE DIVE!!! I also have a love/hate relationship with World of Tanks.
My best party trick on the PDS Friday beer: At the old office it was climbing on things, here at the new office I mostly just nag people to speak English.
My hobbies include: Reading, walking my dogs, and playing computer games.
I have decorated my desk with: Winston Churchill's history of WWII, and a USB nerf missile launcher (Currently aimed at Podcat).
Little known fact about a Paradox Development Studio game:
You can type "Cthulhu" in the console of Victoria 2 for a secret message.


(PS. These images were used when answering beta requests during HOI3: TFH development...)

 

[RedRalphWiggum]

Do you and Podcat ever get together on a Saturday night to watch movies like Lethal Weapon, Point Break etc?

 

[Darkrenown]

No, but we should!

 

[RedRalphWiggum]

No, but we should!

Oh, what are the best and worst things about Sweden?

 

[podcat]

No, but we should!

I'll always think of you as my black close-to-retirement sidekick anyway!

 

[Darkrenown]

Oh, what are the best and worst things about Sweden?

Best: Julmust.
Worst: Everyone speaks Swedish.

Edit: Sweden is a pretty nice place though, Stockholm is a good looking city, and the countryside is still fairly "untouched" looking. A more real downside is some bureaucratic systems are overly complex and seem to make things difficult on purpose, oh, and the banks hate having customers.

 

[RedRalphWiggum]

I'll always think of you as my black close-to-retirement sidekick anyway!

Great, then he can think of you as a racist, antisemitic, mysoginistic alcoholic

Best: Julmust.
Worst: Everyone speaks Swedish.

but they sound so cuddly

 

[Darkrenown]

Great, then he can think of you as a racist, antisemitic, mysoginistic alcoholic

I already do!

p.s. edited my prev post.

 

[Illanair]

Julmust.

Only way to get legally drunk in Sweden - Let Julmust age for a few years before drinking. :happy:

 

[Darkrenown]

Sometimes I get the fancy kind aged in brandy casts

 

[Augustus93]

Nice tank, do you go to work driving one of these?

 

[diegosimeone]

Almost everyone is working on supergames.. I think we're being played with here

What kind of dogs do you have and how many? That plural got me thinking of something like this

 

[hularuns]

Second day in a row cthulu is mentioned, Crusader Kings II: Cthulu Rises confirmed.

 

[Ofaloaf]

a USB nerf missile launcher (Currently aimed at Podcat).

Do those things actually work well? They always show up on "hip Christmas presents for nerds" sort of list and they seem modestly-priced.

 

[NapoleonI]

Second day in a row cthulu is mentioned, Crusader Kings II: Cthulu Rises confirmed.

In Sweden we sacrifice a virgin to appease Cthulu every Christmas. We work with what we have, so imagine being a game developer under such circumstances...

 

[delra]

(PS. These images were used when answering beta requests during HOI3: TFH development...)

pfffff

 

[birdboy2000]

Second day in a row cthulu is mentioned, Crusader Kings II: Cthulu Rises confirmed.

Deep R'lyeh doesn't make it onto the CK2 map. It's clearly Europa Universalis IV: Cthulhu Rises.

Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Ftaghn!

 

[Darkrenown]

Do those things actually work well? They always show up on "hip Christmas presents for nerds" sort of list and they seem modestly-priced.

They are ok for shooting someone a desk or two away. 20 feet if you are lucky.

What kind of dogs do you have and how many? That plural got me thinking of something like this

Just 2, GSDs:

 

[guga912]

Just 2, GSDs:
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Does this mean we can now start posting photos of our German shepherds?

 

[Raph]

Deep R'lyeh doesn't make it onto the CK2 map. It's clearly Europa Universalis IV: Cthulhu Rises.

Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Ftaghn!

Pff, let me point you in the direction of this official PDS Cthulhu thread for Vicky 2. Obviously Vicky is the era for a Cthulhu themed expansion.