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    Tim Schafer is a game designer best known for his contributions to the adventure genre. His work often features a unique sense of offbeat humor. Schafer served in creative roles on numerous LucasArts games in the 1990s before departing to form Double Fine Productions.

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    Edited By vinny

      What if this had gone differently?
     What if this had gone differently?
    It's pretty easy to look at Tim Schafer, the mind behind Brütal Legend, and see the stadiums full of adoring fans, the stretch limos, the diamond studded fingernails, and forget he too was once a man just looking for a job. Tim recently started his 20th year in the games industry, which not only makes him able to sport antique license plates, but also gives him a chance to reflect on his humble beginnings. To mark the occasion, he has posted a collection of letters that chronicle some notable job correspondence. Just to drive home that this is really two decades ago, may I note, that these are actual letters...on paper.  Personally, I'm really glad Tim isn't currently working on printer drivers.
     
    Check out the rest of the madness!
     
    Also, in the spirit of unlikely career turns and to add a bit of perspective, here's a little something I shot with my little brother probably around the time Tim was wrapping up his probationary period at Lucasfilm. This version was retouched some time in the 2000s, when I could fully realize my vision...releases in 2003!    
     


     
    ( link to video

    * Note: Yup, that's me as the tauntaun.
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    #1  Edited By vinny

      What if this had gone differently?
     What if this had gone differently?
    It's pretty easy to look at Tim Schafer, the mind behind Brütal Legend, and see the stadiums full of adoring fans, the stretch limos, the diamond studded fingernails, and forget he too was once a man just looking for a job. Tim recently started his 20th year in the games industry, which not only makes him able to sport antique license plates, but also gives him a chance to reflect on his humble beginnings. To mark the occasion, he has posted a collection of letters that chronicle some notable job correspondence. Just to drive home that this is really two decades ago, may I note, that these are actual letters...on paper.  Personally, I'm really glad Tim isn't currently working on printer drivers.
     
    Check out the rest of the madness!
     
    Also, in the spirit of unlikely career turns and to add a bit of perspective, here's a little something I shot with my little brother probably around the time Tim was wrapping up his probationary period at Lucasfilm. This version was retouched some time in the 2000s, when I could fully realize my vision...releases in 2003!    
     


     
    ( link to video

    * Note: Yup, that's me as the tauntaun.
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    #2  Edited By eroticfishcake

    Ha. I thought you guys were hiring.

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    #3  Edited By Moztacular

    Nice, the drama!!!!

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    #4  Edited By MeatSim

    That was intense!

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    #5  Edited By OmegaPirate

    The video is an uninteractable black box for me :(

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    #6  Edited By PlasticCow
    @eroticfishcake said:

    "Ha. I thought you guys were hiring. "


    God, how insane would that be. 
     
    Also, this video is soo good. Remake it with all the GB crew.
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    #7  Edited By yyZiggurat

    Too bad my Firefox hates Quicktime videos

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    #8  Edited By breaking3po

    That was awesome Vinny. 
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    #9  Edited By yyZiggurat
    @PlasticCow said:

    " @eroticfishcake said:

    "Ha. I thought you guys were hiring. "
    God, how insane would that be. "
     http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/off-topic/31/whiskey-media-looking-for-badass-engineer/247483/#93
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    #10  Edited By eroticfishcake
    @OmegaPirate: Which browser are you using? You probably don't have the right/updated plugin installed.
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    #11  Edited By Scooper

    That's an amazing video.

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    #12  Edited By Matte_G

    Vinny invented Gonzo film making

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    #13  Edited By Smashlampjaw

    Tim owns

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    Hahaha, they wouldn't hire poor Tim?

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    #15  Edited By PlasticCow
    @HomemadeZiggurat:
    I meant if they hired Tim Schafer
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    #16  Edited By AgentofChaos

    Dude awesome he likes Kurt Vonnegut too.

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    #17  Edited By nrain

    xD that was well made and crazy as fuck.

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    #18  Edited By Cerza

    LMAO!!! Oh man that was intense. Brought me back to when I was making videos in my basement as a kid/teen. On a completely unrelated note, I had ALL of those SW toys too!!! OMG I remember playing with them for hours upon hours on end. Ah good times.

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    #19  Edited By Teirdome

    This was such a meaningful and pretty inspiring post from Tim, thanks for the repost Vinny!

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    #20  Edited By darkjester74

    That was quite possibly the most awesomest thing in the history of ever!  :D

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    #21  Edited By Kazona

    lol

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    #22  Edited By RHCPfan24

    Vinny, you make me proud. Very good job there. And the Tim Schafer letters are really funny as well.

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    #23  Edited By TOYBOXX

    wtf?

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    #24  Edited By AndrewB
    The production values on that video were stunning. Next Star Wars film should star Kyle Katarn and Vinny Caravella.
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    #25  Edited By ranger5000

    Gravity Kills as the background music, Love It.    

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    #26  Edited By Kohe321

    Great! Vinny, that video was awesome.

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    #27  Edited By ht101

    Thanks Vinny for that video.  It was truly awesome.  Tim Schafer is becoming the awesomest person in the history of awesomeness. 

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    #28  Edited By Ryan  Staff

    Way to make the Tim Schafer story the Vinny Caravella story, Vinny!

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    #29  Edited By teptom
    @AgentofChaos said:
    " Dude awesome he likes Kurt Vonnegut too. "
    Exactly my thoughts.
     
    That was such an awesome resume he sent in to Lucasfilm. It made me love Schafer even more. 
     
    And nice video Vinny.
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    #30  Edited By JackiJinx
    @eroticfishcake said:
    " Ha. I thought you guys were hiring. "
    Me, too. I was genuinely excited. Vinny, you need to stop making us think these false things!
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    #31  Edited By Brake

    This is what Episode 1 should have been.

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    #32  Edited By AgentofChaos
    @Ryan said:
    " Way to make the Tim Schafer story the Vinny Caravella story, Vinny! "
    God Vinny, your such a presumptuous bastard!
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    #33  Edited By Crono

    The hoth movie needs a sequel

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    #34  Edited By FrEeZe

    People need to achieve their dreams

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    #35  Edited By LaszloKovacs

    Vinny, will you move to New York and be my dad? It's a pretty easy job, and I'm only home for breaks.

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    #36  Edited By PXAbstraction

    I must be too old to remember the era when companies weren't so damn lazy and actually had the courtesy to write you a letter when you were rejected, as opposed to just ignoring you.  :)

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    #37  Edited By jakob187

    As soon as I opened the story, it started downloading a movie.  Not cool...

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    #38  Edited By dagas

    I thought the economy was still booming in 1989. At least in Sweden and Japan it was in the early 90's that the land speculation bubble suddenly burst and banks went under. It was in 1992 that the interest rates was at 500 % (only for a couple of days) in Sweden compared to the 0.25 % they are at now. Maybe the economy was uncertain even before that.

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    #39  Edited By Al3xand3r

    Bleh @ crappy quicktime embeds.

    Out of nowhere I got the dialogue to update qt and then Firefox crashed. Thanks.

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    #40  Edited By Pkshields

    Vinny Caravella as a Tauntaun. Yes!, Vinny is perfect for the role.

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    #41  Edited By mech4399

    Go viny

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    #42  Edited By AURON570

    Tim Schafer always seemed like a nice guy :)

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    #43  Edited By ky326

    Great movie Vinny!

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    #44  Edited By comradecrash

    That was an interesting adventure for Tim. I also loved that great movie you made Vinny!

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    #45  Edited By TheHBK

    why in the blue hell is there a quicktime video embedded here?
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    #46  Edited By Ransom

    dear god 
     
    i had that hoth set and the action fleet at-at too
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    #47  Edited By fancifulunicorn

    Dude, I made a video about Hoth with a friend of mine with lots of the same toys.  When I saw that first shot of the little plastic snowy Hoth base, I thought someone had jacked my video, haha.
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    There needs to be an art thread on people making Vinny tauntauns.

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    #49  Edited By Pat

    DAK!

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    #50  Edited By Absurd

    That resume is hot.

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