Video Production Team  Posts: 59 Joined: 9 Feb 2009     | |
Games Editor  Posts: 5793 Joined: 20 Dec 2005     | You'd never make it in Jersey, Russ. |
Editor-in-Chief  Posts: 2409 Joined: 1 May 2006    |
Which begs the question, why on Earth would I want to? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2612 Joined: 20 Feb 2008     | Unfortunatly I will not be able to watch the video at work. However if you have left my neck of the woods I only have this to say. I'll get you next time Pitts, next time... |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire  Posts: 11777 Joined: 13 Feb 2008     | That's how most non-Londoners people think of London. Just mention the M-25 to see the twitch. ;) |
Production Director  Posts: 125 Joined: 12 Nov 2002    | You'd never make it in Mumbai Russ... |
Brand Manager  Posts: 2701 Joined: 8 Oct 2007    | So glad someone else felt that same way I did in LA. Anywhere you want to go is 25 minutes away. |
BANNED  Posts: 2505 Joined: 19 Aug 2008    |
Thats what's great about living in a city. Every-thing's so close, its best to like near the outskirts though. Russ's video diary made me laugh. He looked really eccentric when he was filming them. Or maybe it was just the camera. User was banned for: Poll: Round 5 - Field of Four - (1) Turbine vs (1) Nintendo. (Permanent) |
Developer Emeritus  Posts: 1572 Joined: 5 Aug 2003    |
25 minutes is close?!??! Here you can get anywhere in like 5-10 :P |
Editor-in-Chief Posts: 2409 Joined: 1 May 2006 |
I shot it on one of those hand-held $20 "direct-to-YouTube" cameras. I was surprised by the quality, considering. |
Senior Editor  Posts: 2798 Joined: 9 Jan 2007   |
Don't move to Maine or Texas. There, an hour drive is a quick trip. |
BANNED Posts: 2505 Joined: 19 Aug 2008 |
Oh, alright. I thought it may have been one of those crappy laptop cameras or something but then remember you worked for a gaming site. And as such you should have a laptop thats able to play some pretty pretty games :P User was banned for: Poll: Round 5 - Field of Four - (1) Turbine vs (1) Nintendo. (Permanent) |
Developer Emeritus Posts: 1572 Joined: 5 Aug 2003 |
Hey, I used to live about an hour from my high school. I know about those :P I'm definitely more of a fan of the short drives though ... A day long trip to go to the grocery store sucks. And it's an entire production if you want to grab a quick dinner... "quick" |
Production Director Posts: 125 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 | And even 20 minutes outside of San Francisco can be podunk nowhere. Half Moon Bay didn't have a movie theater. We'd have to find a way to get a half an hour or more away to be able to do something besides eat fast food or watch the fog roll in. Heck, some of my friends lived almost an hour away... by bicycle. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1818 Joined: 18 Nov 2008    | LA does have a bit of a bad reputation...There's a great bit of dialogue in Futurama: Fry: So you're saying these aren't the decaying ruins of New York in the year 4000? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4167 Joined: 29 Dec 2007   | Who was the other voice at the end, I can't place where I've heard it before and it might just be my imagination but I remember it from somewhere. I don't mind car trips because as long as I'm getting closer I can just zone out. Although I get the impression you weren't getting any closer to anything. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 84 Joined: 17 Oct 2008  | Least in Cali you can go 70 on them highways... in Oregon they're all 55mph...*sad face* |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 52 Joined: 31 Jan 2009     | Driving on the highways can make you insane. There is nothing interesting to look at. Looking forward to the up-coming interview for the Escapist Show! |
Muckraker  Posts: 338 Joined: 19 Aug 2008     |
I laughed because I felt the same way about LA. I've been in a lot of air ports and cities and the only place I have ever experienced culture shock was in LA, Even when I was out of the country. Ironically as soon as I stepped off of the plane in LA the song Los Angeles from Adema started playing as I walked through the airport in fear of what the hell those things were that kinda looked like a guy/girl chimeras. |
Paperboy  Posts: 24 Joined: 23 Aug 2008    | Is it just me .. or maybe I'm in a bad mood or something .... but what the hell was 'entertaining' about that? |
Muckraker  Posts: 276 Joined: 8 Jun 2008     | Being from Texas, and understanding that an hour is a short trip, what' up with Maine? I took a wrong turn up there, and it took me 50 minutes just to turn back around, then I had to drive back, in the same direction, along a straight, empty road with forest on each side, for the same amount of time. They have state trooper turnaround things every 45 second with cameras and signs, just to taunt you. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 53 Joined: 18 Jun 2008   | Some good things could come out as an result from annoying traffic. Like Chris Rea's-Road to hell. :) |
Escapist in LA: Producer's Diary
Russ shares his producer's diary, shot on location in Los Angeles, as the video crew drives from studio to studio along LA's famous freeways.
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