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General => General Chat => Topic started by: Apostrophe Spacemonkey on February 24, 2016, 11:00:11 am

Title: Best Herald article ever.
Post by: Apostrophe Spacemonkey on February 24, 2016, 11:00:11 am: Three men stuck in a lift after curry feast
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11594669 (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11594669)

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An Australian, Englishman and Taiwanese man who battled uncontrollable flatulence, 38 degree heat and 99 per cent humidity during the longest half hour of their lives.

There was no air conditioning in their metal prison and the men were soon left struggling against the humidity and the after effects of their curries.

'Hell would have been a few degrees cooler. It was more painful than I imagine childbirth would be, we were at our wit's end,' said Mr Rose.
Title: Re: Best Herald article ever.
Post by: Lias on February 24, 2016, 11:31:57 am: Oh my.. LOL
Title: Re: Best Herald article ever.
Post by: Xenolightning on February 24, 2016, 12:31:10 pm: Do not want.
Title: Re: Best Herald article ever.
Post by: Pigdog on February 24, 2016, 04:04:13 pm: Absolutely no surprise that an Australian was involved.
Title: Gameloft NZ shutdown
Post by: Tiwaking! on February 28, 2016, 08:52:20 am: Speaking of unwanted stenches in public places: Gameloft got shut down.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11594150 (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11594150)
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The end of January brought with it the end of New Zealand's biggest game development studio.

Gameloft Auckland, a branch of the Paris-based mobile giant Gameloft SE, employed around 160 people at the time of its closure, many of whom are still looking for new jobs.

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When we came in on the Monday, they essentially told us the studio wasn't profitable. Their proposal was to terminate the operations at the studio, making us all redundant.

Then they gave us a letter which stated their intent, as per the law, and they highlighted certain financial figures showing that we were running at a loss from 2014, almost, it seems. Now that was also a surprise, because if your studio's running at a loss, you would not hire that many people, or you would maybe cut back on a couple things. But it seems like these financial figures were a known.

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Gameloft will be made to pay back a $2.9 million grant after shuttering its Auckland studio, according to a New Zealand government agency.

Callaghan Innovation, an agency which specialises in funding research and development in tech, said it had the ability to "claw back" the money it supplied to the company.

Gameloft, based in Paris, received the grant in 2014 as part of a programme to encourage foreign companies to do R&D in New Zealand.
Title: Re: Best Herald article ever.
Post by: BerG on March 01, 2016, 10:26:30 am: Fuck the Herald. Tabloid motherfuckers.
Title: Re: Best Herald article ever.
Post by: Apostrophe Spacemonkey on March 01, 2016, 10:56:34 am: Quote from BerG: March 01, 2016, 10:26:30 am
Fuck the Herald. Tabloid motherfuckers.

I don't think they even write articles anymore.

It's just, "Hey, this thing happened, let's see what people on twitter think about it."

Their idea of a real time news is an embedded twitter feed.
Title: Re: Best Herald article ever.
Post by: BerG on March 04, 2016, 06:52:29 pm: Everything is breaking news now. "BREAKING NEWS. HAMILTON LOCAL SLIGHTLY ANNOYED AT COUNCIL FOR THING THEY DID. OH AND YOU WONT BELIEVE ANNOYANCE NUMBER 3".