Raimon had red eyes from staying up all night pying video games, but he heard about a challenge called Speed Run and the cooperative bat that ID Software would perform. The first-pce winner would get a brand-new Ford, a yellow sports car with luxurious seats, and the best Doom impressions stamped on the car. Winning the luxury edition car was a must; he o improve his teical skills. Billy suggested that he modify the trols to make it more practical to trol the characters.

  The cssiot-so-cssiming: W for up, A for left, S for down, and D fht. Although he sidered it a bad idea, Billy assured him that it would improve his skills this way.

  -You didn't sleep at all, - Rachel said, upset by Raimon's irresponsibility, who was covered by a rge blue b.

  "e on, Rachel, don't be mean. It was just a miscalcution," Raimon said, trying to calm Rachel, who was his monitor at Anne's request.

  -A miscalcution is arriving five mie, but what you did is irresponsibility. You're pale, and your eyes are red from pying video games te into the night, - Rachel said, arms crossed, obviously annoyed.

  -I'll work, I'll work, - Raimon said, rubbing his eyes, clearly tired.

  -You're impossible. It's forbidden for you to have soda. It's not good for your health, and you won't work on Luxtoons' issues. You'll be dedicated to filing with Mr. Gorman, - Rachel said.

  Raimon's eyes, onarrowed by fatigue, opened wide, ready to defy Rachel's directives. He tried to say something intelligent, but Rachel's furious look was enough to refrain from saying something that could get him into more trouble.

  -Yes, ma'am, - Raimon said, defeated by his paperwork day, a pce where he couldn't easily escape until he finished anizing all the files.

  -Good m, Raimon. There's coffee oable; we ahe files from A to M by noon, - Mr. Gorman said. The filing office acked with papers, the entire pce was bursting with everything from minor purchases, at adjustments, sary payments, fidential information, and all kinds of files.

  -I hate my life, - Raimon muttered.

  anizing the papers by subject, and then anizing some by date, some by names, and others by subjed importance. He almost followed Mr. Gorman's brisk pace, whanized with all the rigor that depended on him. Mr. Gorman, the official archivist of the pany, was a sort of corporate notary who adjusted reports, filtered with his formal siderations, and material he discussed with Anne and Billy.

  Learn about animation at fifty? No one would believe it.

  -Raimon, finish quickly; we have some matters to discuss, - Anne said.

  -Oh, sure, -Raimon said, with some fear. Mr. Gorman looked away. The pany was a matriarchy at Billy's request, who used Anne, Jolie Carter, and Rachel to keep the taleeve Parks, Lucas Reid, previously an intern but now solidated in the administration, analysis, and fieam led by Mr. Cloud, Raimon Green, and Rumino Denver, in line.

  - think I'll go see what Anne wants, - Raimon said, finishing s out the relevant matters reted ter and pizza franchises. Walking at a slow pace, memorizing an excuse or an apology, after taking three sips of coffee, he had a fresh mind. He touched the door, and Margaret greeted him with a sly smile. The old dy knew how to fan the fmes, and Raimon, a man who always wore his emotions on his face, just seemed like another of the dy's grandchildren, now indispensable to Anne.

  -Good m, Anne, - Raimon said.

  -Why do you have that look? Cheer up! Your pn worked; we received a message from Gee Lucas. He'll e week to iate the agreemeween the panies. It's decided, acc to his words, - Anne said, so animated that she fot Raimon's reproachful words about his irresponsibility.

  -Do you have everything ready? - Anne asked.

  Raimon nodded. - I'll talk to Parks, and we'll squeeze this retionship as much as Billy asked me to, - Raimon said.

  To whine smiled, delighted with how things were unfolding. - You go. Remember to help Rachel with the paperwork for the el. We have all the permits, but we still need some equipment aiations with some cable panies. I'll leave this week for you to adjust everything perfectly, but week, I want you and Rumino to iate with the panies, - Anne said.

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  Texas. – Kansas.

  The puter engineers at Id Software had another pany apanied by many future projes. John Carmack himself had the desire to leave the game pany; he would be earning double the money by making games based on his own experience. But what the heck, the orders, and the vision, along with the projes of the higher-ups, were admirable. It was as if they knew where video games were headed with their innovative and pragmatic ideas. The omb Raider was more than a challenge, even with the genius Rilley spouses who were a gem, the game was a challenge in its ey.

  -The boss's new suggestion is a great cooperative battle royale video game tour. To qualify, you must perform a speed run of the game Doom ihan five hours. He's a genius! - Carmack said, a very different young man, now with an annual sary of 240,000 and bonuses of 800,000 per year. He was one of the luckiest men in Texas.

  -No kidding. Although I could have made the offer for Doom 3, a special edition with metal music as an introdu, and it roved, - Romero said, his long, thick bck hair reag his hips.

  Both followed Billy's established guidelines on the requirements of the new Lux Animatio, creating a great puter game petition. Four states, the top four among all, would face a big round of everyone against everyohe winner would get a car and their participation in Doom 2 for the year 1998.

  -Damn, - Carmack said, surprised by Billy's audacity, who wa the greatest rock band in history, of course, for these two crazies.

  Still pending on the project, there was intrigue about the creation of the game. Bringiallito the game was a crazy feat. There is a general idea of the game, but it seems it will be a huge, million-dolr iment in scope.

  -Are you participating in the petition? - Romero asked.

  -Yep. I want that car. Alexa mentiohat as long as no one cheats, anyone py. Plus, everyone will know the map, and we're under fair estimation. However, I think I o practice a bit, - Carmack said.

  Alexa, the new director of Id Software, programmed the new pyer designs for mobility, jumpiicity, riddles, and all the programmiails bined with the game meid trols.

  Meanwhile, her husband Brian programmed the NPCs to perform certain as. Billy asked to elevate the levels to a ype of difficulty, madness, a level that is almost like peting against the same pyer experieng it. Although Lara Croft's game is about a female archaeologist, ons are at the forefront. Only the lower-ranked ones.

  -You should get to work, - Brian said.

  -We're done, - Romero said along with Carmack.

  Alexa could only sigh at Carmack's estiius in programming. - Go ahe newers with their Crash video game; the boss wants the game to be good. He has many pns for it and hopes that the game bee a franchise like Mario. - said, Alexa.

  Carmad Romero stopped to look at Alexa. - You know a lot about the boss's future projects. Do you have a clear idea of what the boss expects to allocate for future video games? - Carmack asked.

  -It's crazy. You ask him. He'll e in Juo renew tracts. He hopes that the future he has budgeted for the pany will ence you to join for another six years. - Alexa said with a suspicious look. Even Brian himself didn't know and was pletely curious, but he k was something business-reted that Alexa would guard with secrecy.

  -I hate you. - said Carmack, going to the roup to make the corresponding tributions. The game designs would be handed over to a small team at Pixar, sisting of novices and some experts w extra hours food pay and the love they had for making adjustments to the design and mapping of worlds already outlined in Billy's instrual guides, now assembled with his ic work team, handling the plicated tasks.

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