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		munificent on Aug 26, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Crunch Mode Doesn't Work (2005) I, too, worked for EA on sports titles. Superman Returns was worse: 9 months of 60+ hour, 6 days a week crunch.

sitkack on Aug 26, 2014 [–]

Did you see a super huge payback on those hours or was it just life force draining from your shell?

munificent on Aug 27, 2014 | [–]

Well, the game tanked, we didn't get huge bonuses and next to no comp time so... mostly just drained life force.

It was a technically challenging project, though, and I learned a lot on it.

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