So Tim lost his job. Oh well.
Let me explain. Tim is an animator, he draws stuff. Currently he works for Rare, a computer game studio owned by Microsoft. It seems that this industry, like most industries based around the arts, is pretty fickle and unstable. When there’s work on it’s great, when there isn’t then there’s a whole load of talented people all looking for work doing the same thing. His contract was only ever short — 3 months I think initially extended to 6 months — working on the little rip-off Wii Mii things Microsoft are releasing as part of their XBox 360 dashboard enhancements this autumn. He heard today that they wouldn’t be extending his contract simply because they don’t have any work for them to do. [read more]