I hope you never find out what it sounds like when a grown man yelps not out of pain, but from excitement. There’s nothing good about that strange noise, which I heard for the very first time while I was reading this job listing that was recently posted by Blizzard, the makers of Time Suck: Never Enough Loot and Time Suck II: Never Enough Pylons.
Blizzard appears to be searching for a senior software engineer to help remaster StarCraft, Warcraft III and Diablo II — three of the greatest video games of all time — for modern PCs.
In other news, I’m so screwed.
I spent hundreds of hours in StarCraft, but there’s a solid chance that I’ve spent thousands in Diablo II. It’s the only video game I’ve returned to at least once every year for a full decade after its release. That game shaped me into the demon-slaying badass socially awkward man child I am today. It was my third parent and my best friend, and — sweet jesus, that’s the saddest thing I’ve ever written.
You’ll find the job listing below. I need to go rethink my life for a little bit.
“Compelling stories. Intense multiplayer. Endless replayability. Qualities that made StarCraft, Warcraft III, and Diablo II the titans of their day. Evolving operating systems, hardware, and online services have made them more difficult to be experienced by their loyal followers or reaching a new generation.
We’re restoring them to glory, and we need your engineering talents, your passion, and your ability to get tough jobs done.”
