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I got a strange mail today, from a recruiter who got me the chance of doing an animation test for Ninja Theory Ltd this summer. He had forwarded a mail he got from Ninja Theory themselves. Containing a link:

http://www.split-screen.com/2009/10/23/first-animation-reel-of-ninja-theorys-enslaved/

Animator Markus Hammarstedt, whose previous experience includes GRIN’s Terminator Salvation and Massive Entertainment’s World in Conflict has worked on a special melee sequence animation for Ninja Theory, copyrighted in 2009. The animation only shows the basic punches and kicks – hopefully Ninja Theory will reveal the game soon enough and we can take a closer look at the weapon combat.

In other words, it implies that the animation is intended for Ninja Theory’s new game. And that I work for Ninja Theory. Wrong and wrong!
In the mail from Ninja Theory, they said they understands if this is not my fault. But they kindly ask me to mail this split-screen dudes and ask them to correct the information.
I of course did, and I also deleted the animation test from my Vimeo-page. Wouldn’t be good if this misunderstanding happens again.

Pretty weird thing though, do game journalists just make assumptions  on what they find on google? My video on vimeo did not say anything about this being a part of a game. And also, if they had found my portfolio site or my linkedin profile (which is easy to find if they had just googled my name) they would have found that I haven’t ever worked for Ninja Theory.
Strange indeed…