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I happened to be up in the Seattle area this past weekend. As I vaguely remembered that Paizo was somewhere in that neck of the woods, I did a "search nearby" on Google Maps for Paizo Publishing, and it came up with an address in Bellevue (3245 146th Place Southeast, Bellevue, WA).
As I was at the time in a car heading south on 405 towards Bellevue (not driving, I hasten to add) I asked my friends to take a small diversion. We did so, but the building at that address has absolutely nothing to do with Paizo (who, it appears, are in fact located in Redmond).
It's easy enough to replicate the problem - just search on Google Maps for Seattle, then do a "search nearby" for Paizo Publishing. Alternatively, just type the text "paizo publishing loc: Seattle, WA" into the Google Maps search box.
Fortunately it only cost us about 5 minutes, so my friends are still speaking to me. And I did at least get a halfway decent picture of the Saturday afternoon sky reflected in the windows of the building . . .
I believe that address is two offices ago.
Edit: I should add, however, that even if you had located the correct building, there wouldn't be much to see. It looks like an ordinary office complex, and we don't offer tours.
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Tours would be awesome. You could set up the cubicles behind glass and watch the creative process "in the wild". Also like at the zoo you could have little signs with brief histories of who you are observing. The signs should be formatted in standard stat block layout to avoid confusion.
Along with signs reminding the public to not feed the wild animals.
No tours means no incidental lawsuits due to the antics of the office goblins.
And the cave raptors.
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My Wife got a tour right after they moved into their current location. I suppose the no tours policy has been changed since then.
Are we supposed to believe that this is entirely coincidental?
I didn't expect a tour - i was just wondering if there was a sign outside the building or something (kind of like taking photographs of the signs at the entrance to National Parks. Not that I'd do anything like that, of course.)
I believe that address is two offices ago.
I was just wondering if there was a sign outside the building or something (kind of like taking photographs of the signs at the entrance to National Parks. Not that I'd do anything like that, of course.)
There isn't—it really looks like Just Another Office Building. :D
Admit it, you pay Google to show your old address to prevent some good-doers from finding your villainous HQs and meddling in your world-domination plans.
There isn't—it really looks like Just Another Office Building. :DI was just wondering if there was a sign outside the building or something (kind of like taking photographs of the signs at the entrance to National Parks. Not that I'd do anything like that, of course.)
Kind of like a real-life version of the Batcave, except without the stately Wayne manor.
If you can make a high enough will-save to beat Lisa's casting, then you can find it.
I think it's more of a screen.
Remember, just because they don't offer tours doesn't mean you can't bribe your way in with food/treats =p
This has been known to work in the past...
A tour of the Paizo Offices would be an awesome prize for something run at PaizoCon. ;P
Remember, just because they don't offer tours doesn't mean you can't bribe your way in with food/treats =pThis has been known to work in the past...
Sooo, how many pizzas one would have to bring to be let in (and how many cookies he would have to bring to be let out afterwards)?
Sooo, how many pizzas one would have to bring to be let in (and how many cookies he would have to bring to be let out afterwards)?Remember, just because they don't offer tours doesn't mean you can't bribe your way in with food/treats =pThis has been known to work in the past...
Many pizzas, over the course of many years, and you assume that we'd want to keep you after you gave us pizzas. ;)
Ogre: Didn't you go to Paizo once? Or at least were in the parking lot. ;)
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Paizo deliberately obfuscates the location of their headquarters to minimize the number of fans killed by the auto-turrets on the roof.
Chief Technical Officer
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Admit it, you pay Google to show your old address to prevent some good-doers from finding your villainous HQs and meddling in your world-domination plans.
We don't want people to find us... for their own safety.
Paizo deliberately obfuscates the location of their headquarters to minimize the number of fans killed by the auto-turrets on the roof."...Are you still there...?"
I actually use that on my cell phone to remind me of any messages I'm ignoring. You know, you don't hear the first notification so the phone nags every five minutes telling you you've missed a text or BBM or e-mail.
In fact, I use the turrets for all my notifications. "Why?!?" is work e-mail. "I'm different!" is my personal e-mail. "Hey" is basic text and "helloooooo?" is my BBM notifier.
Good stuff.