IGN:Things on Wheels Blog: Level Design

For those who have never developped video games, you would probably be surprised to see behind the scenes. Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's frustrating, sometimes it feels like not working and sometimes it's just an office job. Then you have to get down to level design!!
As this is written, three of the guys from the level design team are drinking coffee and playing GTA4 on a 42' HDTV.