This summer, I was lucky enough to get an internship working as QA at Hi-Rez Studios, an Atlanta based developer behind the MMO shooter Global Agenda. I admit that I was a bit nervous, as a few of my classmates didn’t see the job as the most… respected position. With responses ranging from “Playtesting intern? […]
http://www.igda.org/RoadMap2011 The IGDA recently published their 2011 roadmap, a yearlong plan of events for both professional developers and students interested in breaking into the industry. I had an opportunity to read through the it inbetween classes today, and the student focused events in particular are pretty excited.
Day 4 Thursday started off with a meeting with the executive producer of a game studio I applied for a summer job with. Thanks to the help of some fantastic people I met the day before, I was able to get a face to face talk with my first boss. I got the lowdown on […]
Zach and I woke up, grabbed a quick bite to eat, and began walking for the Moscone Center. We were eager to get good seats because the presentation was a speech given by Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo. We arrived 30 minutes early, just in time to watch an ocean of people pretend to be […]
After a fair bit of effort to get into the city via public transportation, I arrived at the IGDA chapter meeting (kinda late, but thankfully not the last person to show up) and listened in as they discussed developments within the organization. After the meeting ended, I had a chance to go around and introduce […]
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