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[SD-Ness]

Anyone actually in the video game industry?

I'm wondering what its actually like. What's your job? How do you like it? What do you do? Questions like that...

 

[neptunes]

FMT
nathkenn
the bookerman to my knowledge

 

[element]

me

 

[ge-man]

bishoptl
FortNinety
CrazyMoogle

Those are just a few off the top of my head. There's quite a few industry folks who hang out here.

 

[belgurdo]

If that's true, then:

MORE BOOBS
MORE BLOOD
NO STEALTH PLZ

 

[Naked Snake]

If that's true, then:

MORE MANCROTCH
MORE BARECHEST
360 DEGREE FREE CAM PLZ

Fixed.

Also add Leguna to the list.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Not sure if I've seen him here at Neo GAF, but Gazunta works on the Ty games.

 

[Ferrarisimo]

Word

 

[rastex]

Kind of

 

[Crazymoogle]

Ask specific questions, get specific answers. Usually.

 

[pcostabel]

*raises hand*

 

[Patrick Klepek]

does being a half-assed freelance hack of a journalist count?

 

[Dyne]

Kind of

Me too.. I do prerelease stuff for EA. I'm doing co-op for University for them later.

 

[rastex]

Me too.. I do prerelease stuff for EA. I'm doing co-op for University for them later.

I'm a co-op there now. It seriously rocks, and I really hope they like me enough for me to come back!

 

[Jesiatha]

*raises hand*

ditto

 

[ManaByte]

Yes

 

[Ferrarisimo]

Dyne and Rastex. Are you guys in the Stanford and USC programs? Which studios are you interning at (I assume you're interning)?

 

[Seth C]

does being a half-assed freelance hack of a journalist count?

No. Otherwise there are too many of us here.

 

[rastex]

I go to University of Waterloo.

I'm interning at the Redwood Shores studio. EAHQ

 

[jedimike]

There's a few MS folks that hang out here... the 2 I know for sure are

Oxy(gen) and Jesiatha

 

[Ferrarisimo]

I go to University of Waterloo.

I'm interning at the Redwood Shores studio. EAHQ

Cool. We've got an intern from USC down here in the LA studio that is doing great work for us. I would bring him onboard after he graduates in a heartbeat if it were up to me.

The co-op program has proven great for us so far.

 

[rastex]

I've been hearing that a lot. I have a lot to live up to...

but I think I'm up for it. This is an opportunity of a lifetime so can't be lazy and botch it up.

 

[Chopin Trusty Balls]

Here,but i am leaving in September,once i got my Master i probobly go somewhere non gaming related.

 

[SuperPac]

I used to be a games journalist. Does that count? My secret "getting hired" technique was that I already lived close to the office--they didn't have to move me.

 

[mattx5]

I used to be a games journalist. Does that count?

Are you CJ? If so, when did you stop writing for EGM? I've missed the last couple of issues, but wanted to start subscribing again. But now that you've stopped writing for EGM..... I have no reason to re-subscribe. Is Crispin still working there at least? He's like one of the only veterans left (I assume Shoe's still there?)

 

[nathkenn]

yeah me, EA tiburon

 

[Funky Papa]

I used to be a games journalist. Does that count? My secret "getting hired" technique was that I already lived close to the office--they didn't have to move me.

Car magazine journalists are not part of the automobile industry, so I wouldn't say that gaming journalists are part of the videogame industry

 

[DMczaf]

yeah me, EA tiburon

 

[SuperPac]

Yep, that's me. I stopped writing for EGM at the end of March. Last issue was the June '04 mag with KOTOR 2 on the cover. I left to do something new/different for a while.

 

[GamerzXtreme]

*Raises Hand*

then ducks...

 

[mattx5]

Yep, that's me. I stopped writing for EGM at the end of March. Last issue was the June '04 mag with KOTOR 2 on the cover. I left to do something new/different for a while.

Well, good luck with whatever your future may hold. I just wanted to let you know that I thoroughly enjoyed your writing while you were at EGM

 

[SuperPac]

Thanks! Glad someone liked my writing. ^_^;; It was good fun working there. EGM's got some great people and I was lucky to have worked with them. And I'm already working at another magazine, though there's less games coverage in this one.

 

[TekunoRobby]

Soon...

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

I used to be a qa tester, and had just started doing some design work before the ass company I worked for closed down our offices. I did that for 2 1/2 years after highschool. Now I'm going to school for a comp science degree. Just about to finish my generals next semester.

 

[Great Wasabi Man]

Got close I went for a character Design job at Ubi Soft when they were working on Batman and had an office in NY yet got interviewed for a game design job. I met a fat french canadian. He was a dick he asked me to set upa scenerio where the player had to find a switch. I um "borrowed" something from LTTP and the magic mirror bu changed it to fit batman. he responded well the player can just run around pushing stuff till they found the switch. I said heh and left. I felt like such an ass seeing how good the batman game tunrned out....riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

 

[Ferrarisimo]

Got close I went for a character Design job at Ubi Soft when they were working on Batman and had an office in NY yet got interviewed for a game design job. I met a fat french canadian. He was a dick he asked me to set upa scenerio where the player had to find a switch. I um "borrowed" something from LTTP and the magic mirror bu changed it to fit batman. he responded well the player can just run around pushing stuff till they found the switch. I said heh and left. I felt like such an ass seeing how good the batman game tunrned out....riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

The French are better than you. Don't you see that yet?

 

[Great Wasabi Man]

lol

 

[Dyne]

Dyne and Rastex. Are you guys in the Stanford and USC programs? Which studios are you interning at (I assume you're interning)?

Simon Fraser University with EA Canada. EA Canada is absolutely breathtaking; great facility. Both are 15-20 minutes away.

 

[NetMapel]

To all Canadian EA Interns, I am a student at the University of Western Ontario going on to second year (Business program), and am planning on becoming an intern in the Human Resource department sometime in the future. Can you guys give me some ideas on the possibility of being hired, and which season would be the best/easiet to become an intern there ? Right now I'm thinking about next summer, so give me your thoughts ! Thanks !!!

Oh, and just so you know, I want to apply to its Burnaby campus, and since my home is in Vancouver, I don't think accomodation and stuff will be a problem !

 

[Mr_Furious]

I do

 

[Necroscope]

Yes

 

[rastex]

To all Canadian EA Interns, I am a student at the University of Western Ontario going on to second year (Business program), and am planning on becoming an intern in the Human Resource department sometime in the future. Can you guys give me some ideas on the possibility of being hired, and which season would be the best/easiet to become an intern there ? Right now I'm thinking about next summer, so give me your thoughts ! Thanks !!!

Oh, and just so you know, I want to apply to its Burnaby campus, and since my home is in Vancouver, I don't think accomodation and stuff will be a problem !

My girlfriend goes to Western, she's in science though

I don't know about EAC (EA Canada) but it looks like EARS (Redwood Shores) does a lot of their internships in the summer. But that's because they take in a lot of American students. Another thing about EARS is that all the business/marketing/hr/pr interns I've met have all just finished their undergrad careers or are already doing their masters. But it's never too early to start applying, just start applying now, I mean today, like right now, find contacts that type of thing and if they want you they'll make it happen.

 

[NetMapel]

My girlfriend goes to Western, she's in science though

I don't know about EAC (EA Canada) but it looks like EARS (Redwood Shores) does a lot of their internships in the summer. But that's because they take in a lot of American students. Another thing about EARS is that all the business/marketing/hr/pr interns I've met have all just finished their undergrad careers or are already doing their masters. But it's never too early to start applying, just start applying now, I mean today, like right now, find contacts that type of thing and if they want you they'll make it happen.

Appreciate your help, on their website, it says I should contact my school's co-op/intern counceller about this. I'm now wondering whether or not I should phone EAC first and kind of make myself known to them first before discussing this with a counceller when I return to Western. I am tempted to phone in and just ask a few questions and make myself known in EAC first, but I wonder if they'll remember me in a year from now on ^_^v

Oh, and this is EAC's co-op website http://jobs.ea.com/coop/index.html

 

[IgeL]

Yes. (Finland)

 

[Dyne]

Appreciate your help, on their website, it says I should contact my school's co-op/intern counceller about this. I'm now wondering whether or not I should phone EAC first and kind of make myself known to them first before discussing this with a counceller when I return to Western. I am tempted to phone in and just ask a few questions and make myself known in EAC first, but I wonder if they'll remember me in a year from now on ^_^v

Oh, and this is EAC's co-op website http://jobs.ea.com/coop/index.html

Yep, that's the page I showed to my high school counseller. Heh. I still have to finish at least a year of university before I'm allowed co-op though.

I've been pursuing this for a while now, but I know I'll have an attractive resume with the prerelease work with them.

 

[GDGF]

Not now but soon. I've just now transfered from my current university to take ITT Tech's Bachelors in Game Design program, and hopefully I'll be in the mix in a few years.

 

[Gahiggidy]

Does voluntary work count?

 

[Argyle]

Maybe.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Short answer: no.

 

[Alcibiades]

Does voluntary work count?

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