I’ve spoken here on the blog about things you should do for your video game company (or for the company you want to be your video game company) but there are things your video game company should do for you. You should enjoy your work and be able to do it until you decide you [...]
7:45AM Wake up, get dressed. Eat breakfast of toast and tea. 8:30AM Head to the bus stop. Knit while waiting for and riding the bus. 9:00AM Arrive at work. Clear out email from the week of being home sick with swine flu. 9:30AM Get started on a modeled floor system for use by the level [...]
Yes, I probably have swine flu, and I probably caught it at PAX. I’m pretty sure I’m not going to die, and fortunately I have sick leave. That’s one of the benefits of the video games industry. It has its downsides, though. Don’t get me wrong, this is a pretty cool industry, but every pro [...]
Before I begin the next edition of “Getting into the video game industry,” I would like to point out that my very first Xbox 360 arrived today. I exercised incredible self control by actually going to work, and then going to yoga class after work, and now that I am home, I am blogging for [...]
“Me? Oh, I make video games.” This seems like a pretty innocuous statement. I mean, it’s just a job. It’s a fairly cool job (more on that later) but people have a lot of misconceptions about the industry and it tends to manifest in inaccurate statements. The two I hear most often? 1. “Oh, awesome! [...]