I Found a book about information design that is a must have for any design student. It would be an invaluable source of information for anyone in 505. It costs about $40 at Borders, but you can get it for a lot less on Amazon. For the link, click here.
The Information Design Handbook
by Jenn + Ken Visocky O'Grady
Monday, December 14, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Cryptic Studios
During the course of my research I encountered a video interview with someone who works at Cryptic Studios. He talks about Cryptic's philosophy and what they look for in applicants. They also hire a lot of people without experience.
They're probably not hiring many people this time of the year, but it never hurts to become familiar with a company you're interested in working at. Cryptic Studios is located at:
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
VISITOR FEEDBACK
Feel free to express any questions, comments or experiences regarding the Game Developers' Conference or other conferences/expos - especially if it involves the cost of attending. Leave your name, email, and/or website so you can be given proper credit in the report.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Survey Q Ideas
1. How often do you attend conferences or expos related to the video game industry?
6. If employed, does your employer cover the cost of attending conferences and expos?
- Never
- 1 per year
- 2 per year
- 3 or more per year
- Never
- I've attended 1 or 2 times
- I've attended 3 or more times
- I attend every year
- Yes
- No
- Friends
- Online (ex: videos, forums, blogs, podcasts)
- Magazine/Newspaper
- TV
- Work
- School (Instructor/colleague)
- Other __________________________________________
- Yes
- No
6. If employed, does your employer cover the cost of attending conferences and expos?
- Yes
- No
- Testing upcoming games
- Seeing new technology and peripherals
- Hearing the latest industry news
- Networking with industry professionals
Experts
Yuzo Watanabe & Tobin Coziahr
Co-creators of the independent video game review podcast NoobToob. They live and work locally in San Francisco and attend various conferences and expos nationwide, including the SFGDC.
email
Yuzo: yuzo@noobtoob.com
Tobin: tobin@noobtoob.com
website
http://www.noobtoob.com/
____________________________________________________
Jane Veeder
Professor at San Francisco State University in the Design & Industry program.
email: jveeder@sfsu.edu
____________________________________________________
Joseph Sapp
IDGA Community Liaison.
joda -at- igda -dot- org
Co-creators of the independent video game review podcast NoobToob. They live and work locally in San Francisco and attend various conferences and expos nationwide, including the SFGDC.
Yuzo: yuzo@noobtoob.com
Tobin: tobin@noobtoob.com
website
http://www.noobtoob.com/
____________________________________________________
Jane Veeder
Professor at San Francisco State University in the Design & Industry program.
email: jveeder@sfsu.edu
____________________________________________________
Joseph Sapp
IDGA Community Liaison.
joda -at- igda -dot- org
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