First and foremost I had the utmost pleasure of attending the 2010 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. I had an absolute BLAST. I loved meeting new people, exploring the city, learning about the new buzz going on in the industry -- it was all fantastic. There were a lot of highlights and it is difficult to name them so I'll condense them into this small, detail-less list: I "escaped" from Alcatraz on the Wednesday before the conference, played awesome games at Gamma4, hollered at the IGF, took notes furiously during tons of kickass sessions, and stared in awe at the mysterious "Phaedrus" (pictured below) during his truly inspiring talk. 
It was great to see some old friends there and even more fun to root one of them on during the Game Design Challenge on Friday.
I met a lot of wonderful people and had the pleasure of chatting with several reps from various Boston based studios. I sent in my applications for them last Thursday, and I am excitedly/totally impatiently waiting for their response (which is incredibly difficult). It is my goal to spend my summer back home (for the first time since being in college) before I never again have summer vacations. The silence I'm receiving since sending my resume is taking a toll on my confidence, but I'm doing my best to keep my head up without getting my hopes there too.
My final year of college is approaching, and I've made some big decisions that are going to shape how it pans out. I've got a badass capstone project team for the year, and I'm confident that we'll come together to create something awesome. I've decided to take Japanese as an elective and dive back into the pain and joy of learning a new language. I'm going to try to get my science requirement out of the way during the summer so I can take 4 classes a semester instead of 5 to focus more time on my capstone project and whatever else is thrown my way.
I've been listening to some pretty kickass music, some of it from movie composers that pop up during my countless hours of Top Gear watching, and some of it from various artists that I listen to while dancing around my apartment, itching to get myself back into the studio.
Life has been crazy good, as always, and likewise I keep on smilin'.
I met a lot of wonderful people and had the pleasure of chatting with several reps from various Boston based studios. I sent in my applications for them last Thursday, and I am excitedly/totally impatiently waiting for their response (which is incredibly difficult). It is my goal to spend my summer back home (for the first time since being in college) before I never again have summer vacations. The silence I'm receiving since sending my resume is taking a toll on my confidence, but I'm doing my best to keep my head up without getting my hopes there too.
My final year of college is approaching, and I've made some big decisions that are going to shape how it pans out. I've got a badass capstone project team for the year, and I'm confident that we'll come together to create something awesome. I've decided to take Japanese as an elective and dive back into the pain and joy of learning a new language. I'm going to try to get my science requirement out of the way during the summer so I can take 4 classes a semester instead of 5 to focus more time on my capstone project and whatever else is thrown my way.
I've been listening to some pretty kickass music, some of it from movie composers that pop up during my countless hours of Top Gear watching, and some of it from various artists that I listen to while dancing around my apartment, itching to get myself back into the studio.
Life has been crazy good, as always, and likewise I keep on smilin'.
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