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Lead Producer in the Haus!
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VGDC is in for a big treat tonight. Aspiring to work in the industry sometime in your life? Get ready! We have Lead Producer Jason Fader from Obsidian Entertainment who will be dropping by and giving us a chat. Jason has personally worked on several well known big video game titles that pretty much any gamer is familiar with. You will learn more about him and get a chance ask questions like how it is like to be one of the leads. Make sure you ditch plans tonight and stick around and hear more from our special guest tonight.
1-31: Feargus Urquhart of Obsidian
Feargus Urquhart, CEO of Obsidian Entertainment, will be speaking at the VGDC about project management this Monday. This is a great opportunity to learn from a long time industry veteran, so be sure not to miss this one!
Feargus’ Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feargus_Urquhart
Speaker 11-1: Ron Hodge
Ron Hodge has worked in the game industry since 1995 in testing, production, and design, and has worked at a number of different companies including Interplay, THQ, and Javagrounds. He’ll be speaking to the club about surviving in the industry, negotiation with publishers, and the flow of game design in the industry.
He’s also looking for experienced students interested in helping with the development of a proof of concept 3d shooter, so you more experienced CS majors should be sure not to miss this one, it could be a good opportunity for some of you.
Speaker 10-18 : Richard Yale of Vortex Games
Richard Yale, President and Founder of Vortex Games will be speaking to the VGDC this coming Monday about the process of starting and running a small game company. Richard graduated from UCI in 2008, and started Vortex Games in February of this year. More info on Vortex Games here: http://www.VortexGamesInc.com
Richard also runs a blog about the experience of running his company, which is an interesting read for anyone who’s thinking about trying that after graduating. http://blog.vortexgamesinc.com/
This should be an interesting meeting, don’t miss it!
***POSTPONED*** Speaker, Paul Foster
Paul Foster, CEO of Pick Up And Play Games will be dropping by on (***POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!***). He’ll talk about his experience running his mobile gaming studio, as well as what it was like running Angel Studios before being acquired by Rockstar Games to become Rockstar, San Diego. Foster has been in the game industry for almost 20 years, and carries with him a wide range of experience.
We hope to see you there!
