Off Topic 2014

[ubernoob]

Re: Off Topic 2014

I called and got information about it. It be 6200 for a bachelor degree. 32 months. After 4 months they send you a Mac Book Pro and A tablet that's preloaded with photoshop, game design programs and media programs allowing you to design and edit video.

The costs completely cover everything from books to the mac book (etc).

I found it by doing a Google search (lol) for top online game design universities of 2013-2014. I would love to go to a actual campus but I live in West Virginia. I think the closest schools might be Pittsburg or Philadelphia but I'm unsure how great they are.

I am not sure if I'm doing something wrong but I seem to struggle with actually finding a degree program for that field. Any help be wonderful.



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That's because that field is generally not one to get a degree in.

In all honesty, your best bet would be to go the comp sci route. Get a job in that field and then focus on making a portfolio showing what you can do in applying those skills. Start small, working on mods for games, mobile games, etc all the while building and refining your skills.

Working for a large developer out of college is really a pipe dream.

Look at job postings for places that you think would be a dream job for you... see what their qualifications and requirements are and start small. Rome wasn't built in a day.

We have a couple people on these boards that work as developers and if this is something you are truly serious about I'm sure they wouldn't mind giving a few pointers/jumping off points to you.

Editing for more stream of consciousness... a lot of people want to just jump in, partially due to where technology is today, and make the next big AAA game but if you look at these companies and where they got their start it was on simpler things like old DOS and "basic" games like that.

[Candyman5]

Re: Off Topic 2014

That's because that field is generally not one to get a degree in.

In all honesty, your best bet would be to go the comp sci route. Get a job in that field and then focus on making a portfolio showing what you can do in applying those skills. Start small, working on mods for games, mobile games, etc all the while building and refining your skills.

Working for a large developer out of college is really a pipe dream.

Look at job postings for places that you think would be a dream job for you... see what their qualifications and requirements are and start small. Rome wasn't built in a day.

We have a couple people on these boards that work as developers and if this is something you are truly serious about I'm sure they wouldn't mind giving a few pointers/jumping off points to you.

Editing for more stream of consciousness... a lot of people want to just jump in, partially due to where technology is today, and make the next big AAA game but if you look at these companies and where they got their start it was on simpler things like old DOS and "basic" games like that.

Do you know specifically anyone on the site from the field? I would live to message them and find out some tips. (Not that I don't value yours, lol)

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[jeremym480]

Re: Off Topic 2014

I just saw Kate Mara at the Perkins Rowe Starbucks in Baton Rouge. I would have asked for a pic, but she didn't have any makeup on.

When she ordered they asked her what her name was and she said Emma...Emma Stone.

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[jmood88]

Re: Off Topic 2014

I just saw Kara Mara at the Perkins Rowe Starbucks in Baton Rouge. I would have asked for a pic, but she didn't have any makeup on.

When she ordered they asked her what her name was and she said Emma...Emma Stone.

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Are you talking about Kate Mara? If so, you should tell her to sabotage Fantastic Four so that the rights go back to Marvel.

[BurghFan]

Re: Off Topic 2014

Do you know specifically anyone on the site from the field? I would live to message them and find out some tips. (Not that I don't value yours, lol)

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Pretty sure CMHooe does some sort of work in game design. The Gigggas does something with software design I think.

[jeremym480]

Re: Off Topic 2014

Are you talking about Kate Mara? If so, you should tell her to sabotage Fantastic Four so that the rights go back to Marvel.

Yeah, my bad Kate..

I would let her know but she's long gone now. My wife snapped a stealth pic.

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[Candyman5]

Re: Off Topic 2014

Pretty sure CMHooe does some sort of work in game design. The Gigggas does something with software design I think.

Is CMHooe is user name. Says invalid when I try to send a PM to him. Same with Gigggas.

[dickey1331]

Re: Off Topic 2014

Is CMHooe is user name. Says invalid when I try to send a PM to him. Same with Gigggas.

Both of them are mods, or used to be so try looking in the section where they list all the mods.

[TracerBullet]

Re: Off Topic 2014

Is CMHooe is user name. Says invalid when I try to send a PM to him. Same with Gigggas.

CM Hooe

and it's "The GIGGAS"

[kehlis]

Re: Off Topic 2014

I could be wrong but I don't think the Giggas was ever a mod.

[TracerBullet]

Re: Off Topic 2014

I could be wrong but I don't think the Giggas was ever a mod.

Pretty sure he was just a writer for the site so he did have a different colored name for a bit.

[NewscasterNews4]

Re: Off Topic 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn9XSCrr2V4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

These are some QB cadence impressions that I can do. I know the Kaepernick one is bad, but my voice kept cracking while doing his lol

[ubernoob]

Re: Off Topic 2014

It has happened. My annual "leave the house once a year and come back looking like someone painted me with a red paintbrush" excursion.

I'm in pain.

It's also stupid looking since I was sitting at the graduation with a dress sleeve with the sleeves rolled up by my elbows... so my forearms and up are pasty white and the lower half of my arms to my hands are beet red.

Then the sunglass line on my face and collar line on my neck. I feel like an idiot, but nothing I can do about it.

[jmood88]

Re: Off Topic 2014

It has happened. My annual "leave the house once a year and come back looking like someone painted me with a red paintbrush" excursion.

I'm in pain.

It's also stupid looking since I was sitting at the graduation with a dress sleeve with the sleeves rolled up by my elbows... so my forearms and up are pasty white and the lower half of my arms to my hands are beet red.

Then the sunglass line on my face and collar line on my neck. I feel like an idiot, but nothing I can do about it.

Shout out to melanin.

[ubernoob]

Re: Off Topic 2014

Shout out to melanin.

My body has no idea what that word means.