Where to begin? Probably should start at the beginning, I started playing games when I was 2 or 3 years old, basically as soon as I learned how to hold it and push buttons from watching my Dad play 007: Golden Eye, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Over the years my tastes in games have changed similarly to my other tastes, they have gone from mystical adventure games such as; Zelda, Portal, Oblivion, Mario, etc. to game that are more aggressive and "mature" like; Gears of War, Halo, Call of Duty, etc.. However, currently my taste has gone more on the lines of indie games like; Terraria, Risk of Rain, Rogue Legacy, Garry's Mod, etc. although Zelda probably won't get pulled from my Number One game slot.Currently I am 17 years old, and despite managing my time well, probably end up playing more games than is necessary, but who cares? It makes me happy, I get to meet new people, talk to old friends, relax and just play. It's what keeps me sane a lot of the time. As far as career plans go I don't really have one right now, I would like to do something with games since they are my passion but that's fairly unlikely due to my lack of artistic capabilities. However, if I ever get the chance I think the best place I could ever work is with Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma on the Legend of Zelda development teams. If I can't do that the next best thing would have to be Nintendo America branch, because they can get onto game dev. teams at Nintendo HQ in Japan.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
That Gamer's Background
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You could be a game tester at Nintendo, or Microsoft. Dillion, and Aaron both did that. :), it'd be a good start, and expose you to the industry. Also, you don't have to be an artist to be in games. You could be a coder. And those guys make big $$.
ReplyDeleteI personally have always wanted to do that. Haven't really figured out how to get into the business though.
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