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The shroud of secrecy has been lifted! Want to see a real life, studio developed, commercially released game’s, game design document. Now is your chance. Anyone, and I mean anyone, who thinks they might someday want to design games needs to head over to the CrunchTime Games Website and download the design docs for Shred Nebula, an XBLA title. As . . . → Read More: Game Design Documents On the beach in Brighton reflecting on the morning session, some really interesting talks so far, and there has been no haranguing, just plain old co-operation and understanding from all the speakers whether they’re from education or industry. Jolyon from Blitz spoke eloquently about the perils and pitfalls of working with universities, but was wholeheartedly enthusiastic about . . . → Read More: Games:Edu so far NESTA today announced a £450k war chest to help foster innovation in the games industry. Four strands of activity have been announced to help new companies, small and growing companies, and even some bigger companies will get support to counteract the difficulties being caused by the current skills shortage. Following on by the coverage gained by the . . . → Read More: NESTA – Raise the Game Phew, what a night – 250 odd souls down in the vaults on the hottest day of the year networking their hearts out. Yes, it’s that time of year again when students come out of their 3 year long chrysalis that is university, blinking into the lights of the onrushing animation industry. Rabbits in headlights doesn’t quite . . . → Read More: Graduates, Graduates – as far as the eye can see… Blogging from the train today (thank you national express free wi-fi) and just needing to note a piece in today’s Guardian. A supplement on ‘How to Save Money’ includes a section by Tony Levine – the Guardian’s ‘consumer champion’ who remarks on the latest trend for students to demand refunds over what he describes as ‘non-delivery’. . . . → Read More: Get a refund from your university The full line up of speakers has been announced for next week’s industry get together in Newcastle, and it’s an impressive list. I’m looking forward to these: Laurent Malville, game content manager at Ubisoft Looking for a job? Think you’d be interested in working at Skillset and helping to shape the future of skills development in the UK? Then this might be of interest… Permanent Contract We are looking for an Interactive Media, Computer Games and Animation Administrator to provide first class administrative and secretarial support to the . . . → Read More: Skillset is Hiring |
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