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Want to write about games?
Posted by Rockjaw in Breaking In, MMO-related on June 18th, 2008
This would be a damn good start.
Videogaming 247 – which exploded out of nowhere earlier this year and has almost effortlessly become my favourite gaming news site, bar none – is looking for writers.
You won’t get paid. You will get edited, but you will be edited by one of the All-Time Great Editors – Pat “I made C&VG cool” Garratt. (And quite frankly? We need more really good editors on gaming news sites, please.)
Most important of all, you’ll get published credits on a Very Good Site that’ll look fantastic on your CV.
If anyone out there reading this wants to get into the games industry or just wants to write about games like an obsessive nutjob (a la Garratt, who’s the kind of obsessive nutjob the industry needs much, much more of) then get your ass over to the site and apply pronto.
If nothing else, head over there to see if you would pass Pat’s 14-question ‘applicant test’ with flying colours or not.
Of students, MMOG-fests, and getting a job
Posted by Rockjaw in Breaking In, Jobsworth, MMO-related on June 8th, 2008
I’m a little behind on here, and as you’ll see, I’ll be going in reverse for the next few posts. Now I’ve done and dusted the MCM Expo write-up, here’s a few thoughts on a much more recent event; I’ll get back to UK Games Expo before too long, too.
This week was half-spent in the beautifully sunny and green surroundings of Stafford. In Staffordshire. At Staffordshire University. I was a guest of the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology, who had organised MMOG-fest 2008 to celebrate the launch of their new degree in Multiplayer Online Games Design.
I was attending primarily as a speaker, but also went to sell some games and just generally meet and greet with students and staff. Overall, I had a great time and I’m really glad I did go. Hopefully I managed to tell a few people things they might find useful, as well.
I fully intend (when I’m really happy with it, and that might be a while) to put some sort of summary of my talk on here. For now though, here’s just a few random thoughts about the event, students, and that tough nut they all want to crack: getting a first job in games. Read the rest of this entry »
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