superannuation

"Environment Artist Idol Minds (Privately Held; Computer Games industry) January 2008 — October 2009..."

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:17:00 -0800

“Environment Artist
Idol Minds
(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)
January 2008 — October 2009 (1 year 10 months)
Modeling, Lighting, and Texturing Props/Levels for the PS3

Projects:
- Unannounced PS3 Blu-Ray title”

- http://www.linkedin.com/in/morrisondaniel

http://n3rfed.blogs.com/n3rfed/2009/10/in-which-i-briefly-return-from-work-and-twitter.html

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:20:00 -0800

http://n3rfed.blogs.com/n3rfed/2009/10/in-which-i-briefly-return-from-work-and-twitter.html:

So, until last month, there was a 2K Games studio in Austin—staffed with ex-NCSoft folks—working on MMO version of one of the company’s strategy franchises, probably Civilization.

If you are a publicly traded company and have a studio like this for a year but never care to disclose that sort of expenditure to shareholders, isn’t that sort of, uh, illegal?

"Software Director Rare Ltd(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)August 2009 — November 2009 (4..."

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:10:28 -0800

“Software Director
Rare Ltd
(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)
August 2009 — November 2009 (4 months)
Managed a large team of engineers working on a tight schedule to go from pre-production to finished product in a year. Project cancelled due to changing business environment.”

- http://www.linkedin.com/in/bjornmadsen

(I know I posted about this previously, but cancellation is a development.)

"Senior ProducerBioWare(Public Company; ERTS; Computer Games industry) January 2008 — June 2009 (1..."

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:50:44 -0800

“Senior Producer
BioWare
(Public Company; ERTS; Computer Games industry)
January 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 6 months)
Senior Producer for unreleased original IP”

- http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielroy

"Agent (EA-Bioware)"

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:00:32 -0800

“Agent (EA-Bioware)”

- http://www.linkedin.com/in/dmitryboyko

I’m going to take a leap and guess this is what Revolver was…

"Character Technical Director (Lead Rigger)LucasArts (Privately Held; Computer Games..."

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:17:24 -0800

“Character Technical Director (Lead Rigger)
LucasArts
(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)
September 2008 — July 2009 (11 months)…

Instrumental in the cancelation of the next generation Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings for Playstation 3 and XBOX 360 that was written by Steven Spielberg, due to poor gameplay and a low predictable fun factor score determined by me.”

- http://www.linkedin.com/in/brentzorich

I’m sorry, but I kind of find it hard to believe that (a) the game was written by Spielberg (maybe the story) and (b) that “predictable fun factor score” is an actual metric at LucasArts (I played Lucidity and enjoyed it, but wasn’t exactly Peggle).

A Gwen Stefani-tastic Band Hero medley.For the common good of...

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:41:19 -0800

A Gwen Stefani-tastic Band Hero medley.

For the common good of humanity, don’t remove this Activision legal team.

"3d Environment Modeler, Rockstar San Diego August 2003 -..."

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:18:18 -0800

“3d Environment Modeler, Rockstar San Diego August 2003 - July 2004
Model, texture low poly environments for upcoming PS2/Xbox title. …

Game Titles
Rockstar San Diego
Upcoming Playstation 2 / Xbox title “Agent”.”

- http://www.benbathen.com/MELscripts/BenBathenResume.pdf

So I guess it was multiplatform back then.

"Rockstar Games San Diego, CA 3D Artist Oct 2003-Feb 2008…Environment artist onAgent. Created city..."

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:38:37 -0800

“Rockstar Games San Diego, CA
3D Artist Oct 2003-Feb 2008…

Environment artist onAgent.
Created city structures, textures, and props.
[W]as also chosen to join a small team of artists for overseas photo shoot to gather reference in Cairo, Egypt.
This small team of 4 gathered over 10,000 photographs of the city of Cairo within five days. ”

- http://www.bthekid3d.com/william%20kidwell_resumev5.pdf

Rockstar San Diego’s Agent is not new, but if there is a connection between the two projects—which seems likely—one has to wonder if this Cairo research has any influence on the present Rockstar North version. (Of course, Agent almost certainly has not actually been in active development for five or however many years.)

Johnny Cash, Kurt Cobain, and Matt Bellamy cover Flor...

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:19:17 -0800

Johnny Cash, Kurt Cobain, and Matt Bellamy cover Flor Rida’s “Low.”

For the common good of humanity, don’t remove this Activision legal team.

"am looking for extreme gamers that play shooter games like Call of duty, halo, left 4 dead, and..."

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:47:17 -0800

“am looking for extreme gamers that play shooter games like Call of duty, halo, left 4 dead, and metal gear; who are interested in doing a casual gig creating a video blog for an audience of extreme gamers.

It doesn’t matter where you live as long as you have the capability to record yourself at home and upload video. Our office is located out of Hollywood.

Ichat and skype are good to have to.

If you or someone you know is interested please email me with the header GAMER! and i’ll email you the audition specs.

extreme Gamers only!!”

- http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/tlg/1454434512.html

“extreme gamers” sounds like it would be a running joke on a gaming podcast I don’t listen to.

"I’m looking for someone with loads of experience with the Orcs on Warcraft 3 who would be..."

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:42:33 -0800

“I’m looking for someone with loads of experience with the Orcs on Warcraft 3 who would be willing to give me a few private lessons. I have a friend who introduced me to the game and I would like to be competitive with him and online faster than if I just sat down and poured in the hours figuring everything out myself. I’m already a not-too-horrible player, so it’s really the finer points of the game I’m looking to learn.
I’m willing to pay $10/hour. Any takers?”

- http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/cpg/1448112727.html

I though Orcs were only in World of Warcraft.

"Model needed for photoshoot (3 hrs, tops) Working on a strict deadline for a major publication. Must..."

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:40:53 -0800

“Model needed for photoshoot (3 hrs, tops)

Working on a strict deadline for a major publication. Must be comfortable with (at least, partial) nudity and props. This is a photoshoot for a video game magazine, so the props will be related to various games, and provided for you.”

- http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/crg/1449342779.html

Obviously for dudebros only.

"Remember the restaurant scene in When Harry Met Sally? “I’ll have what she’s having!” We..."

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:36:37 -0800

“Remember the restaurant scene in When Harry Met Sally? “I’ll have what she’s having!” We need female vocals w/ a French accent for a comic and slightly raunchy Battle of the Sexes video game, to be released next year. Native speaker preferred.”

- http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/tlg/1460644086.html

Can’t be worse than Battle of the Bands, right?

"A new video gaming webisode is seeking a sexy female host/gamer reporting current news, releases and..."

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:57:43 -0800

“A new video gaming webisode is seeking a sexy female host/gamer reporting current news, releases and tips/tricks in the gaming world.
Breakdown: you have to look young to appeal to the gamer crowd (19-23) if you’re 30 and look the age, that’s ok. Basic knowledge of video game controls is a plus, but not necessary. The willingness to learn basic controls is what’s important. You will be given a 1 1/2 - 3 page script per shoot. Well start with one shoot per week. Pay is $150 -$250 for about a 2 hr. shoot. Non-union. Female casting director at auditions. Auditions start 11/2 - 11/9. Time TBD. Auditions are invite only.”

- http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/tfr/1440317401.html

If auditions are invite-only, why post it on Craigslist?

"The Director of Product will establish and lead the product management team responsible for..."

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:31:39 -0800

“The Director of Product will establish and lead the product management team responsible for successfully operating and monetizing PopCap’s first set of massively multiplayer online and social casual games throughout the Asia/Pacific region.”

- http://jobs.chinahr.com/html/2009-09/11/20080311013445000038.htm

PopCap MMO? Strange (and probably will never make its way stateside).

http://creativeheads.net/Jobs.aspx?CompanyID=21578

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:08:29 -0800

http://creativeheads.net/Jobs.aspx?CompanyID=21578:

In the past two weeks, Tony Hawk Ride developers Robomodo have posted fifteen or so new openings in relation to an unannounced extreme sports game.

I guess Activision is quite confident in Tony Hawk Ride.

http://disclosures.house.gov/lc/lcxmlrelease/2009/MM/700115020.xml

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:12:22 -0800

http://disclosures.house.gov/lc/lcxmlrelease/2009/MM/700115020.xml:

The contributions of Entertainment Software Assocation Political Action Committee during the first half of 2009.

"[Julian Casablancas:] I’ve always had a serious desire to design video games, too. Mostly..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:30:38 -0800

“

[Julian Casablancas:] I’ve always had a serious desire to design video games, too. Mostly because there are a few things about video games that drive me nuts. Like, when you’re playing a car game and you think, “Why can’t I make a right turn here?” Or when you’re James Bond and you can’t turn around and shoot the guy because you aim at the ceiling and then the floor.

Pitchfork: Maybe you’re just not that good at these games.

JC: [Laughs] No, I’m not explaining myself well.

Pitchfork: Do you have an idea for your own video game?

JC: No. I mean, yes…but I can’t bring myself to get into it. It’s embarrassing.

Pitchfork: C’mon.

JC: I have this one crazy idea. Do you remember Mario Kart for Nintendo 64? Well, something like that but the cars would all be from movies and TV shows, like the 60s Batmobile or the “Knight Rider” one or the “Dukes of Hazzard” car. Stupid ideas like that. You end up playing a lot of video games on the road.

”

- http://pitchfork.com/news/37014-julian-casablancas-talks-solo-lp-strokes-video-games/

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77866548

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:14:37 -0800

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77866548:

Ubisoft has filed a trademark registration for Shadowbane for non-MMO gaming purposes.

Was that a popular enough brand to warrant a spin-off?