New Gendai Game Jobs
Photics
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A little trick I learned while running a Guild Wars fansite... if you want to see what a secretive gaming company is up to, see if they're hiring.
http://gendaigames.com/careers/
There are new job postings, so that's a good sign. Although, I was surprised by one of the jobs... Education & Technical Writing ...it's in Austin. Bah, why hasn't telecommuting caught on already? That's a good job. There are some other cool web development jobs. I'm not sure what's up with Los Angeles. If Gendai Games is in Austin, Texas... then what's going on in LA?
...and it makes me wonder... why is Gendai Games coming to New York? ...just to go to a comic convention where they're not exhibiting? ...and why isn't there more east coast gaming acting? It's mostly a bunch of boring financial jobs.
If I go tonight to Times Square, I can ask these questions in person.
http://gendaigames.com/careers/
There are new job postings, so that's a good sign. Although, I was surprised by one of the jobs... Education & Technical Writing ...it's in Austin. Bah, why hasn't telecommuting caught on already? That's a good job. There are some other cool web development jobs. I'm not sure what's up with Los Angeles. If Gendai Games is in Austin, Texas... then what's going on in LA?
...and it makes me wonder... why is Gendai Games coming to New York? ...just to go to a comic convention where they're not exhibiting? ...and why isn't there more east coast gaming acting? It's mostly a bunch of boring financial jobs.
If I go tonight to Times Square, I can ask these questions in person.
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I get the feeling that the future of GameSalad is no longer going to be quite so focused on "the rest of us" and will become more focused on selling a more robust/feature rich development environment to more serious development companies that have larger development spending budgets. Its how Unity make most of their money.... from corporate clients buying site licenses of the professional level version of the software.
Investors dont give two hoots about the little indie guy and his $99 investment.... they want the big fish, willing to spend big bucks. So theres a good chance that the whole Gendai eco-system is going to change now that theyre investor led.
Its just how business works....
...and I see you changed your avatar.
I think about leaving New York often, but there are problems everywhere. Texas... oil spills, hurricanes, tornadoes, hot weather, big bugs, big state. I think I would enjoy chatting with some right wing republicans, but I would likely be viewed as an outsider.
In New York, it's expensive out here... but life expectancy is the highest in the nation. There's lots to do. When it snows, it's usually plowed away by morning. Most of my friends and family live in the tri-state area. I'm also used to the fast pace of life here. I don't think I could slow down. I'd get bored or frustrated.
Property is cheap in Austin though...
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Austin_TX
Not sure why I told you this, as it's pretty off topic. I just get tired of the Texas stereotypes, so try to dispel some when I can
HATED IT!!!
Just dirty and dry. It's nothing like it's portrayed on TV. Even the palm trees and nasty and shaggy except maybe one row that they film for TV.
It's the only place on earth where the average person will actually ask you what you do for a living before they even know your name.
I'd much rather live in Texas any day.
And you're right, L.A is a DUMP
http://opencarry.org/tx.html
If I can't carry my guns out in the open, why relocate?! :-D Seriously, I didn't imagine Austin Texas as some shotgun carrying, cowboy hat wearing, republican nirvana. Well... maybe a little... ha ha. Big cities are usually more liberal. No cowboy hats?! I'm disappointed.
I did some reading on wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas ...and some misconceptions were cleared up. I thought Houston was the capital of Texas. It's not, Austin is the capital.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas
While I don't own one at the moment, I could bring my own horse. My igloo might melt during the caravan ride down though...
*sniff*
Really brings a tear to my eye.
Why can't they bring back Wing Commander and give Mark Hamill his old role back. He isn't working on any more Joker voice-overs should he should have some spare time.
http://www.ncsoft.com/en/jobs/austin.html
They try to make a convincing argument, but I still like New York better.
Here's some speculation...
1) The GameSalad Team is making an official book. I noticed that there's usually a lot of hoopla when someone in the community does something extraordinary. However, I've not seen any official mention of the textbook... not on the main page... not on the blog... nothing. Perhaps they don't like it or view it in conflict with their own plans. Perhaps they hired their own writer and decided to do things on their own.
2) It was viewed as redundant. Maybe they really like the textbook... and videos by tshirtbooth / Weswog... and examples by Orbz... and felt this was an area that they could save money. They haven't been bringing in money since the GameSalad Direct® fiasco, so maybe the GameSalad team eliminated the position for elimination in order to save money.
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I'm not sure what's going on. It is interesting to think about. I doubt that they're creating their own textbook. Heh, I think anyone who's interested in buying a book already has mine. So, what happened?
Meanwhile, I was recently contacted by a college to have my book available for their class. Somewhere in the world, there's a college bookstore that ordered multiple copies of my book. I think it's great that students will be meeting and discussing GameSalad — and my book is part of the conversation.
Education is an awesome angle for GameSalad. I think it's a phenomenal learning tool. That's probably the best way to promote the software and set it apart from the competitors in this market. I'm not sure what's going on, so that's why I checked. The position is not listed anymore. Something happened and it's an interesting mystery to me.