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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Developing Games? Be A Geek.

So my advice for any aspiring members of game development is pretty simple. If you’re a nerd, keep being a nerd.

Watch trashy sci-fi movies. Read comics. Watch the entire run of Stargate. Be able to quote lines from Doctor Who until your friends want to murder you. Immerse yourself in the book and movie versions of Lord of the Rings. Study the Matrix. James Bond. The whole range of John Woo movies. Be able to explain the mathematical underpinnings of gun-kata in Equilibrium.
-- Aliens, John Woo, and Stargate: How To Research A Game


That's Chris Avellone of Obsidian Entertainment (and Fallout 2) fame.



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