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What is a Video Game Systems Designer?

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Anyone who has played Minecraft can tell you the value a good crafting system adds to a game. But we don’t often think about...

Environment Artist Career Profile: Job Description and Salary Details

Jesse Jones-Read -
Have you ever been blown away by the scenery of a game? Who can forget their first trip to the towers and spires of...

Comic Illustrator Profile: Job Description and Salary Details

Jesse Jones-Read -
For as long as we’ve been around, humans have been telling stories. Stories drive, inspire, motivate, and teach us. The ability to look at...

Technical Artist Careers: Job Description and Salary Information

Jesse Jones-Read -
Making a video game requires a number of different skill sets. Developing the systems that allow the game to function is very different from...

Do You Really Need a Graphic Design Degree?

Bryan Wirtz -
Interactive media and entertainment have never been more prevalent. Talented designers visually communicate through fantastic and compelling pieces of digital media. Through savvy advertising...

How To Pitch the Perfect Video Game Idea

Bryan Wirtz -
Do you have an excellent idea for a game? Of course, you do! All of those times where you played games and thought, 'different mechanics...

Video Game Voice Acting: Starter Guide

Bryan Wirtz -
Video game audio had a pretty humble beginning nearly 5 decades ago. In essence, 8-bit music used a very simple synthesizer to create basic audio...

The Making Of A Great Motion Graphic Designer

Bryan Wirtz -
Anyone who has taken a seat on a Sunday night to catch a little show called Game of Thrones will be familiar with what...

Video Game Writer: Career Profile, Education, Job Opportunities

Bryan Wirtz -
Have you ever poured hours upon hours into a game like Final Fantasy VII, hanging onto every scrap of a story to see what...

VFX Artist Blueprint: Skills, Training, and Jobs

Bryan Wirtz -
Visual Effects has changed the face of film, games, and TV as we know them. With visual effects, creators can further immerse viewers and participants...

The Exciting Life of A Video Game Journalist

Bryan Wirtz -
In recent years, video game journalism has become a valid and booming business. Who would have thought 20 years ago that journalism wouldn't just...

Video Game Writer: Professional Profile

Bryan Wirtz -
Video Game Writer: Professional Profile It was back in the day when I booted up my PS2 to eagerly play the brand-new Final Fantasy game,...

Professional Profile: Video Game Producer

Bryan Wirtz -
The team behind all the video games we know and love is usually crammed with talented designers, artists, and programmers. They all work together...

How to Make Money From Your Indie Game

Bryan Wirtz -
We are reader-supported. Purchases made through links on our site may earn us a commission. Learn More. Whenever I’m on Steam, I see more advertisements...

Minimum Viable Product: What Does MVP in Gaming Mean?

Bryan Wirtz -
If you’re at all like me, you wanted to develop your own game when you got older. Obviously, when the time came, I learned it...

Visual Design Career Roadmap, Education Path, & Essential Skills

Bryan Wirtz -
Today’s world runs on graphical and visual aesthetics. The more user-friendly user interface, better layouts, more works that are pleasing to the eye. All...

Can a Video Game Design Certificate Help You?

Bryan Wirtz -
A video game design certificate is typically awarded to students who complete a 1- or 2-year intensive program on game design. A video game design...

A Video Game Designers Salary

Bryan Wirtz -
Before the success of gaming consoles, “video games” used to mean PC games. Then console popularity grew. Around the time of Xbox and the Wii,...

The Types of Video Game Design Jobs

Bryan Wirtz -
We are reader-supported. Purchases made through links on our site may earn us a commission. Learn More. It's something we'd all like to do, I'm...

What is a Storyboard Artist?

Bryan Wirtz -
Are you a comic book fan? Have you been drawing since a young age? Or maybe you just started and you’re actually pretty decent...

Unleash The Video Game Developer in You!

Bryan Wirtz -
We are reader-supported. Purchases made through links on our site may earn us a commission. Learn More. The Video Game Developer--an elusive, tempting career. Whether...

10 Tips To Crush Your Gaming Job Interview

Bryan Wirtz -
As more college graduates apply to jobs every year, the gaming industry only gets more and more competitive. So if you’re one of the lucky...

The Many Hats of A Video Game Creative Director: Decision-Maker, Asset Manager, & More

Bryan Wirtz -
Video games’ ‘creative director’ is a relatively new job title. The term comes from the shift from publishers to studios for the management of a...

Strong Cities for Gaming Careers

Dustin Tyler -
You thought you had solved the hardest question when you decided what you wanted to do -- design games. Now you’re here because you’re...

7 Video Game Conventions To Look Forward To Every Year

Dustin Tyler -
Game conventions have only been growing in popularity as games have become a ubiquitous feature on our media landscape. Gathering in a shared location...
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