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    A Student's Guide to Getting Into the Games Industry

    There's one question other students ask me more often than anything else: "How'd you get your foot in the door?" The economy sucks. Companies say they aren't hiring. There are a ton of job search tools out there, but none of them seem to help. Sometimes we don't even get automated responses to our applications, much less any feedback from an actual person. Yet somehow, some people are still getting jobs straight ...
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    What I Played: 2010 Edition

    I'm in my last semester of college, and I'm excited about what the future has in store. I'm also working on a couple more games that will hopefully be out the door soon. And of course, I'm looking forward to GDC in a few weeks. Here's the second entry in what I'm trying to make an annual piece - a complete list of every game I remember playing in the previous year, along with a few impressions about it. I...
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It’s Like I’m Really Being Original

Aug 19th

Posted by Holden in Comics

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Jonathan Blew a Bunch on Braid

Aug 18th

Posted by Holden in Blog

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The Wall Street Journal says Jonathan Blow invested $180k of his own money into making Braid over a three year period. It’s a damn good game, it’s very indie, it’s totally worth the $15 asking price, and I’m left begging for more…but $180,000 dollars? Does that even still qualify as an indie game? I mean, obviously it does by definition, but that’s an insane amount of cash to unload out of pocket. Hopefully he’ll make enough back, but there’s no way he could have expected to profit off a budget like that from a niche XBLA game.

(via Kotaku)

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Finding an Excuse to Work with Games 101

Aug 18th

Posted by Holden in Blog

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So this week marks the beginning of my second year at Georgia Tech. In the past, I’ve said things like I’m “looking forward to this class” or “this could be interesting.” For the first time, I think I’m legitimately excited for a class. Does that make me a nerd? Absolutely, but that shouldn’t be a surprise if you’re reading this blog. More >

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Jacksonville Skyline: Lots of Blue

Aug 7th

Posted by Holden in Photography

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I took this photo for a website I’m working on. Jacksonville is actually a pretty city from this angle. Taken from the Riverwalk at Friendship Park. Click the picture to download the full size (8394×1595), but let me know if you plan to use it in one of your own projects.

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