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Colleen McReary and Ryan Stradling, Electronic Arts Moving from Player to Creator: Opportunities in the Videogame Industry |
March 21 , 2007: Colleen McReary and Ryan Stradling, Electronic Arts
Moving from Player to Creator: Opportunities in the Videogame Industry
3:35 - 4:45 , March 21, 2007
EB1-1011
Abstract: Many people are now growing up as expert gamers. How can you make the jump from playing videogames to getting paid to create them? This talk will explore what the games industry expects in terms of coursework and knowledge for students hoping to create games post graduation.
Speaker Bios:
Colleen Wheeler McCreary is Global Director of University Relations for Electronic Arts (EA), the world's largest interactive entertainment software company based in Redwood City, CA. McCreary manages a global team and leads the development of the first formal University Relations program for EA, partners with academia on engineering and game design curriculum recommendations, and is building a process for finding, recruiting, and retaining new college graduate and intern talent around the world.
Ryan Stradling is Senior Development Director at EA's Tiburon Studios.
Location: EBI Room 1011, NCSU Centennial Campus, Raleigh, NC.
Parking: Visitors coming to this talk from off-campus locations should obtain a visitors' parking pass from the Centennial Campus Visitors' Center and park in the Partners Way Parking Deck. For Specific directions, see this map (pdf). Note that this map directs you to EBII. This talk is held in EBI, shown on the map adjacent to EBII.
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