so the trek to namco wasn't the easiest one this morning. the first bus was 10 minutes late, but i caught the transfers on time easily and arrived early to a stack of paperwork to fill out. and then i got a comprehensive technical test, seeing how much i knew. (it was actually rather easy and involved a whole lot of bit-shifting questions ( Read more... )

so i take the 2.5 hour commute all the way over to Fremont to check out devry and OMG! it's so perfect! the program would take time, but i'd be part of the first graduating class with a bachelor's in game design! woo-hoo! and it seemed the more i talked, the more the admin councellor said i was perfect for the program. apparently they have gaming ( Read more... )

so i catch this ad really late sunday night and it's about a new program at devry university: a game programming degree. since i'm currently doing jack and seem to have jack for crudentials, i've decided to expand my knowledge and do what i really didn't want to do - go back to school. blech. however, since i'll be doing something i like, i'll try ( Read more... )

and so the sims2 console project finally comes to a close. (woo hoo!) i applied for an internal transfer to QA and hope to get it. for now, at least, i'm enjoying my (much needed) time off. honestly i'm not entirely sure what to do with myself quite yet. i've added a new issue of Mahou Gakuen with more d00m and cliffhangers and plan to continue to ( Read more... )

being a tester is a lot of work. training. searching for bugs. writing bugs.

Tuesday. the team warmed up on an early version of 007: everything or nothing, and wow, bugs galore. not only was i trying to figure out what exactly i was supposed to be doing, i had to look for anything with english. dialog. signs. subtitles. the like. omg.

and then my ( Read more... )