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New Books!

Upon leaving the great guys at Dupont Teijin Films I was gifted two new books to go into my library which will help with my final year project :)! I got a excellent java resource book and a book that…
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Java and C-Sharp Work

I have been working on two of my own programming projects. A C# kinect application and a small java puzzle prototype. I’ve been having problems with the c# project using the ‘kinect’ space that the camera uses. Unlike the custom…
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Games Testing and QA Course

I was attending the Games Testing and QA course earlier this week. It was an in-depth view into QA (not specific to the games industry) and how games studios implement their testing strategies. I now have LOADS of information to…
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Game Dev Map

I was suggested another useful link whilst at the Games Testing and QA course for game industry jobs. It shows a map of the whole world and the locations of game development studios! Very useful for seeing the different studios…
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Networking

I gave this site a good read today and I would highly recommend others to do the same! It highlights some of the do’s and don’ts of networking (specifically in the Game Industry). It is fantastically in depth and very…
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Games Testing and QA Course Booked!

Course booked! Fingers crossed other people decide to do it. A minimum number of enrolments are required. At £199 I don’t think you can go wrong with the opportunity! I will be very sad if this doesn’t go through!

 
 

Epic Writing

I got home today and just felt the urge to write something… epic and grand. Apocalyptic. This is what I came out with. It was added to ‘Caught in the Web’. Read the Story: The Falling .DOC .DOCX .PDF

 
 

Games Testing and QA Course

I was browsing the Dare to be Digital site to see how the competition is run and what the students do on it and stumbled across a new ‘Dare Academy’ scheme they are planning to run. One of the courses…
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Kinect SDK!

KINECT SDK day! I will have to indulge in some development for it. Too many things to do so little time!

 
 

Creative Writing Competition THE RESULT

So, I didn’t come first… But I did win a prize. I was more pleased to read the “Story was too good to not give a reward” part, my writing’s okay! 🙂