October 23, 2003

How to get a job making video games
Posted by deisenhart@bostonworks.com">Douglas Eisenhart at 9:32 AM -

Here's a review from the Globe of a new book titled Break Into the Game Industry: How to get a Job Making Video Games. The book is written by game industry veteran Ernest Adams:

Q. Who did you write the book for?

A. I'm not a career counselor; I'm a game developer. It's definitely not written for the veteran. It's for newbies. It's for people who just think video games are incredibly cool. You play games and it just makes people want to make them. It's for people who have that dream.

For more on the video game industry and its Boston roots, read Scott Kirsner's latest "At Large"column.

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