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I was fortunate enough today to begin my internship with the production team from LOTR: The Battle for Middle Earth @ EALA. I'm really excited to learn alongside seasoned professionals like Neil Young, Mark Skaggs, Mike Verdu and Harvard Bonin. It's also good to know that 2 other DIM students are interning this spring as well, working on art and design with the MOH team.
What is Xbox Live? How does it impact gameplay? What implications will "Live" have on the future of Entertainment? These questions and more will be pondered @ my first MC @ 542OPENMIC.
This Tuesday, Jan 18th. 2005, 3:00, ZML.
When did I first learn to imagine? Was it my father reading me Alexander Lloyds The Black Cauldron series? Or was it sneaking under the desk in the study so I could listen to my brother and his best friend play Dungeons and Dragons?
Regardless, my mind has always painted a rich canvas of non-material places, peoples and things; a world of possibilities and magic. I remember running over a hill, not to far from my middle school and seeing a field ridden with trolls ready for battle. No worries, at the time I was an Elf, so it wasn’t really an issue! . I have to say TSR “The Game Wizards” started me off, soon enough I was creating my own RPGs, the first of which was “New Nations” a post-apocalyptic fantasy world of biological mutants and cyborgs.
The intricate detail, the creators of my favorite fantasy worlds, embedded in their works always fascinated me. What could I do if I could communicate the worlds I see in my own head? Could I design convincing interactive escapist Sci-Fi fantasy worlds? This was a mission I set out on long ago. These three pieces of my past hold a trail left behind me on that path to my dream; a dream that I can taste more with each passing week. I am closer now than ever to achieving my goals. Now the question seems to be: How do I use this last year @ CNTV to push me even closer to, as my father would put it, living the dream?
Today I'm having fun working with the could team in the ZGL. This is a concept I just created in the Game Lab. Jenova's thumbnail concept really got me going. Mind you this is just a concept, and up to much modification and continued experiementation.
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