I just saw watched this video on youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=tdwzvdZFxVM
It's Chet Faliszek of Valve talking about how to break into the video game industry. It's nominally a 45 minute video, however the first 2:45 minutes are a movie trailer, and the last 20 minutes or so is Q&A (which isn't particularly enlightening). So the talk is only about 25ish minutes long. I personally feel like it's worth watching. There isn't much new information in the talk that Rez and MrMike don't say on a near daily basis. I guess for Chet, he adds a second step to the "just make something" bit: ship it (e.g. release it publicly).
Bottom line of the video is: make *something* and ship it. I just found it nice to hear Rez and MrMike's comments so resoundingly resonating through other people in the industry. Anyway, I hope somebody enjoys it!
It's Chet Faliszek of Valve talking about how to break into the video game industry. It's nominally a 45 minute video, however the first 2:45 minutes are a movie trailer, and the last 20 minutes or so is Q&A (which isn't particularly enlightening). So the talk is only about 25ish minutes long. I personally feel like it's worth watching. There isn't much new information in the talk that Rez and MrMike don't say on a near daily basis. I guess for Chet, he adds a second step to the "just make something" bit: ship it (e.g. release it publicly).
Bottom line of the video is: make *something* and ship it. I just found it nice to hear Rez and MrMike's comments so resoundingly resonating through other people in the industry. Anyway, I hope somebody enjoys it!
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