WOW Haven't post in nearly 2 years! Time to update!

So it has been 2 years since my last post. Had some really busy semesters and only played a few games. I am graduating next May. Really looking forward to that. First priority will be getting a job at a game studio as programmer.

To prepare myself for that, I made a game (more like tech demo) in Unity 3D for a class. We made it in a team of 5 in one month. It's not well polished but I enjoy the process. Since Cry Engine SDK is out, I am going to use it and make a game myself, with a game idea I have had for awhile.

Objective: finish the game by the end of 2012. Most likely it will be a tech demo, but 1-2 game level that shows my level design skill will be bonus.

I also got an internship at IMVU this summer, but it got canceled due to financial issue that the company is having (.....).  Anyway, I went to San Francisco for the summer 2012 and it's great. Spent a lot of time doing swing dancing which is currently my favorite hobby outside of gaming. This relaxing summer also gave me time to catch up the video games and TV shows that I missed.

Even better, I went to SIGGRAPH conference again as student Volunteer a week ago. It was great, I saw many interesting new technology, a great panel about the making of Avengers, and I got some nice chat with people in the video game industry.

Oh, and I also become a huge fan of the Rooster Teeth. I used to be only interested in the Red vs Blue series, and now I watch everything they made. Go check them out: http://roosterteeth.com/home.php

Last thing that I want to mention: games that I play and don't play.

I am trying to save money, so I have been playing some free-to-play game on Steam and they are great (some of them). Been playing Blacklight Retribution, Tribes Ascend and so on. Interesting stuff and I may write a post about them once I get more play time into it.

I bought LA Noire and Need For Speed: The Run last Thanksgiving. Also got Lego Star Wars III from SIGGRAPH. Haven't started them yet, need to do that some time. Good thing that I finished Uncharted 3 and Mass Effect 3. And I have been playing a ton of Battlefield 3!!!

So games I am not playing and possibly not going to play them: Skyrim, Minecraft, Day Z, and The Old Republic which is coming out for free. Simply because I love them too much. I know that they are good, and I know that I am not going to graduate on time if I play them. Although I have been watching a ton of videos on this games. So I may still write some reviews about them.


Now that I am jumping back into writing game reviews 2 years later, let's see how my perspective and focus is changed. Looking forward to the next post.