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Get in the Game: Careers in the Game Industry
Marc Mencher
Rating: 4.0/5 Stars
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Have you dreamed of obtaining a game industry job? Get in the
Game will help you achieve this! This friendly guide shows you
step-by-step how to prepare yourself for a game industry career.
With
insights from over a dozen industry experts, it's the only guide you will
need for training yourself then finding a game industry job. Discover how
to research, meet the right industry people, access the unadvertised job
market, sell yourself, create the perfect demo, beat the competition,
handle interviews, and negotiate a salary package.
This book will show you
how to tailor your job search, answer tough interview questions, transition
into the game industry from other careers, hone essential resume writing
skills and networking skills.
It's a crash course on everything
you need to know about the game industry! You will learn about the
following careers; - Game Designer
- Game
Programming
- Game Artist
- Game Production
About the AuthorMarc Mencher worked for game companies such as Spectrum
Holobyte,Microprose, and 3DO before starting
GameRecruiter.com(http://www.GameRecruiter.com),a game industry-recruiting
firm.
Marc served as President, and later as anadvising board member, of
the International Game Developers Network.
He hasspoken and held
roundtables at several Game Developers Conferences and is aregular speaker
at International Game Developers Association (IGDA) eventsaround the
country.
In addition to representing the game industry's
hottesttalent, Marc also volunteers his time as a career coach for
graduates from FullSail Real World Education, helping them land their
first game industry jobs.
Hisarticles have been featured in GIGnews.com,
Gamasutra, and GameWEEK. Currently, Marc is working with the
IGDA(http://www.IGDA.com) on chapter development and with
Games-Florida(http://www.gamesflorida.com),a non-profit organization
formed with the intent of nurturing and expanding theinteractive
multi-media industry in the state of Florida.
He is also TechnicalAdvisor
and Executive Producer for the recently released PC Adventure
GameWatchmaker.
Marc is working on the release of the PC Adventure Game
Tony Toughand The Night of the Roasted Months (PC) and an Action Shooter
Tsunami 2265 (PCand PS2), all published by Got Game
Entertainment(http://www.GotGameEntertainment.com).Prior to joining the
game industry, Marc was the Producer/Project Lead on an$11M joint AI
research project funded by the United States Air Force inconjunction with
Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, GeneralElectric, and
Pratt Whitney Aircraft Engine Group.
Editorials
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Get in the Game: Careers in the Game Industry
Marc Mencher
![]() | | | Book Description | | Have you dreamed of obtaining a game industry job? Get in the
Game will help you achieve this! This friendly guide shows you
step-by-step how to prepare yourself for a game industry career. With
insights from over a dozen... read full editorial |
![]() | | | From the Back Cover | | Have you dreamed of obtaining a game industry job? Get in the Game will
help you achieve this! This friendly guide shows you step-by-step how to
prepare yourself for a game industry career. With insights from over a
dozen... read full editorial |
Customer Reviews
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Get in the Game: Careers in the Game Industry
Marc Mencher
![]() | | | Great help for college students like myself! | | (Pasadena, ca USA) January 15, 2003 - 5.0/5 stars | | I've always dreamed of getting into the game industry but have always had
lingering doubts about what it takes to break into this industry. Get Into
The Game not only sheds light into the secretive inner workings of... read full review |
![]() | | | Ahh, now I understand | | (Raleigh, NC) December 30, 2002 - 5.0/5 stars | | Was very helpful understanding the ways to get into a very hard industry.
Will it help a newbie like myself, I guess we'll see in a few months.
The book is well laid out, describing the different areas of game
production... read full review |
![]() | | | Marc's advice from this book got me a job in the industry | | (Chicago, Illinois) June 30, 2003 - 5.0/5 stars | | I read his book and started networking and marketing myself. 6 months later
through a contact I got through networking I got a job as a Content Manager
for a AAA game company.It's all who you know and how well... read full review |
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