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Kim explains that you have to be a gamer in order to make games and shows a quick day in the life of a game designer

This would be perfect if it was subtitled.

This is a great video i liked it for my profession.

Game designer David Perry says tomorrow's videogames will be more than mere fun to the next generation of gamers. They'll be lush, complex, emotional experiences -- more involving and meaningful to some than real life. With an excerpt from Michael Highland's film "As Real as Your Life."

Pixar History

A few years ago I was taking a tour of a dome shaped house, and the architect explained to me that domes are an optical illusion. Whenever someone enters a room, their eyes inadvertently glance up at the corners of the room to give them the contextual dimensions of the space they're in.

Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute, and Google's top rated Futurist Speaker. Unlike most speakers, Thomas works closely with his Board of Visionaries to develop original research studies. This enables him to speak on unusual topics and translate trends into unique business opportunities.

Video game designer Jane McGonigal argues that games are not a waste of time. In fact, she argues, "we need to look at what games are doing for gamers, the skills that we're developing, the relationships that we're forming, the heroic qualities that we get to practice every time we play, like resilience, like perseverance, and grit, and determination, like having epic ambitions and the ability to work with other players, sometimes thousands of other players at the same time."

I liked it, Mr. McAfee had very positive views. I'm not sure how I feel about being prepped for clerical work through school!

This video is a part of a series of videos for a course called Freelancing Fundamentals.

Ray, Full Sail provides an account for all of their students, you can go here https://orgsync.com/57354/chapter for more information. If you want to find that later it's under your 'Organizations' drop down on Connect.

This guy has a with words, seems like he would have been a "Revenge of the Nerds" character. His concepts on freelancing and his way with words make more a fluid downloading experience. Skadoosh.

cool technology- interesting to myself as i have sculpted a head once from clay and could relate that experience.

Reminds me of Autodesk software: 123 where one takes pictures and creates 3D models from it. Except I'd love to be able to have this technology- we're getting so close to creating something real! It's amazing!

I love John Maeda's outlook on Design and Technology. He proves, and shows that everything new and old must be formed to make "good" in the art, and design industry. What I found most interesting is that he showed his previous work he created while a part of MTI. While they may seem outdated now, they are near the base of where design has stemmed from.

Extra Credits are a community of game designer that really care about the game industry and I respect them highly for, and that is why I thought I would share one of there videos that I watched when I first found them.