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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.

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.

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."

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.

A 12 year old app developer! How cool is that!

Before and After: Everything that a Designer Should Know

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 While they may seem outdated now, they are near the base of where design has stemmed from.

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.

In the beginning of the video, Julian stated he was going to transform our relationship with sound. He did just that. He gave observations of many different situations on when, and where sound can affect us. It may dull, or heighten our moods everyday. This is because, it manipulates different parts of the brain. Also, using sound for marketing, movies, commercials, and such could have a negative sales drop if not used carefully.

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!

This is a big database of awesome knowledge! If you go to the right of the page you'll see a pink link that says "all topics", you can filter the videos to start to narrow down to what you need for this assignment, which admittedly might not help much since the terms are somewhat "team building business-y". Or, you can try going up to the top right where the magnifying glass icon is and doing a search for your degree and from there filter it further by videos. You may also want to hang onto this website for other assignments like 2.1 Industry Growth or even 3.0 Networking Plan (events, mentors, etc.). "The 99U provides actionable insights on productivity, organization, and leadership to help creatives people push ideas forward."

When game designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She dove into the scientific research and created the healing game, SuperBetter. In this moving talk, McGonigal explains how a game can boost resilience -- and promises to add 7.5 minutes to your life.

Top 100 Animation Studios

Animation Company works in conjunction with Disney

WOW! How inspirational! These people DEFINITELY do what they love, and LOVE what they do!

They have created such a great environment for doing what the kind of design that they do. Very inspiring work indeed!