It's been nearly 2 years since I've graduated. Exactly 2 years ago, I was up at 4am in the morning writing about the first game jam the Videogame Development Club had that I hosted and did music for, my horrible spring break of sickness and allergies, my unhappiness with school and not being able to build a proper portfolio, trying to look for a job, and suffering from sleep deprivation. It seemed like I was very bitter back then. 2 years later, I still don't have a proper portfolio, worked for 8 months and then got laid off, and up till now I'm still looking for a job. Here's another update in the industry: Sony is laying off 10,000 employees around the world while Electronic Arts is laying off 500-1000 employees. Blizzard already did their 600 along with other studios such as Obsidian Entertainment. At this point, I'm just applying whatever is available and have several back-up plans. One of my back-up plans, which I hope I don't have to resort to, is going back to school. At the very least, I'd be going back to Sac City College to study simple programming, game design, 3D modeling or graphics design. My ideal plan is to continue working on my music and independently developed games be recognized within the industry so that I can either: A) have my game picked up by a publisher or B) have a developer hire me for my skills as a game designer, music composer/producer, or simple concept artist. I like my ideal plan. I get to work with something I like and I have much more freedom of what I want to do.
Anyways, just a while ago I ended up buying around 8 games after I promised myself I wouldn't buy any games as of the new year until I completed a handful of games. But because of spring sales, I was too tempted and ended up buying quite a few. There's Dead Island, Sonic the Hedgehog, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend, Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends, Red Dead Redemption GOTY edition for PS3 with Dragon Quest VIII, Eternal Poison, and Tales of Legendia for PS2. I haven't really touched any of them except for Dead Island which I specifically got to play with a friend. It's a pretty fun game I suppose, but the game has a lot less content than I thought.
I tried out TERA Online over the weekend and really enjoyed it. I like the whole "action" aspect done right in an MMORPG. Sadly, the game is going to be monthly subscription based and so I won't be getting it. I am eagerly awaiting for Diablo 3 and Guild Wars 2 because of it. Besides those 2 games, I'm awaiting Dragon's Dogma for PS3. I have too many games right now, so I'm still trying to resist. One game I want to look out for is Cherry Tree High Comedy Club coming out on Steam.
It seems like a really laid-back, humor driven game. I like animé-ish looking games. I'm off for now.
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