Comments for http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com Sat, 17 May 2008 17:57:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on The Old Agency Is The Real Agency by Heather D http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/the-old-agency-is-the-real-agency/#comment-87 Heather D Fri, 09 May 2008 15:19:39 +0000 http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-87 I'm surprised you haven't been flooded by question comments already, but uh... with this G.I.R.L. scholarship, WHO do I launch questions at? I'm trying to figure out if they want concept art for the level that's being arranged, or if they want concept art of characters, or...? I'm really anxious about this! And I also apologize in advance if I'm not supposed to be pestering you about it! I’m surprised you haven’t been flooded by question comments already, but uh… with this G.I.R.L. scholarship, WHO do I launch questions at?
I’m trying to figure out if they want concept art for the level that’s being arranged, or if they want concept art of characters, or…?
I’m really anxious about this!

And I also apologize in advance if I’m not supposed to be pestering you about it!

]]> Comment on That’s Progress! by Ben Overmyer http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/thats-progress/#comment-86 Ben Overmyer Fri, 09 May 2008 13:08:55 +0000 http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/?p=20#comment-86 In my current (well, previously-current) D&D campaign, my character was a kindly, aged wizard. His familiar, going by the name of Nero, was a small little screech-owl. We loved that owl. Too bad the campaign died! Owls make great companions, don't they? =) In my current (well, previously-current) D&D campaign, my character was a kindly, aged wizard. His familiar, going by the name of Nero, was a small little screech-owl.

We loved that owl. Too bad the campaign died!

Owls make great companions, don’t they? =)

]]> Comment on Roleplaying by GalOne http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/roleplaying/#comment-80 GalOne Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:19:14 +0000 http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-80 There really should be more emphasis on role playing in modern games. While there are some attempts in mmos or large single player games like oblivion, it is still a long way away from what is accomplished with pen and paper and text games. Also, I know this probably is not your responsibility, but is the scholarship program still going on? It seems as if the second part was to begin april 18th but as of yet no information was given. There really should be more emphasis on role playing in modern games. While there are some attempts in mmos or large single player games like oblivion, it is still a long way away from what is accomplished with pen and paper and text games.

Also, I know this probably is not your responsibility, but is the scholarship program still going on? It seems as if the second part was to begin april 18th but as of yet no information was given.

]]> Comment on Gaming Conventions by Neisha Bergman http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/gaming-conventions/#comment-74 Neisha Bergman Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:33:06 +0000 http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-74 Thank you so much for this! It's true that more often than not, a new graduate, or even a prospective hopeful really has no idea where to start when wanting to enter the gaming industry. It seems like such a daunting, closed-door arena, even more so when you live in an area who's game industry isn't exactly abounding. I will definitely be taking this advice to heart ^_^ ~neisha Thank you so much for this! It’s true that more often than not, a new graduate, or even a prospective hopeful really has no idea where to start when wanting to enter the gaming industry. It seems like such a daunting, closed-door arena, even more so when you live in an area who’s game industry isn’t exactly abounding.

I will definitely be taking this advice to heart ^_^

~neisha

]]> Comment on Gaming Conventions by Blake http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/gaming-conventions/#comment-69 Blake Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:54:59 +0000 http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-69 Seems like it was 11 years ago, not 10. Did you go to the '97 conference first? (Actually, looking back, you're right. You went to the one in '98 first.) At any rate, I can attest that attending conferences of this type do indeed help people get into the business. I know of several who went to conferences as "outsiders" that quickly became "insiders" once they met and discussed various topics with staff from different games. Most of them are still in the biz too... :) Nice new blog, Tracy. One of these days if I ever come out of retirement and get back in the biz, I may just start attending conferences again. :) Seems like it was 11 years ago, not 10. Did you go to the ‘97 conference first? (Actually, looking back, you’re right. You went to the one in ‘98 first.)

At any rate, I can attest that attending conferences of this type do indeed help people get into the business. I know of several who went to conferences as “outsiders” that quickly became “insiders” once they met and discussed various topics with staff from different games. Most of them are still in the biz too… :)

Nice new blog, Tracy. One of these days if I ever come out of retirement and get back in the biz, I may just start attending conferences again. :)

]]> Comment on And so, it begins… by owlchick http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/hello-world/#comment-68 owlchick Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:25:22 +0000 #comment-68 @ Falconeer - Thanks :) @ S. (sorry for the delay in seeing these comments!). The scholarship is in partnership with Art Institute, so it's only natural that it applies only at their schools. If SOE branches out with further scholarships, there may be other opportunities...but this is the initial one. @tekanji, I added the basic information about G.I.R.L. to the blurb section on the wiki page. Thanks for the link! @Sarah...maybe we'll run into each other at ION or something :) @ Falconeer - Thanks :)

@ S. (sorry for the delay in seeing these comments!). The scholarship is in partnership with Art Institute, so it’s only natural that it applies only at their schools. If SOE branches out with further scholarships, there may be other opportunities…but this is the initial one.

@tekanji, I added the basic information about G.I.R.L. to the blurb section on the wiki page. Thanks for the link!

@Sarah…maybe we’ll run into each other at ION or something :)

]]> Comment on The Brain Game by owlchick http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/the-brain-game/#comment-67 owlchick Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:49:20 +0000 http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-67 Yay! So glad to hear it's not just me :) It takes a while for comments to show up on the blog, so it takes me a while to respond to them. Thanks for the link to your article, Mark! Yay! So glad to hear it’s not just me :)

It takes a while for comments to show up on the blog, so it takes me a while to respond to them.

Thanks for the link to your article, Mark!

]]> Comment on The Old Agency Is The Real Agency by Shouldnt matter http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/the-old-agency-is-the-real-agency/#comment-62 Shouldnt matter Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:29:52 +0000 http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-62 The website seems a bit unclear about whether males can enter, and what the fate of their entry would be? The website seems a bit unclear about whether males can enter, and what the fate of their entry would be?

]]> Comment on Being a G.I.R.L. by owlchick http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/being-a-girl/#comment-59 owlchick Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:58:37 +0000 http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-59 The link wasn't working on March 31 as the process began April 1. Try the link again today and it should be fine. The link wasn’t working on March 31 as the process began April 1.

Try the link again today and it should be fine.

]]> Comment on The New Agency by The Old Agency Is The Real Agency « http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/the-new-agency/#comment-58 The Old Agency Is The Real Agency « Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:13:47 +0000 http://gamersinreallife.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-58 [...] Old Agency Is The Real Agency For those of you just joining the adventure, yesterday’s post was the April Fool’s Day edition and is intended to be mildly [...] [...] Old Agency Is The Real Agency For those of you just joining the adventure, yesterday’s post was the April Fool’s Day edition and is intended to be mildly [...]

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