Special effects make entertainment come alive. What would your favorite films, TV shows, or video games be like without special effects? Special effects, illusions, and tricks play a major role in how events and stories are presented and perceived. If you enjoy 3-D environments, out of this world characters, and wildly explosive action scenes, then maybe you […]
What’s your video game system of choice? Playstation? XBox? Wii? PC? Do you play Call of Duty, Madden, Grand Theft Auto, Mario Kart, Just Dance, FIFA, Minecraft, The Sims, World of Warcraft, or some other totally awesome video game? If you’re a fan of video games, you probably want to know how to find a job […]
How big is the video game industry? Let’s start by looking at some impressive video game stats from the Entertainment Software Association: 59% of Americans play video games Consumers spent $21.53 billion on video games, hardware, and accessories in 2013 The average gamer is 31 years old and has been playing for 14 years. 51% of […]
Today, nerds everywhere (myself included) are booting up their Xbox 360s to play Halo:Reach, which was released at midnight and is poised to be the top-selling game of the year – maybe even of all time. If you enjoy sinking hours into Halo, maybe making this a career is the right choice for you. Every […]
I know, I know, your mother always told you to put down your video game controls and pick up your text books. I think the refrain went something like this, “Playing those *&%^ games isn’t going to pay the bills, young man!” Well guess what, Mom? There is actually a whole profession that earns their […]
Amidst the depressing news about slow-going Haitian relief efforts, MSNBC ran a fun little story over the weekend about the “
Welcome to our weekly hot jobs post, where I tell you about three of the hottest leads for jobs over at our free JobMonkey Job Center. This week, I’m focusing on the fun career track of video game programming. There are a dozen or more video game jobs up on the Job Center tonight, so if […]
Oh my gosh, I can’t believe it’s Thursday already. Sometimes the weeks really seem to fly by and this is one of them! As you probably know by now, Wednesday is my usually Hot Jobs day. That’s when I post three hot new job openings from our job database at the JobMonkey Job Center . […]
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