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"The best gaming news this year!!!"

It was 5-6 years ago, and I was sitting in a computer room in Bedfordshire doing my A-Levels. I dreamt of one day going to Uni to do some computer game degree, and get a job at a great computer games company. Ideally at the time, Rare.

I finished my A-Levels and went and got my degree. Came out and realised it is near impossible to get into the computer games industry, without already having industry experiance.

I worked in a BT call centre for 6 months, and felt like hanging myself after said time. Quit and tried to find game employment again. Got d1cked about a bit by various recruitment firms and such like. Finally got in touch with a guy from an AI company looking to hire someone to help make game demos to demostraight his new AI learning algorithm.

This seemed like the best job ever. A superb opportunity! It was. There was just one flaw. They had no funding. Well they got some, it was just given to the wrong company, and 6 months on a dispute over this money still hasn't been resolved and I haven't been paid.

So I've been on the lookout for a new job recently, because living on fresh air has its limits.

So a few weeks ago I went scouring the net looking for computer game companies in the UK and went sending my CV and samples of my work here, there, and everywhere.

Last week I had a call from Free Radical...

Interview was on Wednesday...

Letter offering me a job came today!!! :D

And I sent back my acceptance today!

So after 5 yrs or so, my time has finally come to have my bash at the industry. I'll finally be able to see my name in the credits of some successful video game. Will be a dream come true!

:)

I won't believe it's you unless it says "Cooky" on the credits.

Wooo, go Cooky!

Remember us nice people from the SR board, and send us free games... ;-)
I look forward to seeing your name on videogame credits very soon!

wimmel already has a place in one of my games.
Ready my crown, do.

YUS!

Mention Crossbob.

'jeez, he's one hell of a cross (one) Bob! OMG! EVERYTHING'S IN SLOW MOTION!'

Cooky wrote:
> FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> What actual job is it?
>
> Programmer/designer.
>
> "Using their in-house tools to set up levels, and script scenes
> etc"
>
> Should be fun.
>
> :)

Aye, you've done well enough there.
My Cooky ... all grown up :' )

You must put some special jokes in the scripty bits .. just for us. You shall become a king amongst fake internet losers.

Wow, very cool.

Keep us posted, Cooky dude.

Wehey!

I only saw your Prime post 2 days ago.
Sounds like a great job.

Everything else has already been pretty much said. :-)

Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Welldone Mr Cooky.
>
> Tell Doak to get in bed with EA and hump the James Bond License out
> of them. Oh and no more stupid alien levels in Timesplitters thank
> you very much.
>
> :D

lol

Best suggestion yet!

:)

gerrid wrote:
> not you, munn, they wouldn't be able to program your fantastic
> waistoats.

That sucks.
They could do me without the waistcoats, but it just wouldn't look right.

I want them to do me.
I need doing.

Welldone Mr Cooky.

Tell Doak to get in bed with EA and hump the James Bond License out of them. Oh and no more stupid alien levels in Timesplitters thank you very much.

:D