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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!

:)

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

Yer congratulations Cooky, do what everyone says and take our suggestions on board. Invite us to the Free Radical forums or something.

Oh, yeah, well done and stuff.

It's like cool.

I can say
"Hey, I once spoke to this guy, and now he works for Free Radical, how cool am I? Very cool."
Yeah

Hell, he should convince them to put us in as character models.

Wooo, you actually get to proper craft the stuff!

You MUST ask us what should go in. Ahahaha

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.

:)

Wow...congratulations! You are very lucky, I hope all goes well for you down at Free Radical.

Aye, many congrats.
Me and the lad gamesfreak there are much (very much) in the same boat.

What actual job is it?
Teaboy?

Just a little bit of advice. Get your Free Radical buddies to come on this site to get some ideas off us.

:)

Well done mate.

And hey, put a word in for me in 4 -5 years time aye?

(Going to do Games Computing at Lincoln Uni in Sept)

You are one lucky bast', hope you know that!

I expect you'll have to sign some secrecy document but I'm sure you can take a few pics of games in the making from your phone for us? :D