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About Me Member Lurker RitherMale/Sweden Recent Activity Deviant for 6 Years
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Three years later

Thu Aug 6, 2009, 4:11 PM
  • Mood: Peaceful
  • Listening to: Tool - The Patient
  • Reading: Gorillaz - Rise of the Ogre
  • Watching: Dragonball Z
  • Playing: Team Fortress 2
Today I received my degree. A fancy lookin' piece of paper.
Degree of Bachelor of Arts with a major in Media Studies.

Holding this certificate in my hands, I finally feel that the past three years are a finished chapter. And for the first time during these years, I feel that I have accomplished something. I've progressed. I haven't been standing still.
I'm also happy that I took the opportunity to party like a wild animal for three solar circulations, because that will probably be the last time I could do it to that extent. I've met so many weird, exceptional, straightforward, hateful, lovable, light, dark, slimy, interesting, fascinating people. I had a wonderful goddamn blast.

I've grown a lot during these three years. If the 2006 version of myself would meet me, he would certainly have a hard time recognizing me, mentally speaking. He might even be afraid of me.

The journey doesn't end here though, thankfully, as I know must carry on with the rest of my life. I have to find a job. No easy task, I'll tell you that. It's a fierce competition and most game studios want really experienced designers often with at LEAST 2+ years working in the industry. 5+, or even 10+ years are also common. As a freshly graduated student, I ain't got much to top that.

However, I'm still positive about the future. New jobs are available daily, IF you look at the global market. And I have to do that. I can't stay here in Sweden if I want to make it in the game industry, I just can't. We have studios here too, but to rely solely on them feels kinda stupid to me. I have to turn my gaze outside the national border and head for new territory. It scares me a lot, but I also feel very excited.

And as an aspiring game designer, one must have a portfolio, a personal site, someplace dedicated to showing off. I have created such a place. God bless blogs, as I'm not too keen on html or any other web-making code.

Here's that link: The Wasteland Outpost

I've posted two games which I helped to create during my education, as well as my degree project. The blog serves as my complete resume. All my abilities are summed up on that site. I just hope that they are enough for a designer position, somewhere on this planet.

Artists of notification:
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Points of admiration:
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In the flesh acquaintances:
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Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Outside the house, they won't let me in...
  • Interests: Computers, Drawing, Anime/Manga, Guitar
  • Favourite movie: Matrix, Akira, GhostInTheShell, Pulp Fiction
  • Favourite band or musician: Anything that sets my imagination off
  • Favourite genre of music: Depends on my mood
  • Favourite poet or writer: `darkcrescendo
  • Favourite photographer: ~maladjust
  • Favourite style of art: Anime, Pop Art, Dark
  • Operating System: WinXP Pro
  • MP3 player of choice: Winamp
  • Shell of choice: Where my Ghost is most comfortable
  • Favourite game: Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3, Half-Life, HL2
  • Favourite cartoon character: Kintaro Oe, Vegeta
  • Personal Quote: Fate never comes without a sense of irony
  • Tools of the Trade: Pencils, Adobe Flash, PS
  • MSN: mirfly@msn.com

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