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Keynote Address |
| Friday, November 17
- Immediately Following Dinner |
| Statler Terrace
Restaurant |
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| Chris McEvoy, Chief
Technical Officer |
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Vicarious Visions |
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| Education of a Video
Game Programmer |
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| The video game industry
is in a continuous state of rapid change. Software developers working in
video games must have the capability to adapt to this change, and even
influence its direction. |
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This talk discusses the role of
higher education in game development critiquing the current state of
affairs and looking at possible future directions. |
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| Chris McEvoy is a
graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he studied
engineering and computer science. He has worked professionally in video
games for 10 years. As a programmer he wrote code for several titles
including Terminus, Spider-Man: Enter Electro, Crash Nitro Kart, and
Doom 3. Chris works at Vicarious Visions, a game developer in upstate
New York and northern California. In his spare time, Chris is
practicing to break the world record for the most lima beans eaten in
one day. |
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