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GAME CAREER SEMINAR

GDCGame Career Seminar at GDC09 was a hit! Thanks for all those who helped to make it a success! Stay tuned for Game Career Seminar at GDC Canada.

GDC09 Keynote

Emil PagliaruloKeynote: Unlikely Beginnings: Fallout 3’s Lead Designer on his Path into the Game Industry
Speaker: Emil Pagliarulo, Bethesda Game Studios, interviewed by Geoff Keighley, SpikeTV
Abstract: Emil Pagliarulo, of Bethesda Game Studio, was the lead designer and writer for Fallout 3, the retro-futuristic and dystopian action role-playing game released in October 2008. That’s one hell of a job. How did he ever get it? Read more...

GDC09 Highlighted Sessions

Tim SloperHow to Start Designing Games On Your Own (and What that Really Means)
Speaker: Tom Sloper, sloperama.com
Abstract: If you want to be a game designer, you have to start designing games now. Read more...


Brenda Brathwaite100 Questions, 97 Answers, 56 Minutes
Speaker: Brenda Brathwaite, Game Designer and Chair of Interactive Design and Game Development at Savannah College of Art and Design
Abstract: Students hoping to enter the industry have a lot of questions. Read more...


Jim RiversHow Did the Interview Go?
Speakers: Jim Rivers (moderator), Hiring Manager at Obsidian Entertainment, and panelists (TBA)
Abstract: Recently hired game developers will tell what happened in the interviews that got them their jobs Read more...


GDC Expo

GDC ExpoWednesday, March 25: 10am–6pm
Thursday, March 26: 10am–6pm
Friday, March 27: 10am–3pm

See the latest in game innovations and speak with industry experts on GDC's Expo Floor. With over 200 exhibitors, from Big World and Obsidian to Crytek and Eidos, the Expo Floor will be the hotbed to interact and network with game industry professionals.

For more information on the GDC Expo, click here.

To see the the growing list of exhibitors, click here.

GDC Career Pavilion

GDC Career PavilionWednesday, March 25: 10am–6pm
Thursday, March 26: 10am–6pm
Friday, March 27: 10am–3pm

GDC Career Pavilion, the largest and most prestigious game career expo, provides publishers and studios the opportunity to meet, interact and recruit the industry's top developers.
It will feature top recruiting companies like Microsoft, Blizzard, Sony, Activision, LucasArts, THQ, Ubisoft, Gnomon School of Visual Effects, SMU's Guildhall, and many more.

For more information on the GDC Career Pavilion, click here.

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GDC

Game Career Seminar returns to GDC 2009! Don't miss out, March 27, 2009 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

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