GBC's Game Developers Club Event: James Chang and the EA story

Last Friday the 25Th the George Brown College's Game Developers Club presented Mr. James Chang to deliver a fascinating talk. What about you ask? Well it happen to be about kittens. No, it really was about what it would be like to work at Electronic Arts. Former Project Manager James Chang decided to do this a different way however.

Mr. James Chang "The Destroyer." That is actually not his alias. Sorry.

Mr. James "Change" decided to present the talk as if it was a mock employee orientation. It was definitely interesting. For the reasons that no one else had done that yet and he was too good at it. I was convinced I worked at EA and I was taking pictures.

Giving the low-down of EA.

Man good thing I'm not in any of those streams. Oh, wait...Animation.

After we got seated and orientated that we actually got the fake jobs. Mr. James Chang went through the whole list. Benefits, work areas, sections, Pipelines, etc. Pretty much everything. I mean everything and yes even the meaning of life. I will reveal that at the bottom.

Man Look at the GBCers and their fancy chairs.

The definite highlight at the end was Mr. James Chang showing off his Junk. By junk I mean this below.

He is sad that it is not encrusted in marshmallows.

That was his framed FIFA 06. He let us all look at the shiny object and in fact. We were all in awe. Look at these students awing.

Look at this young fellow with huge potential.

Not this guy though.

It is now mine Mhahahaha. Pretty cool.

That concludes on the event. There will be many more to come from these aspiring young lads from George Brown College. By the way the meaning of life is games. Come on you really thought I would say anything else?

The “Toronto Indie Guys” Podcast Episode 6

I had the chance to guest star in the infamous “Toronto Indie Guys” podcast with Arthur and Max Yesterday. I hear the episode itself will be out around this weekend. Check out my Links page to go straight to their page or the link on the bottom.

Arthur's fancy recording device above

We covered topics that spanned over some Hand Eye Society events and we glazed over the most recent IGDA event. We also made use of the the word "meat" and "fire" over and over in the podcast.

Arthur and Max with their "ladies face"

Their faces every time I said meat or fire.

I also guest starred with another fellow student. Mr. Jon Burton in the middle. Overall it was fun and hopefully they will bring me back with all my antics.

Their link I Love Big Meat!

Digital-Tutors Review: Introduction to Maya Animation: Walk Cycle

As an aspiring animator walk cycles should be a part of my repertoire of skills. So when I found this tutorial on digital tutors I was ecstatic. This tutorial is practical essential to any aspiring animators and I highly recommend you check it out right now. Well if your busy I understand...NO, Do it right now.

The tutorial highlights many important aspects such as: using the graph editor to fix F curves, what should move during a walk, and even how to modify this walk for females.

Check Out how Mine Turned out in the Animations Section after I upload them.

10 out of 10 Stars. Essential as an animator in training.

Intro and MTAC - Sunday

So this the very first post on my revived Blog. It also so happens to be MTAC which is the March Toronto Anime Convention. Or at least I believe it to be, If I am wrong...well too bad it is now. Anyways this will be the first of many of my convention visits and it will be my absolute duty to provide you my pictures to these wonderful events. For this one my loyal and trusting follower accompanied me to brave the vast world of an Anime...what a loser. It is his first time to a con like that. Anyways here it is.

The Entrance to MTAC. Where we stood in awe.

We entered the event to find people lining up to get in. Some were in cosplay while most weren't. Since I only could go on the Sunday, We didn't see that many people since we went on the less popular day of the event.

The fabled Dealer`s room. Many have fallen to its allure.

We ventured to the dealer's room only to find it to be kinda small. Well not a big deal at all. We wandered for a bit to find all these booths.

SO Many Buttons. They speak to me.

I Returned to these like 6 times when I was here. Their spell was strong.


War never changes. Neither do dealer rooms though.


More Figures. METAL GEAR!


The Guys at A & C Games were Ice Cold. (Haha get it cause Batman? Yea, Sorry)

I encountered some familiar faces such as the guys from A & C games on Spadina. With body suit and all. When I approached Punch out was set up and I threatened to punch out gar. See what I did there.

My name is Flip and I like Popsicles . Kaito Pillow is amazing.


My Name is Dave and I like Bananas. Len Pillow is also awesome.


The view leaving center. So pretty.

Well after 2 hours or so we decided to leave and restore our endurance with yummy Vietnamese food. All the events were too far off (time wise) to really attend so we decided to just watch Archer and Adventure Time at home.

Look at the stuff I found.

I stayed within my budget so no problems there. There was a Sucker Punch promotion which I picked up a poster and a Lollipop. I guess I am a sucker for suckers...punch. Yea, sorry about that.

The Black Rock Shooter that I got for 50% off.


Long cat is Loooooooooong. Best item of the event.

Overall it was OK. The dealer's room was kinda small and there wasn't many events but I did go on the less active day so I can't really complain. However this was a good intro for my friend for Anime North in May.