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Sidhe Scholarship to grow the NZ Game Industry
Sidhe Interactive and Media Design School announced today the 2009 Sidhe Scholarship recipient for the Graduate Diploma of Game Development. Joshua O’Connor, graduate from the Diploma of Interactive Gaming and Australian citizen studying in New Zealand was chosen as the Sidhe Scholarship recipient for 2009.
- Filed under: Game Dev
Auckland Freezes. April 17th 2009. You’re invited!
Ever wanted to participate in one of those random events organised by strangers via mobile phone/facebook/email/ twitter? Here's your chance!
- Filed under: 3D Animation, VFX Motion Design, Graphics, Creative Advertising, Game Dev
ArmaHuggers!
Free huggers, game and comic books characters roaming around, and an unexpected encounter with Guillermo Del Toro, Armageddon last weekend was certainly an experience to remember.
- Filed under: 3D Animation, VFX Motion Design, Graphics, Game Dev
See you at Armageddon
Media Design School will be at the Armageddon Expo in Wellington this weekend (April 4-5). Come along to say hi and hear more about what we offer, we look forward to seeing you there!
- Filed under: 3D Animation, VFX Motion Design, Graphics, Game Dev
Women make their place in the “games sun”!
Once a very male dominated industry, women are now slowly making their mark in the 3D and Games Industries. From an education viewpoint, the amount of applications and graduates coming out of schools with 3D or games focus degrees is growing
- Filed under: 3D Animation, VFX Motion Design, Game Dev
Working in the Games Industry
In today’s booming video games industry, it is important to understand what you will be expected to perform in your chosen role if you make it into a game studio. Whilst everyone in a game studio has got a role to play, everyone still needs to keep the game fun!
- Filed under: 3D Animation, VFX Motion Design, Game Dev
GDC in San Fran: over and out!
Thanks to the Expo and the conference, we were able to showcase not only the destination (our country is really a point of difference and a selling one), but also the quality of our curriculum, our existing close relationships with major industry partners, the amazing work from our students; and all of these made people stop, listen, ask, and even prepared to board a plane to join the team of staff or students down in Aotearoa.
- Filed under: 3D Animation, VFX Motion Design, Game Dev
Expo Day One - smooth
Current students, Graduates, and established game professionals were lining up outside booths, especially those of Blizzard, Ubisoft, Insomniac, LucasArts,... For tiny little MDS, we had a fair amount of questions, awe, giggles, and genuine excitement and interest about the school, and the destination for sure.
- Filed under: 3D Animation, VFX Motion Design, Game Dev
Booth ready! Bring on GDC!
We are ready! Open your doors GDC's expo floor, and let us show off New Zealand's and MDS' amazing talents!
With the last touches on our booth today, we are now ready to welcome hundreds of people to have a taste of New Zealand and the amazing amount of creative talents that our country has to offer.
- Filed under: 3D Animation, VFX Motion Design, Game Dev
Live from San Fran! Game on!
It's all on in San Francisco this week - GDC, the Game Developers Conference is being held and is the biggest conference in the Games Industry. Anyone who is in the Industry or wants to be part of it meet here, this week in San Fran!
We will be bringing you LIVE our experience of this fantastic event.
- Filed under: Game Dev