Kanye West: Game Designer?
Just when I finally thought the “Anything you can do, I can do better” rivalry between hip-hop artists 50 Cent and Kanye West had finally faded away, it moves to a new battleground … video games. We all know that Fiddy has already broken into the industry with 2005’s 50 Cent: Bulletproof on the PS2 and Xbox. Plus, in a move that left many gamers asking simply “Why?”, 50 Cent is returning to the current generation of consoles with the upcoming release of 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. While Fiddy is making his mark starring in video games, Kanye West claims that he’s done one better by designing and programming his own video game … all at the tender age of 12.
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Vancouver Film School Examines Game Industry Employment
Although it’s been rough recently for the job market on the whole, things are looking better for the video game industry and, if a recent report from the Vancouver Film School is any indication, it’s a field most of its graduates are happy with. Produced for prospective, current and past VFS Game Design students, the new report focuses on the $42 billion industry, presenting findings from its Game Design Graduate Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey.
Among the survey’s findings:
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