One week into the third term and it’s looking like an eventful one. On the site gamecareerguide.com there’s a weekly feature article called “James Portnow’s Game Design Challenge.” A couple weeks ago I entered the challenge to design a replacement for the standard machine gun in first-person shooters. Earlier last week the results came out and my Doppelganger gun design got third place. It’s some of the first recognition I’ve received for design related directly to video gaming so I was pretty excited. I passed on the following challenge though which was coming up with a new take on the WWII FPS genre… Genius has its limits.
During the first Colloquium of the term an MDP-exclusive scholarship was announced. The guidelines of the scholarship call for students to modify their website to “include a clear statement of direction.” The deadline is midnight, of Tuesday, May 27. Since scholarships at ArtCenter are about as common as hit film-based video games (every now & then there’s a good one) I’m going to attempt a redesign. Although I’ve been avoiding making a Flash-exclusive site due to the difficulties in the content being Google-able, it might just be time to go for it. I’ve done a few sketches, but so far have had a lot of difficulty escaping anything resembling a “tree” or “web.” I might just go with the cliche; some design standards do seem to stick around because, unbelievably, they really work. I mean that whole wheel thing still hasn’t gone away.
Last night was the culmination of numerous designers’ hardwork, namely Mieke Gerritzen and Koert van Mensvoort, in the Biggest Visual Power Show on Next Nature. The show was part-side show, part-rock concert, and part-high art. After working the ticket booth & will call in front of the Million Dollar Theater in downtown L.A., I got to catch the last 3/4 of the show. I was very glad I got to not only volunteer for it (& receive a few free goodies), but also watch the performance and all the visuals accompanying it. The Dutch definitely have some good stuff going on over there below sea-level. If anyone is able to, I’d highly recommend trying to see the next one in 2009 as I believe they happen annually, although quite possibly in different cities.
With all that, I’m going to get back to my website redesign. 9 days is not a lot of time, especially in MDP terms…
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