Get in the Game: Careers in the Game Industry (New Riders Games) | 
 enlarge | Author: Marc Mencher
Publisher: New Riders Games
Category: Book
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 299873
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 0735713073
Dewey Decimal Number: 794.8151023
UPC: 752064713074
EAN: 9780735713079
ASIN: 0735713073
Publication Date: October 7, 2002
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Condition: original packaging (shrinkwrap) unopened
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Product Description
Have you dreamed of obtaining a game industry job? Get in the Game will help you achieve this! This friendly guide shows you step-by-step how to prepare yourself for a game industry career. With insights from over a dozen industry experts, it's the only guide you will need for training yourself then finding a game industry job. Discover how to research, meet the right industry people, access the unadvertised job market, sell yourself, create the perfect demo, beat the competition, handle interviews, and negotiate a salary package. This book will show you how to tailor your job search, answer tough interview questions, transition into the game industry from other careers, hone essential resume writing skills and networking skills. It's a crash course on everything you need to know about the game industry! You will learn about the following careers; - Game Designer
- Game Programming
- Game Artist
- Game Production
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Great Read November 1, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a graduate advisor at Westwood College and I really enjoyed this book. Marc really knows what he is talking about and I have started recommending the book to students here at school who are looking for some guidance. While I agree with another reviewer, the resumes are all based on people with experience, if you actually read the whole book, Marc states that he does not recruit for new students or encourage them to use a recruiter. This book is designed for students and people who are looking to stay competitive in the dynamic gaming industry. Saying that Marc is just a head-hunter and doesn't know what he is talking about is also wrong, all you have to do is read his bio and the book. Well done Marc, thanks for taking the time to put this together!
Good Information if Redundant at Times June 21, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I will say that this book definitely has a lot of useful information for those people (like me) who are still in the process of obtaining an education and/or training. Additionally, there is a lot of useful information for people who have been in the game industry for a few years. My main problems with the book concern the numerous grammatical errors and redundant statements. I know this doesn't chiefly concern the content of the book; however, it is just kind of frustrating that at least 3 times I remember reading subsequent paragraphs that started with the same sentence or idea. It literally looks like he made two versions of the same paragraph and forgot to take the other one out! Additionally, as others have said, his job seeking tactics seem exceedingly aggressive in my opinion. Now he obviously has more experience than me. I just feel that some of the advice is over the top. I will give him credit though for forcing me to realize the opportunities available when you really really work at self-promotion. I have no problem recommending this book to others, but if you are a grammar freak like me you may have to take some deep breaths and relax before diving into it :)
PLEASE, BUY THIS BOOK! August 18, 2003
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Ok, first off. If you want to get in to the games industry then buy this book. If you dont then you are just cheating yourself. I have learnt more from this book than all the other design books conbined. While most books seem reasonably happy to bombard you with complicated and confusing infomation, this book presents every topic very clear and concise. It takes you through all the areas of game development with great detail yet acknowledges that you are new to a lot of things and does its very best to give you a good understanding. Before reading this book I was very unclear on a lot of industry related infomation. But not now thanks to Marc Mencher acting as my personal tutor page after page. Finally I have a structured plan on how I am going to break in to the industry. Before reading Get In The Game I really had no idea of how I was going to get in to my dream job. Now however I have a great understanding of what I have to learn and everything I need to do. I now have a great degree of confidence and with Marc Mencher's advice I have began networking. I really can not think of anything negative to say about this book. Ok, so the resume section could of been a little better executed but it was there to teach you how to put together a good resume and thats what its done. On top of all that it has a very useful resource catalogue. Please for your own benefit buy this book. It will really help you. I cannot thank Marc enough for putting together this fantastic book.
 No Help To Me! July 14, 2003
6 out of 42 found this review helpful
Is there supposed to be something insightful in this book? I did not see it. Gave the book to my cousin who is mentally challenged.
Very Bad Advice July 13, 2003
2 out of 41 found this review helpful
This is one of the worst attempts at writing a book I have ever seen, let alone writing one on getting a job in the game industry. Several people I know have used the advise from this book: one got fired outright; another ended up getting sued by his boss; a third is now an alcoholic.
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