Out of Play Area is the video game developers podcast by video game developers for video game developers, from veteran to aspiring. We sit down with the people behind the games for your information & entertainment.
New episodes drop every other Monday, where we interview Video Game Designers, Animators, Artists, Producers, Engineers, Testers, Directors, Writers, and everything in between.
Hosted by veteran video game designer John R. Diaz @ElKingpin who started from very humble beginnings as 1st generation Dominican-American that went onto work for some of the most critically acclaimed games of our time in Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 1 & 2.
He now works at Electronic Arts while seeking to join the entire games industry through his podcast.
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Out of Play Area is the video game developers podcast by video game developers for video game developers, from veteran to aspiring. We sit down with the people behind the games for your information & entertainment.
New episodes drop every other Monday, where we interview Video Game Designers, Animators, Artists, Producers, Engineers, Testers, Directors, Writers, and everything in between.
Hosted by veteran video game designer John R. Diaz @ElKingpin who started from very humble beginnings as 1st generation Dominican-American that went onto work for some of the most critically acclaimed games of our time in Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 1 & 2.
He now works at Electronic Arts while seeking to join the entire games industry through his podcast.
Chris Cole | Senior Technical Artist @ Amazon Game Studios | Ep 37
Out of Play Area
1 hour 50 minutes 9 seconds
3 years ago
Chris Cole | Senior Technical Artist @ Amazon Game Studios | Ep 37
Episode 37 features Chris Cole a Senior Pipeline Technical Artist working at Amazon Game Studios as of the debut of this episode. We discuss his time at Survios working in VR, breaking in on Blacksite Area 51 at Midway Austin, life at Blizzard working on World of Warcraft, and we discuss ways to better manage and retain your talent.
Chapters:
(00:00) John’s Intro
(2:10) Who is Chris Cole?
(13:15) Amazon Game Studios
(25:39) Breaking in at Midway Austin
(41:03) Leadership Style
(52:47) Neuro-Divergence & Superpowers
(01:15:07) Activision Blizzard
(01:24:05) Pay Transparency
(01:38:47) Final Round
(01:44:09) John’s Outro
Links:
Chris’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/overlorddagon/
Electric Nodes UE Plugin: https://unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/electronic-nodes
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Out of Play Area
Out of Play Area is the video game developers podcast by video game developers for video game developers, from veteran to aspiring. We sit down with the people behind the games for your information & entertainment.
New episodes drop every other Monday, where we interview Video Game Designers, Animators, Artists, Producers, Engineers, Testers, Directors, Writers, and everything in between.
Hosted by veteran video game designer John R. Diaz @ElKingpin who started from very humble beginnings as 1st generation Dominican-American that went onto work for some of the most critically acclaimed games of our time in Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 1 & 2.
He now works at Electronic Arts while seeking to join the entire games industry through his podcast.
