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.
Jason Jurecka | Lead Software Engineer @ Visual Concepts | Ep 29
Out of Play Area
1 hour 50 minutes 48 seconds
3 years ago
Jason Jurecka | Lead Software Engineer @ Visual Concepts | Ep 29
On episode 29 we sit down with Jason Jurecka, a Lead Software Engineer at Visual Concepts, who just released WWE 2k22 laying the smack down on the competition. He’s a fellow Full Sail Alumni who I had the pleasure to work with at R* San Diego on Red Dead Redemption 1 and GTA V, and who has worked with damn near all the heavy hitters in the game from Blizzard, to EA on Battlefield, to where it all started at Big Huge Games on Catan & Rise of Legends.
Chapters:
(00:00) Who is Jason Jurecka?
(13:12) UGC Tools for Wrestling Games
(23:07) A Day as an Engineer
(35:36) Coming Up in a Small Texas Town
(46:23) Finding the Right School for Comp Sci
(56:58) Unpacking Burnout
(01:04:42) Tools & Pipeline Engineering at Rockstar
(01:12:44) Final Project at Full Sail
(01:21:02) Schools of Engineering
(01:31:15) Final Round
(01:45:57) John's Final Thoughts & Teaser
Episode Resources:
Support Humanitarian Relief for Ukraine (epicgames.com)
Jason Jurecka’s' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-jurecka-9362182/
Visual Concepts’ Careers: https://vcentertainment.com/careers/
Connect with the host: http://elkingpin.com
Show: https://outofplayarea.com
Learn more about Full Sail University https://www.fullsail.edu/
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.
