Contextual Studies - Guest Lecture: Jake & Ryan Neal

For our next guest lecture, we had Jake and Ryan Neal. QA testers and PR assistants. Also former student/ grauates at Norwich University of The Arts. They have worked on titles like: GTA V, Injustice Gods Among Us and most recently were promoters for the new game Evolve.

From the start of their lecture, it was clear to see they were competitive and loved what they do. They have become well known in the competitive gaming world, from which Team Razer/Ludus Magnus have given them sponsorship to play fighting games competitively.

It was good to see that, what we think we want to do now in the games industry (2D artist, 3D artist, QA testers), isn't necessarily what we want to do in two years time (I've already changed from wanting to be 2D concept artist to 3D environment artist in a few months)

In Jake and Ryan's case, they didn't know they wanted to do QA testing or to be PR assistants until they were given the chance to.
Also, in their talks it was shown that opportunities are very important and when ever they are given, you take them.

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