At the 2K Booth at PAX East this weekend I was one of the lucky people who were able to play Bioshock 2 Multiplayer which I had not had a chance to play yet. Slightly off topic Tritton headsets are amazing while expensive they were all over the floor at every booth and everyone seemed to love them!
Well after playing the match I was very surprised at how addicting it ended up being. I got up with everyone else and started to walk away as I was approached by a man who asked “so what did you think?” being the honest person that I am I said ” well it was surprisingly a lot better than I expected” he laughed and began telling me that he actually was a member of 2k Marine and did a lot of the Interface design and art.
He was a really nice guy and I had a great time talking to him for about 5 minutes. We spoke of how Irrational Games was not involved in the second Bioshock and how many team members from Irrational were from the West Coast so they were able to move back home and work on the game, he was one of the few exceptions because he is originally from the east coast. We talked about getting into the industry and just games in general. It was a great time and I hope to get to know more developers like him in the future. I told him How I was aspiring to be a game designer and at the end of our conversation we shook hands and he wished me luck in the future.
He is the perfect example of how everyone was at PAX East. Very friendly, enjoyed talking to fans and giving insight to the few that were enjoying the show while still attempting to network a bit for their future carriers.
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