I've got to pick my career from what's available soon and I was just looking for some advice. What jobs correlate between the military and gaming? They're probably few and far between... I'm interested in knowing everything but, personally I'd like to learn 3d modeling MAYBE a programming language. I failed C++ in high school, but really I never studied or sought help. I also like at least knowing ways around any security system. I don't mean to say I'd like to be a pirate, but I like being where I don't belong and cracking security is one way to do that. Another being making cheats right now I can only do it with numbers and trial and error. But I'd like to learn how to do things more advanced. Maybe I could be one of those "good" hackers:nod:. There really is a massive, crucial, amount of the gaming industry I no nothing about. Can everyone shed some light? I've done some searching and now I'd like to here your opinions!
The MOS that would suit you best would probably be 25B, an Information Systems Analyst. Mind you, this only applies if you enlisted in the Army.
Play your cards right and you could be a motion capture model for "America's Army":thumbsup: I guess the question is: what exactly do you want to do in the gaming industry?
Sorry didn't mean to disappear for a couple of days:shrug: That's what I want to do, but i'm guessing since I want to be a marine that's out. But I will ask if a position will open up. Atenhouse: Marines get really screwed as far as jobs and money go, but I feel the title of marine far outweighs that. Information Systems Analyst doesn't sound dangerous at all:dance: YES!! that would be awesome as long as I don't have to program anything I could do that. All I gotta do is balance bossy leadership with upbeat support. The only other thing though, is like every young person, I don't want to get stuck in something i'm going to hate. But unlike college I don't get to switch my classes around and find somethingI like. Everyting I want to do is in bold in my first post.:nod:
you could probably be a military consultant for games. i see those guys all the time in "the making of" videos for shooters and such...
A good article for you to read about the gaming industry is this one by the Pickford brothers (makers of the much-unloved "Equinox" for SNES, among others) http://www.zee-3.com/pickfordbros/articles/getting_into_the_industry.php Well, running down the line: 3D modelling - a useful skill, but probably not one they'll teach you in the armed forces. Plus it's secondary compared to having a thorough background as a professional artist. Security/cracking - this is half about programming/code skills (finding weaknesses to exploit in code, etc) and half social engineering. But it probably doesn't have much use in gaming besides QA and designing copy protection for PC games. Cheat codes - purely a matter of programming; all you're really doing is modifying the assembler code of the game one byte at a time. In the gaming industry you'd presumably be writing the original code yourself so you wouldn't need to do this. You say that now, but when you're trying to change a stick of RAM in 130-degree desert heat in Iraq, while taking heavy sniper fire and rocket attacks, you might change your mind h:
