Videojug Videos: Being A Game Designer

Harry Ravenswood moved to the UK from Australia in 2004, where he had been working at Torus Games. He has worked on 7 published titles on a range of different consoles, and has been working as a designer for over 6 years. He recently worked on The Regiment for Kuju Entertainment, an action title which saw him working closely with current and previous members of the SAS to get it as authentic as possible. (from Videojug).

"Videogames have come an awfully long way since the heady days of Pong and Pac Man all those years ago. If you think gaming is still just a few nerdy kids holed up in their bedrooms needing to get out more, prepare yourself for a shock. The videogame industry is now worth billions. The level of sophistication, both in terms of gameplay and graphics continues to grow at a phenomenal pace, and in many households they've overtaken TV as the entertainment of choice for winding down in the evening. The flipside, of course, is that videogame production is now serious business. While you may think being a videogame designer is just a day-long play-about, the truth is it's a very demanding, albeit very rewarding job..."