Open Letter To Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Corporation, My name is Austin Snider, I am an IT professional and a computer power user that has been using Microsoft products for nearly two decades. In this time, I have seen many different departments at Microsoft produce exceptional produc ...
Tool Compare: Unity 5 vs. Unreal Engine 4
A member of the Video Game Development Club group on Facebook made the following post a few days ago: "Okay so can someone help me understand what are the major differences between UDK, Unreal Engine, and Unity? And also which one is the best?" I do m ...
I’m Not Dead. In Fact, I’ve Never Felt More Alive.
I just recently updated the other pages of this site (the "About Me" and "My Stuff" pages). I have attempted to write several posts in my last few months of being absent; however, I tended to make my posts too long and never got around to finishing them. ...
New Look Same Great Taste!
Hello everyone! If you've been around you will notice that this site just recieved an overhaul. I will continue on the same as always, but since I have been actively persuing jobs in the games industry I felt it was probably best that I cleanup and stre ...
Now Accepting Extra Life Donation Pledges to Benefit Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals!
Hello again everyone! Yesterday I established an Extra Life game team for the North Carolina State University Video Game Development Club. Today I have began taking donation pledges for the upcoming 24-Hr Extra Life Game Marathon, an event aimed at rais ...
Engineering Better Games
It has been a while since my last post. There have been many things going on in my life and I have finally reached a tipping point. I am going into the video game industry. For the past couple of years I have worked through an Electrical and Computer En ...
Summer of Dev Week 1.
It has been a long but not very fruitful week. When coming back into town after a year away, it seems that everyone wants to see you. I have no problem with this, and family and friends are important, but it means that this week has been a slow one. Th ...