Hello, my name is Mark Cooke and I am a 24 year old videogame programmer who is currently working for a small developer in Northern California called Nihilistic Software. Our last project was “Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects” for PS2, GameCube, and Xbox which we co-developed with EA Canada. Currently we are working on an unannounced next-generation (Xbox 360, PS3) console title.
I decided to start this blog to discuss various thoughts on the game industry as both a personal journal of my own and in case someone else out there found the material interesting. If nothing else, hopefully this blog can give some insight into what life is like as a videogame professional for young budding developers out there. Not particularly long ago I was in school and looking for information about the industry and was grateful for all the information and advice I was given. Now that I can, I want to give some kind of contribution of my own.
I really don’t know where exactly this blog will go from here but it’s time to get started. Let the games begin!