First things first, admit it, how great is it being a video game producer?
I’ve been in the industry since I started at EA Canada when I was 19. So for a long time, I didn’t realize how cool it was to be a game producer. Then about 4 years ago I did a stint at McCann-Erickson (world’s largest advertising agency) producing advertising, just to see what I’d missed. Let’s just say I appreciate my videogame producer job now more than ever! It’s a great left brain/right brain mix and you get to work with cool people on fun projects. What more could you want? Was it pretty exciting working on your first Xbox 360 title? Definitely exciting. The Outfit is THQ’s first Xbox 360 project and as a result, we were the trailblazers internally on a lot of fronts. And just being along for the ride as Microsoft launches a new platform – E3, X05, Zero Hour, etc – was very exciting for me and the team as well. This was my first (near) launch title and like I said to the team at one point, you don’t get very many chances to work on projects like this. We’re pretty stoked about th
