Warren Leigh ๐ฎ
@readyplayerwoz
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at @ElectricSqGames (Ex @GunzillaGames) || Retro gaming aficionado ๐น || Views expressed are my own || He/Him
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๐ Last Friday, a few of us from the Cast Iron Games team got into the Halloween spirit with a pumpkin carving session! Can you guess which oneโs mine? ๐ ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ โ ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด '๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ' ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌโฆ ๐ฅ Hope you all had a great Halloween! ๐ป
๐ฎ๐ท ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโฏ๐ฏ! 19 years ago today, Sony launched the #PlayStation โฏ3 in Japan! ๐น๏ธ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐3 ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ? youtube.com/watch?v=-XF2puโฆ
๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐จ๐: ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ โญ Black & White (2001) โญ Fable (2004) โญ Fable II (2008) โญ Fable III (2010) โญ The Movies (2005) ๐น๏ธ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ท ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ?
๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐! ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ โ ๐3 2011 ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐งโโ๏ธ Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=-o2gPsโฆ ๐น ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ 2011?
๐งช๐งก ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ณ-๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ! 27 years ago today, Half-Life was first released for Windows in North America. ๐น๏ธ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ง-๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ?
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐! ๐ท๐๐ฎ 27 years ago today, Sega's Dreamcast first launched in Japan! ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด? linkedin.com/pulse/sega-dreโฆ
๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป! 31 years ago today, the original #PlayStation launched in Japan ๐น๏ธ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ? (Go on admit it - this stills gives you goosebumps right? ๐๐)
Had a great time at the University of Derby on Monday meeting their game dev students! Shared a bit about Cast Iron Games and some practical tips on breaking into the industry. Really impressed by the passion and talent on display. Thanks for having me! ๐ฎโจ
๐ฅโ๏ธ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ค๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐! 28 years ago today, Quake II was first released for Windows in North America. ๐น๏ธ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐?
๐๏ธ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ผ ๐ฎ! 26 years ago today, Gran Turismo 2 first launched for the Sony PlayStation in Japan! ๐น๏ธ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ(๐ด) ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ 2?
๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐จ๐: ๐๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ โญ F1 โญ Metropolis Street Racer โญ Project Gotham Racing series โญ Blur ๐น๏ธ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต's ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ?
๐น๏ธ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ โ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ #๐ฏ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฏ-๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ (๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ฎ, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ง๐๐ซ๐) Oh man, those notorious mine levels nearly broke me! ๐น ๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด? #videogames #gaming #retrogaming
๐น๏ธ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ โ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ #๐ฐ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฎโ๐จ ๐ฟ๐ง๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ (๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ฑ, ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ฎ) Great follow-up that builds on the original ๐น Where did you start with Kirby? #videogames #gaming #retrogaming
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น!ย ๐ To mark the anniversary, Iโve written a new article exploring how that first game came to be ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ!ย ๐น๏ธ linkedin.com/pulse/story-beโฆ #residentevil #videogames #gamedevelopment