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Dan Porter's Blog

Dan Porter works as a Game Designer at Gameloft's Montreal studio. (Gameloft is a prominent mobile game publisher with a focus on games for the iOS and Android devices).

Dan has two years experience in mobile game development, and is credited in the arcade racing game Asphalt 7. He was educated at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont where he studied Game Design with a focus on business management (production).

Dan Porter's Comments

Comment In: Beer and Diversity [Blog - 05/29/2013 - 08:15]

Do you know anyone who ...

Do you know anyone who doesn 't like chocolate and strawberries

Comment In: Is the project manager role outdated? [Blog - 05/27/2013 - 10:38]

I 'm not suggesting that ...

I 'm not suggesting that it can 't work -- in fact I can 't think of a situation where individual autonomy would be a bad thing, so long as the degree of autonomy isn 't effecting group cohesion. r n r nHowever, loss of autonomy tends to happen more ...

Comment In: Part 2: Quality Assurance - a career destination in games? Why not!!? [Blog - 04/15/2013 - 12:15]

QA leads should definitely get ...

QA leads should definitely get paid a lot more for what they do. That 's a tough job. r n r nThe difficulty is that with the staggering man hours needed to find all the bugs in a AAA game and the sheer volume of people you need to throw ...

Comment In: Doing Thumbstick Dead Zones Right [Blog - 04/16/2013 - 12:40]

Impressive and succinct Thanks for ...

Impressive and succinct Thanks for including the math images. This one is definitely going on the cheatsheet.

Comment In: A Game Without God [Blog - 03/29/2013 - 12:30]

@Chad: r nI like that ...

@Chad: r nI like that interpretation. It would be interesting if by getting the car crash ending, you never end up getting around to defeating the supreme evil being at the end of the game. r n r n@OP: r nOr weirder still, if you want to support a narrative ...

Comment In: #1ReasonWhy We Need to Change the Way We Fight Against Sexism [Blog - 03/29/2013 - 09:45]

Just a nitpick here Emppu, ...

Just a nitpick here Emppu, but women aren 't a minority. They are, however, historically marginalized. r n r nThey might be a minority in the game industry, but that once again is a result of marginalization in one form or another -- including cultural nudging away from certain professions ...

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