NJIT Alum makes video games for your cell phone

Alwin is of a generation that was weaned on video games. Hes played since he was a child and when he was 10 years old he made a video game -- a simple adventure game. Computing was his boyhood hobby. The way other boys become infatuated with bicycles or sports or cars, Alwin became infatuated with his computer. He was always disassembling his computer to see how it worked, or upgrading it so he could play ever-more advanced video games.

In high school he read gaming magazines, one of which wrote about how video game companies were starting to hire college graduates. He knew thats what he wanted to do -- one day work for a video game company -- but he wasnt sure how to do it. Could he study video game design and production in college? In this interview, Alwin talks about how enrolling at NJIT helped him achieve his goal. He discusses his job -- what its like to make video games for cell phones and blackberries -- and offers advice to students who want to turn their hobby -- playing video games -- into a career.

Category:

Gaming

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• NJIT
• Newark
• NJ
• University
• institute
• technology
• cell
• phone
• mobile
• games
• video
• console
• next
• gen
• wii
• 360
• ps3