At the beginning of this month I went to a tour of Real Time World with Central Station. We were given exclusive access to all areas of the building. As we walked in, the first thing you would see sitting proudly in a corner cabinet was the prestigious awards Real Time had won for their contribution to the gaming industry. We were firstly taken through to a 'board meeting' type room, where we were given some statistics on the earnings and employee numbers: Real Time World is only eight years old, they have 300 Dundee staff, their most successful project (Grand Theft Auto) grossed 70 million sales. We were also given a sneek peek preview of their new up and coming project, "Crackdown".
Each floor had a sea of computers, that were in operation by invisible men. Apparently no one seemed to be working that day :-)
All in all, the tour was very insightful and I learned a lot about the gaming industry. I would encourage students to go and explore something that is totally alien to them. It's quite eye opening and you learn something new.
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