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Jason Shum

Breaking into the Game Industry

With guest speaker Jason Shum

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Breaking into the Game Industry
by Jason Shum

Jason will talk about his path from being a student in Saskatoon all the way to working in the game industry in Los Angeles on some of the biggest titles in the world.

Hosted by the Department of Computer Science

Thursday, Jan. 25
2:30pm-4:00pm
Arts 102

Everyone is welcome to attend

Jason Shum has worked in the video game industry over fifteen years. He has had the pleasure of working on titles such as League of Legends, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, Batman: Arkham City, DC Universe Online, Star Wars the Force Unleashed 2, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Red Faction, Ninja Gaiden Z among many other games. Jason previously worked at Riot Games, Electronic Arts (EA) among many other game companies.  He recently started at Amazon Game Studios as a Senior Animator to work on their game Breakaway.


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