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3d games industry...
I started in the games industry at a company in Manchester called Software Creations, back in 1995. Though I wasn't to complete a project there, I did work on the prototype N64 (when it was running in emulation on the SGi Reality Engine, a dishwasher-sized mainframe) on a canned sim-life project called CREATOR. From there I moved to Millenium in Cambridge who were eventually soaked up into the Sony monolith, where I worked on the titles MEDIEVIL and MEDIEVIL2. I spent the last four years at Sick Puppies in Oxford working on (among other projects) GHOST MASTER.

I love working in the 3d games industry because it allows me (as a job) to think in 3d and find solutions to some really wacky character issues, like their structure and their animations. As you'll see from my previous choice of projects, I really like to work with teams who are keen to push the envelope in both PLAYABILITY and FUN; one thing that's sometimes seriously missing from today's photo-realistic narrative epics is this element of FUN. Look at all the great Nintendo games like Mario64, 1080, WaveRace and Pikmin - they are all dripping in both the FUN element but also the PLAYABILITY element.

Monday 10th October 2005, I started work at local Oxford company REBELLION (yes, those people who own the rights to all of the 2005AD comics - joy). Since I've been there I've converted the animations for the EA title "From Russia With Love", Activision title "Gun", EA title "The Simpsons" and future PSP projects.

Mike Philbin Resumé 2005.  

Ghost Master character images.

Ghost Master - kinky and quirky character animations from this well-loved title.

Rock Chick Racer - a quick series of action renders on a theme of girls 'n' bikes. Fun.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 

 


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