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With all these industry events occurring--like Gamescom, Penny Arcade Expo, and Tokyo Game Show--I thought it would be great to interview someone who helps put these things together. Wendy Spander, Sr. Manager of Events and Media, is such a person.In addition to putting together such things as EA's E3 press conference, her team also sets up "all the appointments for the 200+ North American press members who come through the booth over the three days."What's your name and job title?Wendy Spander, Sr. Manager, Events and MediaI interviewed Sara Sprinkles before, who is an Event Manager here. You two work together?Well, I do more on the Public Relations (PR) side and she does more on the consumer side. And yes, I know her very well.How do you from a PR standpoint handle an event?Essentially the PR teams are our "clients." We work with the PR teams from all labels on events involving media . We also handle several cross-label NY showcase events a year as well as EA3, E3 press conference, ...

Surprisingly (or maybe  unsurprisingly?), a lot of the people I meet at EA started off as either an intern or a tester. And even the people who started off as neither always suggest getting an internship as a start. You can browse the Breaking into the Industry archives for proof.Getting a job in the gaming industry becomes a lot easier if you have talent in addition to having connections, and interning or testing is an easy way to get your foot in the door to get those connections. So this week, I figured I'd interview an intern, Tracey Cannon. She's a Web Analyst for Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Online. As a Web Analyst, she analyzes data to see "what is most popular in the game and where people are spending money" and using that info, "management decides what the next move should be to improve those stats."She really makes interning at EA sound fun. They get paid well, for one.What's your name and job title?Tracey Cannon and I am a Web Analyst for Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Online. But, I also...

I approached Greg about doing this interview thinking that he was a Lead Designer, but instead he told me he was a Producer. Even better, since I haven't interviewed a producer yet. His team leverages the fact that he has a design background though, as his role requires him to "drive the [design] team and help them create features that can then be given to the director of development and scheduled out."He also gets to travel to Montreal for weeks at a time! Why can't I find a job that cool?What's your name and job title?Greg Rizzer, Producer. Ex Lead Designer.People keep changing job titles on me![Laughter] Yeah, I decided to join the Dark Side and go into management and production.[Laughter] What made you switch?Well, I had been doing game design for a really long time and we started working on a new IP here and the opportunity to become a producer and still be creative was really appealing to me.I like being on the floor and talking to people from all disciplines so this was a good ...

Jeff and Samantha visit Playfish headquarters in London to interview co-founder Kristian Segerstrale and talk about social games.Listen Now:RSS iTMS Related Links: Playfish GamesAbout Playfish

EA's latest signing HADOUKEN! are big gamers and own Wii's, Playstation 3s, Xbox's and DS's.Today it was Nintendo site CUBED3 who had a chat with the band about Nintendo, EA, influences and the new album (Buy the album For The Masses here)Cubed3 is a Nintendo website, so clearly that's our main focus, so what are your thoughts on systems like the Wii and DS? Are you all prone to playing a bit of Mario Kart or Wii Sports from time-to-time?Hadouken!Absolutely! I live with Nick and Chris and we have a Wii in the house with both Mario Kart and Wii Sports. I really like the Wii system because it provides a completely different experience to the other big consoles. Nintendo has always been about having the best gameplay and simply being the most fun games to play and not getting too hung up on having the most insane graphics, etc, which is really important. Too many games are trying to be the most technically impressive and losing track of what people play games for in the first place.Read...