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This episode of Making Games Is Fun is with Jim Unwin.
Jim is a game artist and a UI/UX developer currently working at Glowmade, an indie dev studio based in Guildford.
Jim has worked in the industry for many years, being involved with Core Design back in the day. He has also worked at Lionhead, Kuju, Media Molecule and Sony, amongst others.
I sat down with Jim in Loading Bar Brighton to discuss his early gaming memories, the story of his career so far, how being a headstrong, arrogant young man taught him a few important life lessons, his involvement with the swell in popularity of videogames around the Playstation 1 era, and his hopes for the future.
Jim is lovely and an industry veteran, so it was great to get insight and stories from his life to paint a picture of an industry that has grown large, but still needs to grow up somewhat.
You can follow Jim @jim_unwin
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