{"id":2182,"date":"2018-02-22T14:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T22:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=2182"},"modified":"2018-02-22T14:01:58","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T22:01:58","slug":"video-game-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=2182","title":{"rendered":"Video Game Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"

On March 3 A<\/span>A<\/span>S<\/span>C<\/span>E<\/span>N<\/span>D<\/span><\/strong> hosts video game developer Michael Romero<\/strong><\/span>, talking about what it’s like to work in the video game industry. Some people on the autism spectrum have the interest and technical ability to do this kind of work. Come see what it takes to translate the passion into reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once Michael Romero realized he could make games for a living, he never looked back. Now, working with artists and programmers to create something new to share with the world is all he ever wants to do. Michael divides his career into three parts: console game packaged goods, mobile games as a service and, for the last few years, shared world location-based AR games with Niantic, Inc.<\/strong><\/a>, including the cultural phenomenon Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/strong><\/span>. Michael is happy his career has led him to where he helps create games that encourage people to go outside and meet each other.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Pokemon<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/p>\n

Don’t miss this chance to hear an insider’s account of work in this fascinating industry! Bring your questions and your imagination.<\/span><\/p>\n

When:<\/span> Sat Mar 3, 10am \u2013 noon<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhere:<\/span> The Arc of SF<\/span> 1500 Howard St. @ 11th St. SF, CA 94103 map<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Parking is available in the garage at 255 12th Street, with a reasonable flat rate for Saturdays. There is also metered street parking for $2.25\/hr.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On March 3 AASCEND hosts video game developer Michael Romero, talking about what it’s like to work in the video game industry. Some people on the autism spectrum have the interest and technical ability to do this kind of work. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2182"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2184,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182\/revisions\/2184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}