Spotlight: Software Engineer, Bram Stolk

January 18th, 2009

Posted by Zoe at 11:16

Today we’re having a chat with software engineer, Bram Stolk. What kind of name is Bram? Well we didn’t ask him that but you can find out a few interesting things about him below:

Favorite Quote:
“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot- proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.” (R Cook).

How many years in the games industry?
1, after 10+ years as a Virtual Reality software engineer

What do you consider prerequisites for your job?:
MSc in Computer Science

How long you’ve been at Slant Six Games?
1 yr

Best part of the job:
You develop games! …and the company actually pays you to do this.

Morning web surf:
geenstijl.nl

Favorite Work Perks
Getting an award from the hands of none other than Seth MacFarlane (yes… the dude from Family Guy!)

What do you like about Vancouver?
The girls are prettier here

What kind of person do you need to be to work here?
You need an immature sense of humour (which is a good thing to have of course)

What do you do for fun?
Excessive speeding on a motorcycle and learning to fly a small airplane.

What games do you play?
Mercenaries

If I weren’t working at Slant Six games I’d be:
Developing Virtual Reality technology for Academia.


The Best in BC Business

January 18th, 2009

Posted by Zoe at 11:11

The results are in and we’ve been voted #11 in the ranks of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in BC! This is our first year participating in the annual survey that surveys both staff and management in companies of 100 employees or more. The videogame industry did well overall with a few of our friends up on the list. Of course, we like the friendly competition because we plan to beat them all next year on our way to being #1.


Slant Six Outpaces the Competition

This weekend, a group of our hard working team members participated in the annual Vancouver Sun Run, a 10km race through our beautiful city with over 50,000 participants. Not only did we place FIRST in our division, beating out 118 other teams, but we placed tenth out of all the corporate teams that ran the race. The next time someone suggests that game developers are basement dwelling couch potatoes, perhaps you can suggest they take a look at our website. High performance game developers who can outrun you in the street.  Pretty impressive don’t you think?

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Match Making in Confrontation

A new update from our friends over at the official SOCOM blog gives you the scoop on one of the highly anticipated feature updates in the upcoming 1.5 release for SOCOM Confrontation… the Tournament feature! Find out how tournaments will function with details on structure, registration, scheduling and teams. Read it all here

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