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iD Gaming Academy at Villanova University, CEO Site Visit

July 10th, 2008 by Pete

Hey guys,

It was great seeing you yesterday. Sorry I only was in town for a short while, but man did I see some great stuff. Here are some pics I took yesterday. I just want to recognize the gaming academy summer staff and of course the students who are truly into game design, game programming, and professional gaming–you guys are the future of the industry. Enjoy these pics!

Enjoy the rest of your stay at the iD Gaming Academy!

Be safe and have fun!

Best,

-Pete

 

 

Summer Camps at Villanova University, CEO Site Visit, You’ve been Blogged!

July 10th, 2008 by Pete

My Peeps at Villanova University-

It was awesome getting to see you in action yesterday. Although I was only there for a short while, I got to see the lab, meet the computer camp staff, check out some cool projects and listen to some cool project ideas for next year.

Thanks for showing me around. It was awesome to see the creativity and imagination behind all the projects. Great work! Congrats on running such an awesome tech camp!

Enjoy the pics!

Have fun at Family Showcase tomorrow and show off those projects! Your parents have no idea what goes on behind the scenes when you make your projects–let them know what truly goes into it!

Be safe!

-Pete

 

 

Former iD Tech Camp Student returns as iD Summer Camp Staff

June 12th, 2008 by Pete

Welcome everyone! Camp has just started, but we have all types of fun content to start posting. I want to welcome all iD students, camp staff and parents to our blog. We have weekly posts so check back regularly, or, better yet, sign up for RSS and let the content come to you!

OK, let’s get this party started.

I wanted to share this cool email I just got from one of our summer camp staff. This is a former camper that is now working for us. As I travel the country, I see more and more staff that once attended our computer camps as students–it makes me feel older–but quite proud.

From: Mike (Last Name Withheld)
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 11:05 PM
To: Pete
Subject: Seton hall – youtube of backflip

Pete,

I just wanted to first off say what a great weekend that was at Seton
Hall. I really had a great time meeting all of the staff and I really
wish I would get to work with each and every one.

It was also great to meet the staff that make this happen. I was
really impressed to see you, the CEO, all over camp, taking pictures
and even blogging about us. I went to the camp nearly 7 years ago,
the first year of camp at Villanova University. I took video editing
and absolutely loved it. The following year I took 3 weeks of
Programming, and now i’m back to teach 3D Game Design 1 and Game Modding 1 at
Villanova University.

I hope I can make camp as fun for these kids next week as
the staff did the years I went to the summer computer camp. This company really has
grown from something that was awesome to something even more
extraordinary.

Anyway, I imagine you’ve heard during one of the sessions we were
playing Kung Fu Hustle and a staff did a backflip to impress everyone.
I was surfing youtube the other day and apparently someone had a
camera. Sorry if they already sent you this but I
couldn’t resist!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0rGA5m4AHbA

With instructors like this there’s now way the kids could be
disappointed!
Thanks!

-Mike