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I had a great time sitting down with Joe Kreiner from Epic Games for this episode of the Raleigh Raleigh Raleigh Podcast. Joe is the Business Development Director for Epic's Unreal Engine, which is the backend powerhouse of bijillions of games. This episode was recorded at State of Beer on Hillsborough St in beautiful downtown Raleigh.     Joe started out in Hardware Development, worked at Texas Instruments straight out of Penn State, and worked his way up the line. He gives some FANTASTIC advice to folks that want to get into the industry about halfway through the interview. In a nutshell 1) Go to school: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, etc 2) Intern and volunteer wherever and whenever you can 3) Be motivated as hell, period. This industry doesn’t reward slackers.   Topics we hit on Unreal Engine - what the hell is it? Gears of War, Infinity Blade, Unreal Tournament   Old School Consoles and Games Vic 20 A super cool book on the Commodore VIC 20 Atari 2600 Intellivision B17 Bomber - only the greatest video game ever created   Clip of B17 Bomber for the young whippersnappers that never played it.    The Epic last battle between Godzilla vs King Kong (1962)   Dev and Game Scene in and around Raleigh Bosskey Temple Run Red Storm Funcom Mighty Rabbit Bit Monster   Awesome Restaurants and Clubs in Downtown Raleigh Capital Club 16 Garland Kings Neptunes State of Beer Rebus Works   The Future of Tech MUST see video of Tim Sweeny (founder of Epic Games) on Human Interaction in Virtual Reality https://youtu.be/qepcpyZ5cOw   Props to these Raleigh Fixtures Walk your City Downtown Raleigh Alliance Adam Peele - THE OG Raleigh Tshirt Guy   Who should be next on the podcast? Naill Hanley - Morgan Street Food Hall, Hibernian, Raleigh Beer Garden, tons of other stuff Paul Kingman and Cheetie Kumar: The creative duo behind Kings, Garland, and Neptune's (Ben Barfield, I got you too homie!)   Joe Kreiner Contact info https://twitter.com/joekreiner https://www.linkedin.com/in/joekreiner/   IOS Recording Equipment Ipad Mini 2 Lightning to USB adaptor (Apple Camera Kit) Samsun Go Mic Audio Technica ATR 2100 Bossjock Studio App Auphonic Post Production Libsyn Podcast Hosting   As always, The Raleigh Raleigh Raleigh podcast is sponsored by the House of Swank Clothing Company. House of Swank makes the raddest North Carolina, Raleigh, and Southern themed tshirts on the planet....period. Come visit the shop in BEAUUUTiFUL downtown Raleigh  at 315 S. Bloodworth St , or check them out online at www.HouseofSwankClothing.com. Make sure to use the coupon code RALEIGH and get a Five Dollars off your first order.