GameDev Breakdown
GameDev Breakdown
Joshua Davidson of Gearbox Software
Joshua Davidson is a senior sound designer working at Gearbox Software in the Dallas, Texas area. After leaving Full Sail University in 2007, he Contributed to Red Faction: Guerilla and Saints Row 2 at Volition in northern Illinois before heading south to work on Borderlands, Borderlands 2, Battleborn, and Borderlands 3 after making the move to Gearbox.
In addition to building a stellar career in AAA games, Joshua has done some great writing and speaking about his time in the industry. His deep-dive into how he went from high school hopeful to graduate to industry pro has bounced around the web some before landing at Medium--it's a must-read for anyone outside the industry looking to make their way in. He also returned to Full Sail years later to give a great talk on his industry run that you can now watch at YouTube.
In this week's show, Joshua provides some updates on the last few years of his career you won't hear about in his earlier presentations, we discuss some recent trending industry news, and Joshua provides some of the advice he would have liked to hear on his way to the top.
This was an awesome discussion and I really appreciate Joshua's time. Go support him on Twitter and check out his killer work in Borderlands 3!
Joshua's links:
- @JoshuaDav on Twitter
- Joshua's posts on Medium
- Gearbox Software
