Ithaca College

Barry Caudill, executive producer of Firaxis Games, will present a lecture, titled "Be all that you can be in the Game Industry," on Friday, April 16, at 4:00 p.m. in the Park Auditorium.

Caudill's talk will be an introduction to the game industry including its practices and roles and tips on how to get a job in gaming.

The lecture is sponsored by the Roy H. Park School of Communications and the Department of Cinema, Photography and Media Arts. It is open to all Ithaca College students, faculty and staff.

Caudill has worked in the industry since 1998, is a graduate of the University of Phoenix. He entered the game industry through product testing at the Microprose studio in Hunt Valley before joining Firaxis as Quality Assurance Manager in 2002. In 2003, Barry was asked to become Sid's producer for the remake of Sid Meier's Pirates.

In 2005, Barry was promoted to senior producer of Sid Meier's Civilization IV, where he combined his intuitive leadership skills and extensive industry knowledge with a great deal of patience, to inspire and motivate the development team to create one of the highest ranked PC games of all time.

Shortly after that release he was promoted to executive producer but kept his hand in individual project production by working with Sid again on Civilization Revolution for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Nintendo DS.

Liam Collins '06, associate producer at Firaxis Games, will also be at the lecture. 

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation should contact the Office of Equal Opportunity Compliance at 607-274-3909 (voice), 607-274-1767 (TDD), or eoc@ithaca.edu as much in advance of the event as possible.