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Gabriel Pendleton

Role: Gabriel Pendleton is President of BaltimoreGamer.com. Gabriel’s goal is to have a place or central hub of everything Gaming and Gaming technology in Baltimore. Promoting the industry of video games , shining the light on local indie developers and creating a community where developers, gamers, students, and creative minds alike will know that if its involves ANYTHING videos games, BaltimoreGamer will be involved or spreading the word.

Education: A student of “Simulation and Digital Entertainment” aka Game Design at the University of Baltimore County.

Current Work: Quality Assurance Video Game Tester at e4e Interactive.

Around Town: Gabriel is very involved in the video games community, always eager to learn more and meet new faces. He attends as many networking events as he can, such as BarCamp, Ignite Baltimore, Innovate Baltimore, IGDA Baltimore, and has developed great relationships with many great companies and individuals.

Favorite Games: Metroid, Mass Effect 1&2, Final Fantasy X, Battlefield, God of War, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Legend of Zelda.

My own words: This really all began when I was working at RadioShack and I helped a guy with some audio equipment. That guy, is the Lead Sound Programmer at Firaxis Games Dominic Cerquetti. Without Dom, BaltimoreGamer may be still an idea.

Follow Gabriel: LinkedIn – FaceBook – Twitter

Win Two Tickets to MagFest 2012 by Joining The “Share Us” Contest

By Gabriel Pendleton | Published: December 9, 2011
Welcome, BaltimoreGamers, to December, the month of giving! It has been a long year of great indie games, events, cons, music shows, etc. So, to end the year with a bang, we will be giving away two tickets to Magfest 2012 featuring special guest Nobuo Uematsu, composer of the scores for the Final Fantasy series. [...]
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Celebrity Indie Game Developer Eric Ruth Joins Fast Growing Pure Bang Games

By Gabriel Pendleton | Published: December 7, 2011
Baltimore, Md. – Pure Bang Games, a leading developer of social games in the Mid-Atlantic region, announced today that celebrity indie game designer and developer, Eric Ruth, has joined the company. The veteran video game developer will accelerate Pure Bang Games’ plans to publish original game titles across Facebook, web, mobile and other popular social. Pure Bang [...]
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Breakaway offers Day 1 Studios employees a Helping Hand in The Aftermath of Huge Layoffs

By Gabriel Pendleton | Published: December 6, 2011
Recently reported on Gamespot.com, Day 1 Studios will lay off 95% of it’s Silent Scope development team. A source told GameSpot that the Chicago-based studio’s collapse came as a result of losing its publishing deal with Japanese publisher Konami. Day 1 had been at work on a new installment in Konami’s classic arcade shooter Silent Scope, [...]
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Occupy Super Art Fight’s Return to DC! feat Rare Candy

By Gabriel Pendleton | Published: November 5, 2011
Super Art Fight is easily one of my favorite events to attend. I had the honor of seeing them grow from the beginning, all the way back from the first Super Art Fight. Since then, Super Art Fight has become one of the must-see shows in Baltimore… period. Unfortunately they have become so popular that [...]
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Nobuo Uematsu, Composer of the Final Fantasy series to Perform at MAGFest

By Gabriel Pendleton | Published: November 4, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC — NOVEMBER 4, 2011 — MAGFest ( The Music And Gaming Festival), is proud to announce Nobuo Uematsu and EARTHBOUND PAPAS as guests at the next upcoming MAGFest, January 5-8, 2012, in National Harbor, MD. Nobuo Uematsu is best known for being the primary composer for the Final Fantasy series of video games. Uematsu’s band, EARTHBOUND PAPAS, will [...]
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BaltimoreGamer Will “Play It Early” Call of Duty: MW3 Best Buy Event

By Gabriel Pendleton | Published: November 4, 2011
Best Buy and Activision are hosting a “Play It Early” event for Call of Duty: MW3. at the Towson Best Buy on Monday, November 7th at 8pm. “We’ll be playing it in the Best Buy Magnolia room, which features the best TVs in the store, along with comfy couches, so you’ll get a real at-home experience while being among [...]
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GamePitches: A look at Real Game Design Documents

By Gabriel Pendleton | Published: October 29, 2011
Upon my many late night adventures surfing the web I came across this gem! GamePitches.com is a repository for real industry design and pitch documents. Every up and coming developer or game designer should take a look at some of the documents. The most notable  I came across was the Irrational Games – Bioshock Pitch Document!. Although, there is a Grand Theft Auto 1 [...]
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Getting Started in Unity Game Development

By Gabriel Pendleton | Published: October 15, 2011
This Post is from My personal Blog: Over the last few months I’ve began my journey into the world of Unity development. Starting with my internship at Bully Entertainment I had never worked with the engine before. While hitting the ground running with no shoes and this being my first experience, I had to catch myself up. At least to [...]
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The Ultimate Beginner Flash Game Programming Tutorial and Resource Guide

By Gabriel Pendleton | Published: October 15, 2011
We all started as noobs in the world of game programming with flash. I always felt that less time searching for material and more time working is always helpful when you have everything in one place. So, here is my ultimate list of great tutorials and resources. Think something should be added? Leave a comment!   Books [...]
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Baltimore Barcraft MLG Championship for Gamers and Non Gamers

By Gabriel Pendleton | Published: October 13, 2011
This barcraft will be hosted @ Pratt Street Ale House on MLG Championship Sunday! The bar is located right on Pratt Street near downtown Baltimore’s inner harbor. There are many ways to get here including the Light rail and Charm City Circulator. There is also parking right around the corner. We will be providing a stream for [...]
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