{"id":82,"date":"2008-02-08T11:27:05","date_gmt":"2008-02-08T11:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/random-average.com\/?p=82"},"modified":"2008-02-08T11:27:05","modified_gmt":"2008-02-08T11:27:05","slug":"almost-suspiciously-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/2008\/02\/almost-suspiciously-perfect\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost suspiciously perfect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blizzard.com\/jobopp\/cd-writer.shtml\">A job opening posted by Blizzard Entertainment<\/a>.  I&#8217;ll boldface the requirements I meet.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong>Responsibilities:<\/strong><br \/>\n* Contribute to the written development of Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s intellectual properties.<br \/>\n* Write copy text for use by other Blizzard Entertainment teams.<br \/>\n* Write technical information for game manuals.<br \/>\n* Author original short stories that showcase Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s rich and diverse intellectual properties.<br \/>\n* Contribute in the research, gathering, and documentation of source materials from Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s intellectual properties.<br \/>\n* Work with business partners in the development of our intellectual properties through the creation of ancillary products<br \/>\n* Perform editing tasks when needed by creative development.<br \/>\n* Perform other duties that may be assigned by creative development management and producers.<br \/>\n<strong>Requirements:<\/strong><br \/>\n* <strong>2+ years of industry or related industry experience as a writer<\/strong><br \/>\n* <strong>Successfully published writing work, preferably in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres<\/strong><br \/>\n* <strong>Working knowledge and understanding of technical writing and editing<\/strong><br \/>\n* <strong>Excellent written and oral business communication skills<\/strong><br \/>\n* <strong>Working knowledge of Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s intellectual properties, and a vast knowledge of current successful intellectual properties in today\u2019s popular culture<\/strong><br \/>\n* Ability to work and thrive in a team environment<br \/>\n* <strong>Ability to produce writing without constant supervision<\/strong><br \/>\n* Excellent organizational skills and <strong>ability to work well under deadlines <\/strong><br \/>\nPluses:<br \/>\n* <strong>Experience creating and running pen and paper RPG campaigns and\/or live-action RPGs<\/strong><br \/>\n* <strong>Experience in playing massively multiplayer online role-playing games, especially World of Warcraft<\/strong><br \/>\n* <strong>Bachelor&#8217;s degree or equivalent experience<\/strong><br \/>\n* <strong>Experience in designing and playing computer games<\/strong> (finally, my years buildings and running those text-based MMOs, written in LISP, pays off!)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Could this possibly be for real?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThis is a full-time position in Irvine, California.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ahh, there it is.  The sting of verisimilitude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A job opening posted by Blizzard Entertainment. I&#8217;ll boldface the requirements I meet. Responsibilities: * Contribute to the written development<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mmos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}