Pikachu I choose you!

Ok, sorry for the lame pokemon reference, but it was all i could think of at the moment.

Anyway, i made my decision and I let everyone know today. I'm taking the position with Volition in Champaign, IL. Looks like my start date will be Dec 5th, so I've got a month to plan the move and do everything. I think a lot of the decision was based on that I spent more time there and I felt like they really got to know me and wanted me there. The offices seemed like a nicer working environment with rooms with 4-8desks along the walls instead of a grid of cubes. Also, they seem to want to put me working on gameplay/AI stuff right away but raven wanted me to work on tools for a while first. While Raven seemed like a cool place and made a lot of top-notch games, I think this is the right choice based on the information I have. I'd heard a lot of good things about Volition before i left california and hadn't even heard of Raven, so thats something.

So i'm heading up to Notre Dame this comming weekend to take in the Navy game, and i'm going to head to Champaign while i'm there and check out appartments to try and find a place to live there.

I'll try and keep you updated.