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Author: Akram Taghavi-Burris

Akram Taghavi-Burris is an award winning designer, an educator with over 15 years of experience in graphic arts and web design. Akram has an M.Ed. with an emphasis on Design Education and has been awarded several prestigious awards for her work such as the American Advertising Federation (AAF) Award and, the Davinci Fellows Award for innovation in teaching. Currently, Akram teaches Computer Simulation and Gaming (Video Game Design) at the University of Tulsa. to life.

AGDC 2008 – Day 3

September 17, 2008June 29, 2017 Akram Taghavi-Burris Leave a comment

Today was the Career Guide Seminar, which is absolutely a must for a student! If you are serious about getting into the game industry, then you need to save your pennies and attend GDC. There’s no way around it. The Career Guide seminar, offered session on resume writing for game designers. There was a mock […]

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AGDC 2008 – Day 2

September 16, 2008June 29, 2017 Akram Taghavi-Burris Leave a comment

Well day two at ACDC was another full one. Today I was able to attend another session on storytelling. This lecture was presented by the creative art director of Tomb Raider Underworld. He discussed issues with the character Laura. That her original storyline was designed for a single game, but there have been many games […]

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AGDC 2008 – Day 1

September 15, 2008June 29, 2017 Akram Taghavi-Burris Leave a comment

Well day one at ACDC was a full one. There are several track of lectures at AGDC one of which is writing, and since I like to write, I decided to attend a few of those. The big talk throughout all the writing lectures was the move to interactive stories. Many lectures fantasized about the […]

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End of the Avatar

July 20, 2008June 26, 2017 Akram Taghavi-Burris Leave a comment

Well, the final episode of Avatar the Last Airbender came and went and as expected it was kind of a letdown.

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Countdown to the Commet

July 18, 2008June 26, 2017 Akram Taghavi-Burris Leave a comment

With the end of the Avatar the Last Air Bender right around the corner, I thought I’d share some predictions.

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Oklahoma Electronic Game Expo 2008

April 28, 2008June 29, 2017 Akram Taghavi-Burris Leave a comment

The Oklahoma Electronic Game Expo (OEGE) 2008 was put on this past weekend by the Computer Arts and Technology Society at the Oklahoma City Community College.

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Digitally Remastered Films Flaws

February 27, 2008June 26, 2017 Akram Taghavi-Burris Leave a comment

Remastered Disney films add visual flaws and inconsistencies making it not worth your money.

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Adobe Kuler

February 4, 2008June 29, 2017 Akram Taghavi-Burris Leave a comment

Adobe Kuler is a fantastic color scheme site, excellent for web and print designers or any kind of designer for that matter.

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News from “E for All”

October 19, 2007June 29, 2017 Akram Taghavi-Burris Leave a comment

The E for All bilboard on top the LA Convention Center could be seen from my hotel. Excitedly I walked to the convention center yesterday, hoping to see mass demos of games and reviews. My hopes were high as I saw the line for entry stretched out the door, and this was only the guests […]

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FireFox Best Product of 2007

September 3, 2007June 26, 2017 Akram Taghavi-Burris Leave a comment

PC World listed Mozilla FireFox 2 as one of the best products of 2007, and why not? FireFox has hundreds of great features.

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