ESPN U Series: The Making of NCAA Football 12

Be sure to watch The Making of NCAA Football 12, a four-part series on the development of NCAA Football 12 airing on ESPNU. The show will take you behind-the-scenes and into the studio as the EA SPORTS team races to finish it's perennial college football powerhouse. Episode 1 premieres on ESPNU July 14 at 7pm EST.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y2vUHYL9zE

From the all-new motion-captured tackles to a playbook session with Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson to even an early play test with Snoop Dogg, if you've ever wondered how a video game like "NCAA Football 12" is developed, ESPN U has you covered with a new four-part mini-series entitled "The Making of EA Sports NCAA Football 12."

Basically, a documentary crew camped out at the EA Sports studio in Florida for several months and captured all of the behind the scenes footage of the game creation process, right down to the art team explaining how an image of the Auburn War Eagle goes from computer skeleton model to flying polygonal mascot.

If you ever thought about working in the video games industry, this is a great piece to watch as you get to see a lot of the hard work that it takes to actually make a video game.

Here is the initial schedule of dates and times the series will air on ESPN U:

Episode 1: July 14, 7:30pm EST
Episode 2: July 21, 7:30pm EST
Episode 3: July 28, 7:30pm EST
Episode 4: August 4, 7:30pm EST

Full episodes are now on Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75umakdGDAE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9hFYXQORhU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAw0aVpB6pI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X234c9y-y0c
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You can view the page at http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/for...tball-12-ESPNU

Awesome. Looks like it will give a lot of the experience that we get when we go down to Orlando... except for JB's karaoke that is.

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except for JB's karaoke that is.

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They're trying to attract viewers, man.

It is strange that they're waiting to premiere this until after release ... but eh, I guess it's not that long of a wait.

An official description from ESPN now available
http://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/vide...12-documentary

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From the all-new motion-captured tackles to a playbook session with Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson to even an early play test with Snoop Dogg, if you've ever wondered how a video game like "NCAA Football 12" is developed, ESPN U has you covered with a new four-part mini-series entitled "The Making of EA Sports NCAA Football 12."

Basically, a documentary crew camped out at the EA Sports studio in Florida for several months and captured all of the behind the scenes footage of the game creation process, right down to the art team explaining how an image of the Auburn War Eagle goes from computer skeleton model to flying polygonal mascot.

If you ever thought about working in the video games industry, this is a great piece to watch as you get to see a lot of the hard work that it takes to actually make a video game.

Here is the initial schedule of dates and times the series will air on ESPN U:

Episode 1: July 14, 7:30pm EST
Episode 2: July 21, 7:30pm EST
Episode 3: July 28, 7:30pm EST
Episode 4: August 4, 7:30pm EST

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I'm a sucker for most "making of" type things anyway so this should be excellent :)

Since I'm considering of going to school for Game Design this is a must watch for me but say I miss a episode, will it be uploaded online anywhere to re-watch?

I honestly wonder if it will show or tell anything that could be considered in depth or interesting?

besides,..most everyone will be playing the game in week one haha, they better replay this a few times this month and during the winter haha

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I honestly wonder if it will show or tell anything that could be considered in depth or interesting?

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You'd figure two hours would show something moderately interesting. There are a few things shown in the trailer that I only have a moderate amount of knowledge on, so I'll definitely be hoping for more.

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Awesome. Looks like it will give a lot of the experience that we get when we go down to Orlando... except for JB's karaoke that is.

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Originally Posted by JeffHCross

They're trying to attract viewers, man.

It is strange that they're waiting to premiere this until after release ... but eh, I guess it's not that long of a wait.

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Hey there...I put on a DAMN good show thank you.

Episode 1 premieres on ESPNU July 14th at 7pm ET and NCAA Football 12 comes out July 12th :))

:smh::(I was pretty sure I got ESPNU but I just checked and I don't.

This should be a good watch, I'll be tuning in for sure.

DVR is set for tonight :up:

I'm not going to get to watch it. Those stupid money grubbing bastards at Time Warner don't have ESPNU on this cable package.

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

I'm not going to get to watch it. Those stupid money grubbing bastards at Time Warner don't have ESPNU on this cable package.

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Yeah it's a digital cable only channel.

Just set the DVR so I don't miss this.

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Originally Posted by psusnoop

Just set the DVR so I don't miss this.

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Would be sweet if TGT got mentioned :up: :nod:

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Would be sweet if TGT got mentioned :up: :nod:

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:up:

That would be real sweet!

this should be interesting

Any way to watch this online?