August Meeting – Updated

by Darius Kazemi on August 7, 2007

in Event announcements, Post Mortem

August 14, 2007
7:00 pmto10:00 pm

I’m super excited to announce that our August speaker will be Ken Levine, Creative Director on Irrational Games‘ upcoming PC and Xbox 360 title BioShock. He’ll be doing a business and marketing post mortem, covering the way that Irrational went about building a new franchise from the ground up for BioShock.
I know, it’s weird, yeah? We didn’t have an actual post mortem presented for years, and now we’ve had two in four months! As usual, check out the “Aboutâ€? link on this page to see directions to The Skellig and info about paying for your food and drink.

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Nerfbat » Boston Post Mortem . August 2007
August 7, 2007 at 9:26 pm

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John Hagler August 9, 2007 at 7:44 am

Is the August meeting open to the public? I am a relatively new programmer. I work on business applications, but hope to someday transfer over to game development. I work in the local area and would be very interested in attending this event.

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Darius Kazemi August 9, 2007 at 9:00 am

John: the meetings are open to the public. You’re welcome to attend.

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Andriy Noble August 13, 2007 at 7:55 am

I’m the head of Frankly Games, which doesn’t really mean anything right now, as I’m just getting started. I have around 22 people working with me, which includes a lot of kids under 18, as I am 16. I’m planning to attend, and i would rather not drag my parents along. Is there any way that I could still go, and not drag my parents? It would allow me to talk about my concepts a little more, with out a parent being there telling me what to do.

A little more about Frankly Games:
Well I decided to make a game in about May, and told my friend from Norway, and we made a post on gamedev.net and, as it ended it up we had over 2000 views, and not a single post of Flame which is rare on GameDev for a MMORPG/SIM. Is there any way that i could attend and show off a little more of my concepts and maybe get a little help in the right direction. I have talked so far to; Noise-Floor Studios. And a few other company’s.

Thank you!

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Darius Kazemi August 14, 2007 at 3:53 pm

Andriy, as I said to someone else in this comments section, the meetings are open to the public.

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Ryan Shwayder August 14, 2007 at 3:53 pm

I’ll see you all there. The wife is coming with me this time so don’t bore her too much. ;)

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Jim Buck August 15, 2007 at 2:06 pm

‘Twas my first PM, being new to the area, and it was a good time. Hearing how the Irrational guys got Bioshock to be known to the public was a great story.

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