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Urban Game Design Class in Somerville

Posted under Uncategorized - Dec 20th, 08 - 3 Comments

Willoughby & Baltic, an excellent hacker/maker space in Somerville of which I happen to be a member, is holding a class on Urban Games & Adventure Design, meeting weekly for 10 weeks starting January 28th. The class will meet in Davis Square, Wednesday evenings at 7pm and will be taught by Bonnie Shaw, who has written games [...]

Important Note About Tonight’s Meeting

Posted under Uncategorized - Dec 17th, 08 - No Comments

Important note about tonight’s meeting: There’s a reception desk in the lobby, tell them that you’re here for the Boston Post Mortem meeting at the Microsoft offices on the 11th floor and you should allowed through. PLEASE BRING YOUR ID, as the security desk might want to ID you.

NEIA Winter Portfolio Show

Posted under Event announcements - Dec 9th, 08 - 1 Comment

[ December 12, 2008; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] The New England Institute of Art will be hosting their Winter Portfolio Show this Friday, Dec. 12th, from 1 – 5 PM at the Brookline Holiday Inn, 1200 Beacon Street in Brookline.
Come see the work of the Animation seniors as they display their demo reels and portfolios, chock full of characters, games, animations, and creativity! [...]

December Meeting

Posted under Event announcements, Post Mortem - Dec 8th, 08 - 2 Comments

[ December 17, 2008; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]
The December meeting will take place next week, on Wednesday, December 17th, from 7pm to 9pm, at Microsoft’s beautiful new Cambridge offices. The reason we’re cutting it short an hour early is so that we can adjourn to a nearby bar (probably Cambridge Brewing Company) and get some food and drink in us.
 
Our meeting this month will [...]

Boston-Area Game Companies List Live Again

Posted under Uncategorized - Dec 5th, 08 - No Comments

 I just updated the list of Boston-area game companies. It’s probably incomplete or incorrect: I took our backup from November of 2007, updated it with companies that I thought of off the top of my head, and removed references to companies with dead URLs or that have been inactive for a few years.
Please double-check to [...]

MIT Enterprise Forum Event: “Selling the Game”

Posted under Event announcements - Nov 26th, 08 - 1 Comment

[ December 2, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ]  The MIT Enterprise Forum Interactive Entertainment SIG is putting on an event on Dec 2 called "Selling the Game." It’s going to be a panel discussion on marketing and games. Their description:

OK, you’ve got the killer idea, a solid business plan, enthusiastic investors AND a top notch dev team. But who is going to [...]