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Harmonix is #20 on Game Developer Magazine’s Top 50 Developers

Posted under Boston game news - Jun 16th, 09 - No Comments

Congratulations to Harmonix, for making #20 on Game Develoepr Magazine’s list of the top 50 developers worldwide! (You can see the full 50 in the table of contents of the full report.)

A Farewell to Henry Jenkins

Posted under Event announcements - Jun 15th, 09 - No Comments

[ June 16, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The New England Games SIG is hosting a goodbye party for Henry Jenkins on Tue 6/16. Here’s all the info!
 

FREE ADMISSION and space is filling up fast, REGISTER today! 
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Game Unicon 2009, 8/21-23 in Marlborough

Posted under Event announcements - Jun 11th, 09 - 1 Comment

[ August 21, 2009 to August 23, 2009. ]
There’s a new gaming convention running in Marlborough this year called Game Unicon. It’s not a development event but it might of interest to our community, so here’s their announcement:

Over the last 45 days we at Game Unicon have been building towards a launch date to set this Convention in stone.  On May 7, 2009 [...]

April Post Mortem Video Online

Posted under video - Jun 5th, 09 - No Comments

 We’ve (finally!) posted up video from the April Post Mortem, which was Steve Meretzky’s big farewell. You can view the whole thing right here.
 

POST MORTEM: Steve Meretzky Send Off from Darius Kazemi on Vimeo.

Call for Proposals: GameX Industry Summit

Posted under Uncategorized - Jun 4th, 09 - No Comments

Hi folks, I’m posting this CFP up for the GameX Industry Summit in Philadelphia this October, which is presented by the IGDA Chapters of Boston, NYC, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. (Full disclosure: I’m on the advisory board for the conference.) Boston’s own Chris Foster of Harmonix is going to be a keynote for the conference, [...]

Video Game Orchestra Videos Posted

Posted under Uncategorized - Jun 1st, 09 - 1 Comment

 For those of you who couldn’t make it to the Video Game Orchestra show a few months back, you’re in luck: they’ve posted video of the show online! I’ve embedded some here, but you can see them all at the VGO official channel.
 

A Salute to Henry Jenkins: The End of an Era at MIT

Posted under Event announcements - May 26th, 09 - No Comments

[ June 16, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Join the MIT Enterprise Forum New England Games and Interactive Entertainment SIG (NE Games SIG) for an evening celebrating and honoring Henry Jenkins.
 
For more than 16 years, Henry Jenkins has graced the halls of MIT and shaped the New England games industry as we know it. An avid advocate of games culture, Henry has helped [...]

June Meeting — RSVP Now!

Posted under Event announcements, Post Mortem - Mar 19th, 09 - 16 Comments

[ June 9, 2009; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] (UPDATE: we had the RSVP email address wrong. It’s now fixed: igdarsvp@gamesforhealth.org )
 
Hey folks — here’s a waaay ahead of time heads-up. Our June Post Mortem meeting is a special one, to be hosted by the Games for Health Conference! In order to attend, you’re going to have to RSVP. (You don’t have to attend [...]