Games and Grog, once a month

[ July 30, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab has an open house this Thursday and they would especially like game devs to come out and see the games that their summer students have been working on for the last six or so weeks. These are always a blast, and if you haven’t been to GAMBIT, I highly recommend [...]

Last week, Penny Arcade announced the games to be featured in the PAX 10 showcase, and it looks like two games with ties to the Boston area were chosen for the honor.
Fieldrunners is the hit iPhone tower-defense game made by Subatomic Studios. One of the lead developers, Jamie Gotch, is a local dev who gave [...]

[ July 22, 2009; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Please consider attending this important upcoming event hosted by the Boston Bar Association. It’s not expressly a game industry event, but it’s a symposium on bills affecting non-competition agreements, including House Bill 1794, which the Boston Post Mortem supports.
Name: A Symposium on Bills Affecting Employee Non-Compete Agreements
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM
Description:
A Symposium on [...]

[ July 22, 2009; 7:30 am to 9:30 am. ] Game Changers: What is Fueling the Explosive Growth in Game Technology, Licensing and Distribution?
(see website for more info)
Cost: $25 for members; $45 for non-members

Location - Peabody Marriott, 8A Centennial Drive, Peabody, Mass.

Directions - Route 128 Exit 28 Forest Street/Centennial Drive
Program Description:

Games are big business, bigger than they have ever been. From the humble beginnings of text driven adventure [...]

[ July 8, 2009; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] This month we’re back at the Skellig and we’re taking a break from the usual speaker format. We’re all about the eating, drinking, and socializing this time around. Figure it’s about time we give you chatty folks free reign! There will be the usual announcements from the audience, and we’ll do a brief update [...]