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Last Chance! IGDA Elections

Posted under Uncategorized - Feb 26th, 10 - No Comments

If you haven’t voted in the IGDA Board elections, please go do so!  The election ends this weekend, and we have heard that we are still only half-way to a quorum.  Your individual vote definitely matters in this election!
In the last few days, the IGDA has done three webcasts with the various candidates – if [...]

IGDA Elections & Candidate Profiles

Posted under Uncategorized - Feb 19th, 10 - No Comments

A couple quick items about the IGDA Board of Directors elections:

Elections are going on right now!  You can find candidate statements on the IGDA website.
Post Mortem chapter coordinator Scott Macmillan has written up a series of 23 profiles on each of the IGDA Board of Directors candidates.  Many of the candidates have responded to the questions he’s asked, [...]

Complete Game-Completion Marathon for Haiti

Posted under Event announcements - Feb 4th, 10 - No Comments

[ February 26, 2010 4:00 pm to February 28, 2010 10:00 pm. ] What: Complete Game Completion Marathon for Haiti
Where: GAMBIT LABS
When: Feb. 26th-28th
Info: http://gambit.mit.edu/cgcm

February 26-28th, GAMBIT will be hosting the 2010 Complete Game-Completion Marathon to raise money for relief efforts in Haiti. Teams of players will gather at our MIT lab to attempt to complete a game in one sitting. Participants will independently seek sponsorship on a dollar/hour basis with all proceeds going directly [...]

February Boston Post Mortem

Posted under Event announcements, Post Mortem - Feb 3rd, 10 - No Comments

[ February 9, 2010; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]  This month’s Boston Post Mortem will be on Tuesday, February 9th at 7pm at the Skellig in Waltham. We’re having a multi-part presentation featuring presenters from our three Massachusetts Global Game Jam sites, where just last weekend many teams built a ton of games in 48 hours. We will also have a brief talk from [...]

Boston Indie Game Devs on a Roll!

Posted under Boston game news - Feb 1st, 10 - No Comments

 Post Mortem coordinator Scott Macmillan points out some recent highlights for the Boston-area indie game scene. A full third of the finalists for the Indie Game Challenge are from the area, Dejobaan’s AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! — A Reckless Disregard for Gravity was named ModDB’s indie game of the year, and we just wrapped up the 2010 Global Game [...]