[ December 1, 2007; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] This Saturday, December 1st, is GameDev Day at Harvard University, a one-day series of free workshops on game development sponsored by Microsoft and the Harvard Interactive Media Group. No RSVP necessary, you just show up. Here’s their description:
Come to GameDev Day ‘07, a free event being hosted at Harvard University on December 1st, sponsored by [...]
Wednesday, December 5, 20076:00 - 8:00pmStata Center - Room 124Cambridge
Financial Games
Hear from 3 of the top VC firms investing in the gaming industry as they share with you their insight on what kinds of deals they find interesting and the questions to consider when creating a new property and/or studio. A market “state of the [...]
[ November 13, 2007; 7:00 pm; ] For our November meeting, Jim Buck of Twitchy Thumbs Entertainment will be giving a talk about physics for games, particularly under the kind of resource constraints you might find in a handheld environment. Here’s what Jim has to say about the talk:
“I’ll describe the methods I used to implement the physics for Rally Cross PS1 [...]
There’s going to be a panel on virtual worlds for an upcoming conference at Harvard Business School on Nov 10th at 2:15pm. Philip Rosedale, the founder of Linden Lab/Second Life, will be giving a keynote preceding the panel and then will be participating in it. In addition to Philip, I have Mark Kern, [...]
[ October 29, 2007; 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The MIT Enterprise Forum has a new special interest group (SIG) focused on interactive entertainment. They’re having a kick-off event open to the public next Monday, October 29. There will be refreshments, networking, and a panel featuring speakers from Hasbro, Floodgate, Vivox, and ZeeToo. For free registration as well as the time and location info, [...]
[ October 16, 2007; 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] This month we’re having a special Boston Post Mortem. The Entertainment Software Association is hosting the ESA’s Boston Day reception, which is essentially a chance for Massachusetts legislators, staff, and their families to meet local game developers and find out that we’re actually (mostly) human. I’ve personally been to one of these in Washington, DC, [...]
[ September 20, 2007; 7:00 pm; ] Our September meeting will be postponed until Thursday, September 20. It will be the usual time and place, i.e. 7pm at the Skellig in Waltham. You can look here for directions.
That said, we have a great speaker lined up. Jim Buck, of Twitchy Thumbs Entertainment, is new to the Boston area, having moved here from [...]
[ September 10, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The Asgard Irish Pub & Restaurant (350 Mass. Ave, Central Square, Cambridge)
Grey Thumb is a group of scientists, engineers, hackers, artists, and
hobbyists in the Boston metro area with a strong interest in artificial life,
artificial intelligence, biology, complex systems, and other related topics.
http://www.greythumb.org
Artificial Real Life
Synthetic biology aims to make biological systems as readily
engineerable as electronic circuits… [...]
[ September 13, 2007; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Autodesk is sponsoring their “3D Launch Tour” next week in Boston, with a games session from 5:30 - 7:00.
Featuring a Guest Speaker from Midway Games, Scott Englett
Westin Copley Place Hotel
Staffordshire Room 10 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
For registration info, see:
http://www.autodesk.com/mini-sites/melaunchtour2007/index.html
[ August 14, 2007; 7:00 pm to 10:00 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? [...]
