http://www.bostonpostmortem.org Games and Grog, once a month Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:05:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We received this note from GAMBIT this morning about their new podcast: Today is the official release of the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab Research Video Podcast Series. http://gambit.mit.edu/ Founded in 2006, the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab sets itself apart by emphasizing the creation of video game prototypes ... http://www.bostonpostmortem.org/2010/03/03/singapore-mit-gambit-game-lab-research-video-podcast-series/ 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 ... http://www.bostonpostmortem.org/2010/02/26/last-chance-igda-elections/ 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 ... http://www.bostonpostmortem.org/2010/02/19/igda-elections-candidate-profiles/ 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 ... http://www.bostonpostmortem.org/2010/02/04/complete-game-completion-marathon-for-haiti/  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 ... http://www.bostonpostmortem.org/2010/02/03/february-boston-post-mortem/  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 ... http://www.bostonpostmortem.org/2010/02/01/boston-indie-game-devs-on-a-roll/ I met with the Federal Communications Commission on January 14th, 2010 to discuss issues around net neutrality and game development. I was not alone: also present at the meeting were local game devs Matthew Bellows, Kent Quirk, Dan Scherlis, Jon Radoff, and Chris Dyl. The FCC published our meeting minutes as well as some extra ... http://www.bostonpostmortem.org/2010/01/21/notes-from-meeting-with-the-fcc-about-net-neutrality/   On Tuesday, January 26th, NEDAG (New England Digital Artists Group) is holding it's kick-off meeting for 2010. Yilmaz Kiymaz, game developer/technical artist will do two back-to-back sessions: the first on Unity's art workflow, and the second covering Cinema 4D -  modelling/texturing/animation - and how each are best used in art production for iPhone games.   Details:   Tuesday, January ... http://www.bostonpostmortem.org/2010/01/18/nedag-meeting-iphone-game-development/ For the January edition of the Boston Post Mortem, Jeff Goodsill of Tencent Boston will be giving a business-oriented talk called "Planning for Success in the Chinese Game Market." Here's a brief description: The Chinese online game market is the largest single online market in the world yet over 70% of ... http://www.bostonpostmortem.org/2010/01/06/january-meeting-4/ Dejobaan Games' own AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! -- A Reckless Disregard For Gravity was just chosen as a finalist in the Independent Game Festival's Excellence in Design category. Congratulations to Ichiro and the Dejobaan crew, and best of luck in the finals! http://www.bostonpostmortem.org/2010/01/04/dejobaan-games-an-igf-finalist/