[ December 4, 2006; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] On Monday, December 4th at 7:00pm, Lee Spector will be presenting to Grey Thumb on his research at Hampshire College.
From his abstract:
“In this talk I will present recent results, produced in collaborative work with Jon Klein, on the evolution of cooperation in populations of virtual agents. Some of the examples will involve populations of simple […]
Grey Thumb a-life meeting announcement
Notes from Jesper Juul’s talk
Jesper gave an interesting talk this evening. I blogged it at my website.
– Kent
Jesper Juul speaking at MIT
[ November 28, 2006; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Please join the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and the New Media Literacies Project in welcoming Professor Jesper Juul back to campus:
Half-Real: A Video Game in the Hands of a Player
A Lecture by Jesper Juul
November 28th, 2006
5-7pm
Room 1-136
MIT Campus
Free and open to the public
Description of the talk:
What happens when a player picks […]
IGDA Scholarship program
The IGDA has just launched the 7th annual Student Scholarship Program. Twenty-five college students will be awarded complimentary full access passes to the 2007 Game Developers Conference. Students can now apply online:
http://www.igda.org/scholarships/
The deadline to enter is Wednesday, January 10, 2007. Recipients will be announced late January.
Applicants are required to be full-time college students (or equivalent) […]
Duncan Watt composes score for Sony Pirate game
Multiple award-winning Boston-area composer (and Post Mortem attendee) Duncan Watt recently wrote the original score for the upcoming digital game “Pirates CSG Online”, to be released by Sony Online Entertainment. Rollicking and exciting, the largely orchestral score combines classic swashbuckling Errol Flynn-era Hollywood score elements with modern-day instrumentation and world-class soloists to create a thrilling […]
Next meeting
[ November 8, 2006; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] The next Post Mortem meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov 8 at the Skellig in Waltham.
The speaker will be Scott Macmillan, Associate Producer at Blue Fang Games, where he is currently producing the next expansion for Zoo Tycoon 2. Prior to that, Scott got his start at Stainless Steel Studios as a QA Tester, […]
Serious Games Summit
Boston-area folks had a presence at the Serious Games Summit this week. Henry Jenkins from MIT gave one of the keynotes, and other speakers from PM included Nick deKanter of Muzzy Lane software, Mike Gesner of Dragonfly Game Design, and Kent Quirk from CogniToy.
The conference and this industry segment are getting pretty significant — they […]