Games and Grog, once a month

This [pdf] [large png] is an improved version of the chart I displayed today at my talk at the Powering Up session at Northeastern University. Powering Up was a discussion of the game industry from the point of view of Boston, and how academics, game industry, and government can cooperate to further the growth of […]

[ April 21, 2007; 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] The City of Boston and Northeastern University, plus Post Mortem and others are organizing a one-day conference to talk about Boston’s game industry, particularly around the areas of workforce development, investment, and sustainability. Doug Church from EA will be providing the keynote.

This is likely to be an important conference if you’re concerned about the future […]

[ April 10, 2007; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] This month, Cardell Kerr, the Design Director of Lord of the Rings Online discusses the hazards and merits of Turbine’s MMP development process. The talk will cover the challenge of designing to an IP, while not losing focus on the game itself.

Cardell was born in St. Louis, and is a graduate of Umass Amherst. […]

[ April 11, 2007; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] SIGGRAPH/ACM Boston Meeting
Northeastern University, Boston
Raf Anzovin
Anzovin Studio

See also http://chapters.siggraph.org/boston for this announcement plus directions.

In this presentation, Anzovin Studio president Raf Anzovin will talk about Anzovin Studio’s work and how they’ve survived as a small boutique studio in waters patrolled by much bigger fish. He will present a case study of their recent work on […]

[ April 2, 2007; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] The Asgard Irish Pub & Restaurant (350 Mass. Ave, Central Square,
Cambridge) Parking is available for $3 (with validation) in the garage behind The Asgard on Green St. Full details at the Grey Thumb web site.
Featuring a talk by Paul Dworkin entitled, “Avogadro vs. the Engineer: How Many Zeros is Intelligence worth?”
At its lowest level, physical […]

[ April 20, 2007 to April 22, 2007. ] The Anime Boston conference is coming to town.

Matthew Myers, of 2EastMusic, is hosting a workshop that also includes some other denizens of Post Mortem:

Duncan Watt – FastestManInTheWorld Music
Louden Noxious – Kaiju Big Battel
Adrien Warner – Emerson College
Christopher Payne-Taylor – SONiVOX

2EastMusic is also proud to release “Haste Haste”, the first user-generated music single from Anime Songwriting […]

[ February 20, 2007; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. March 21, 2007; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. April 10, 2007; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. May 9, 2007; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. June 12, 2007; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. July 18, 2007; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. August 14, 2007; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. September 20, 2007; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. October 16, 2007; 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. November 13, 2007; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. December 11, 2007; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Let’s get the dates on the calendar, shall we?

Unless things change, these are the expected dates of Post Mortem this year.