Games and Grog, once a month

Conduit Labs gets funded

Posted under Uncategorized - Aug 22nd, 07 - Comments Off

Exciting news today — for the first time in a while, a Boston-based game startup has gotten venture funding. Nabeel Hyatt has the news about Conduit Labs at their blog. Congratulations, folks.

Irrational Games Name Change to 2K Boston

Posted under Boston game news - Aug 10th, 07 - Comments Off

According to Gamasutra, Irrational Games, which was acquired by Take-Two Interactive in early 2006, has been renamed. Its Boston and Australia offices are now known as 2K Boston and 2K Australia, respectively.

August Meeting - Updated

Posted under Event announcements - Aug 7th, 07 - 7 Comments

[ 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? […]

NEiA portfolio show

Posted under Uncategorized - Aug 3rd, 07 - Comments Off

The New England Institute of Art is showing off the work of their second class of graduates today. They’ve sent an invitation:
Please join us and see the work of our graduating seniors at our NEiA Portfolio Show!
Friday, Aug. 3rd
1 - 5 PM
Brookline Holiday Inn
1200 Beacon St.
Brookline
If you’re looking for future candidates for employment at […]

Post Mortem Gathering

Posted under Event announcements - Jan 15th, 07 - Comments Off

[ 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.