Games and Grog, once a month

[ 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 […]

I was asked to pass this on to the Boston game dev community, from a local film maker. Could be some good mutual publicity here for anyone interested in participating.
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Hi,
My name is Spencer Kehe and I am a filmmaker who is interested in incorporating a video game into a short film I’ll be producing at […]

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, […]

There’s a nice article in Scientific American about SimCity Societies and its take on the environment as well as the partnership that EA and Tilted Mill had with British Petroleum. This is shaping up to be a banner year for high-profile releases from Boston-based game companies!

[ 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.