| January 16, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
A week from today is the Boston Post Mortem, 20:20 edition! We’re going to have 8 speakers give talks that consist of 20 slides, 20 seconds each, on various topics. Also, the meeting is sponsored by CIDC who will be providing refreshments–see below for answers to your questions about CIDC and the nature of said refreshments.
Our speakers:
Steve Augustino - The finer points of contract stuff
Jeremiah Chaplin - Thoughts on meaning in games
Steve Meretzky - Random brain dump
Paolo Piselli - How my thesis was very very wrong about the nature of fun
Tim Reilly - A critique of Tomb Raider Anniversary
Chris Canfield - Brain dump of ideas for text adventures
Jeff Ward - Agency theory
Hunter Keeton - IP issues for modding
There are others of you who have expressed interest in presenting, but haven’t submitted a PPT to me. Please note that we’re only going to do 8 talks, so there’s only room for two more. Those slots will go to the next two presentations I receive! UPDATE: there are no slots left! Sorry to those of you who weren’t quite fast enough. But we got a lot of interest, so who knows, we might do one again this year.
The meeting will be the usual time and place, 7pm at the Skellig in Waltham. For directions, see
http://bostonpostmortem.org/SkelligDirections.htm
Note that this month’s meeting is being sponsored by CIDC, who will be providing appetizers and 1 drink ticket per attendee. This means that there will be no Post Mortem tab: if you want food or drink beyond the sponsored stuff, you’ll pay on your own tab.
About CIDC, in their own words: “CIDC is a profitable and growing Internet-based software company that has been developing and refining its online gaming technology and eBusiness operational expertise for over seven years. Through our technology, we have become the most trusted name in online gaming and entertainment worldwide. CIDC developed the gaming and entertainment software for sites such as Everest Poker and Everest Casino at www.everestpoker.com and www.everestcasino.com.”
Look forward to seeing you all next week!
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