Games and Grog, once a month

Turbine just announced that they’ve received $40 million in funding. Congrats!

[ April 16, 2008; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] The New England Institute of Art
Senior Portfolio Show
April 16th, 1 - 5 PM
The Brookline Holiday Inn, 1200 Beacon Street, Coolidge Corner

Come see the creative 2D and 3D work of our talented Animation seniors! Many are available for freelance or full-time work opportunities. Pre-screen future resources, or just come see some inventive demo reels.

RSVP to: Kristin […]

There’s a post mortem of AudiOdyssey up on GameCareerGuide. For those of you who weren’t at our December meeting, AudiOdyssey is a Wiimote-controlled accessible rhythm game made by the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT lab last Summer.

I was surprised (to put it mildly) to see an article in Entertainment Weekly written by Stephen King, decrying the HR 1423 bill that Kent Quirk (along with the ESA and IEMA) testified against. King’s article mostly takes a common sense, “shouldn’t the parents be protecting their kids?” standpoint. You can read the full article […]

In case you haven’t heard, Rockstar Games recently acquired Mad Doc Software. You can read the official press release here. Congratulations to the hard-working devs at Mad Do–no, wait: the hard-working devs at Rockstar New England!

[ April 9, 2008; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Post Mortem is coming up next week: note that the meeting is Wednesday, not Tuesday as you might guess (the Skellig was booked, sorry). Our speaker will be Alex Engel from Turbine, and here’s the info on his talk.

Title: Exploring the Exploitation of Online Games: Real Money Transactions

Description: The explosion in popularity of online games […]