[ July 9, 2008; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Hi everyone,
This month the Boston Post Mortem is happy to welcome Drs. Lawrence Kutner and Cheryl K. Olson, authors of Grand Theft Childhood, a book released earlier this year that talks about the sometimes counterintuitive ways that video games both help and harm children. Kutner and Olson are based out of Harvard Medical School and […]
[ June 11, 2008; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] This month’s Boston Post Mortem will be next week, on Wednesday, June 11, 7pm to 10pm at the Skellig in Waltham. Our speaker will be Ravi Mehta, Vice President of Publishing at Viximo, also formerly of Microsoft Game Studios. He’ll be giving a talk on the virtual goods market, which encompasses those little $1 gifts […]
[ 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 […]
[ 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 […]
[ March 20, 2008; 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Sorry for the short notice, but I just found out that Denis Dyack is speaking this evening (5pm) at MIT. Reposted with permission from the GAMBIT blog:
This afternoon the US GAMBIT lab is playing host to Denis Dyack, the founder and president of Silicon Knights (Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, […]
[ March 18, 2008; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] The flurry of press today indicates that someone has decided to push this bill hard, and it’s become necessary to ask you all to step up.
There is a hearing Tuesday before the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies.
The hearing will be held in room A1 of the State House in Boston (Beacon Hill, […]
[ March 12, 2008; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] We have a special treat for the March Post Mortem, in the form of an out-of-town speaker. Coray Seifert, Associate Producer and Cinematic Director at THQ’s Kaos Studios in New York City, will be giving a talk about the cinematics of Frontlines: Fuel of War. Coray is also on the IGDA Board of Directors, so […]
[ March 5, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The MIT Interactive Entertainment SIG is hosting an event tomorrow night featuring a panel of current and former game company executives discussing the rise (and in some cases, the fall) of companies and their pitfalls and successes along the way. Should be an interesting time!
Wednesday, March 5th – 6pm – 8pm
Getting Started and Succeeding
In December […]
[ February 13, 2008; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] For the February Boston Post Mortem, we will be featuring Chris Foster, Senior Designer at Harmonix, who will be doing a practice run of his GDC talk, “Your Music Is the Game: Designing PHASE, the Other Project at Harmonix.” This month’s meeting is sponsored: Harmonix will be providing food and drink tickets, so you’ll all […]
[ 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 […]
