Category: Events

DiGRA NY approved

It's done. Today I received the e-mail from Tanya Krzywink saying it's a go. I'm looking fwd to the first panel this fall. Official press release after the jump. — read on

July 3rd, 2008 | Academic, Events, Game industry, Gaming | comment

DiGRA NY (pending)

At the G4C festival last week I realized how many people we have here in NYC that do one thing or another with games. So, just now I sent off a proposal to start up DiGRA NY. — read on

June 11th, 2008 | Academic, Events, Game industry, Gaming | comment

Live & Direct from G4C

Reporting live from 12th street, I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that serious games and I can date for a while, but I don't see a long term relationship. — read on

June 3rd, 2008 | Events, Gaming | 1 comment

Serious Games: Prelude

As part of my preparation for the imminent Games for Change festival here in NYC, I've compiled a list of serious games. — read on

May 29th, 2008 | Academic, Events, Gaming | 1 comment

Less of the Same

Some time ago I saw a lecture by Steven B. Johnson: one of the people I love to quote in my whole video game dissertation thing. I'm particularly keen of his notion of "data making sense of other data." I had hoped to hear more about the future, but ended up with a mouthful of Web one point oh. — read on

May 23rd, 2008 | Events, Jibberjabber | comment

Barcelona in November

So it looks like I'll be headed to Barcelona this November. My proposal for ECREA 2008 got accepted and now I will go shoulder-to-shoulder with communication "specialists studying the role of communications and media in society, with a special emphasis on European challenges." C'est le w00t, bonhomme. — read on

May 5th, 2008 | Academic, Events, Gaming | 3 comments

Video Games Live: review

I'm all for video games graduating into some "serious" cultural form, just like comic books and bubblegum. But I'm not convinced that a poorly organized screamfest is going to convince anyone of video games' merits.

— read on

May 1st, 2008 | Events | 1 comment

PC Gaming Alliance: “Fourth Console”

Well, it seems the cat is out of the bag. Officially it'll be announced at GDC'08, but I suppose Dean Takahashi couldn't wait. — read on

February 13th, 2008 | Events, Gaming | comment
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    - What follows is a list of 2008 conferences that have something to do with virtual worlds. Think of all the frequent flyer miles…

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    - In an attempt to organize the logistics of commercial and academic networking, this page will list events. Categorized by an overarching theme, I will update these as I go along. They are primarily based on the endless mailing lists that find their way into my inbox every day. 

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