April 17, 2008
RPI 2008 Game Festival & Symposium
RPI's 5th Annual Game Festival & Symposium is coming up on April 25th and 26th. The Albany IGDA Chapter will have a table at the Festival and we will be having a free raffle for members that attend the event.
Saturday's symposium will feature a series of panels and talks including industry luminaries Greg Costikyan, Eric Zimmerman.
Friday
Game Festival - Darrin Communication Center Great Hall
5:00 PM to 9 PM
Saturday
Game Symposium - Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies Auditorium
10:15 to 3:30 PM.
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2008 Game Festival & Symposium
For the past four years, the Annual Game Festival and Symposium succeeded due to the quality of the student games exhibited during the Game Festival, and the themes and caliber of speakers that are the focus of the Symposium. Our consistent purpose is to expand students' game development skills and to increase their understanding of potential career options in the games and simulation. For the second year, the Festival will feature the Vicarious Visions Student Awards for the top five teams. We encourage and are gaining an increasing regional audience.
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March 17, 2008
Protest to take place in Front of City Hall Tuesday
Tuesday, March 18th at 5:30pm. A protest will be held in front of Troy City Hall at 1 Monument Square. In support of the Sanctuary for Independent Media and against the abuse of public power to suppress art and dissent. The protest, which is being organized by a new ad hoc group calling itself the Capital Region Committee for Free Expression. Come join the IGDA, the UAG, and the newly formed Committee in a stand against censorship and oppression. If this mod project is allowed to be shut down, we are opening the floodgate for a maelstrom of censorship of independent game projects everywhere. For info on the protest and the new committee email.
IGDA members Tim, David, Justin, Megan, Colin and Tobi at the protest on Tuesday
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March 12, 2008
Censorship in Troy
War on "terrorism" flares up in Troy, NY. Game Politics has been following the story pretty closely.
After the administration at RPI removed Wafaa Bilal's Virtual Jihadi exhibit from RPI campus, it relocated to the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy. The very next day the City of Troy called the Sanctuary informing them that they must cease any assembly on their property. The reason cited? Building code violations for the doors in the church. Hrmm....
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February 01, 2008
February Meeting Announced
The next Albany IGDA meeting will be held on February 13th from 6 to 9pm (presentation starts at 7 PM), at Brown's Brew Pub. Joel Gonzales will be giving his GDC talk, "Invasion of the Communities!"
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January 31, 2008
GDC 2008 is coming up!
The 2008 Game Developers Conference is in San Francisco again this year.
Developers from all over the world will be meeting up to share ideas and talk shop from February 18th to 22nd.
For more info on the conference itself, or to buy a pass, visit the GDC Website.
If you are an IGDA member, and over 21, then come join us at the IGDA members only event Tuesday, February 19th at the Westin Hotel. To RSVP and for more info visit IGDA Event Page.
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