Gallary Opening: "Versus" 6/5
Baltimore-based video game artists, comic book artists and illustrators tackle "versus" theme.
Opening Reception: Friday, June 5, 7-9pm
Show runs: June 5 - July 31, 2009
At "The Windup Space"
12 W. North Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21202
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Posted by TronsterHartley on June 4, 2009 08:33 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Distant Worlds: the music of FINAL FANTASY 6/27
Grammy award-winning conductor Arnie Roth leads the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and The Handel Choir of Baltimore in Distant Worlds: the music of FINAL FANTASY, by Japanese video game composer Nobuo Uematsu. Celebrating the beloved music of Final Fantasy, the program will include compositions from games throughout the series, with video graphics from the popular game projected on a screen above the stage.
Distant Worlds: the music of FINAL FANTASY will take place on June 27th at 8pm in the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Tickets start at $30.
For more information please visit the Distant Worlds Website.
Posted by BrettDoerle on June 3, 2009 05:53 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Announcement: GameX Industry Summit:
The Baltimore Chapter is excited to partner with GameX, a new East Coast industry conference. Attached is the latest news from GameX announcing the latest keynote, look out for future announcements as they become available.
Additionally, if you're an industry professional and interested in speaking at the conference, consider participating! Entries are due by July 1. You can find more information here.
Philadelphia, PA---Wednesday, May 13, 2009---The GameX Industry Summit today announce its first confirmed keynote speaker, Chris Foster with Harmonix Music Systems, creators of game phenomenon Rock Band. Co-located with GameX (Games & Media Expo), October 23-25, 2009, GameX Industry Summit is presented by the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) chapters in New York, New Jersey, Boston, Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Chris Foster, Design Director for Harmonix Music Systems and the lead designer in the forthcoming The Beatles: Rock Band, is the first of four featured keynote speakers to be announced at GameX Industry Summit.
Game industry professionals are invited to the GameX Industry Summit at the Greater Philadelphia Convention Center for two days of games-focused lectures, panels, roundtables and keynotes from the best and brightest minds in the games business. In addition, GameX Industry Summit attendees have access to GameX, the only major game consumer convention in U.S. supported by a major media sponsor, NBC Local Media in Philadelphia – WCAU TV/NBC 10.
Foster’s keynote is entitled “Stone Soup: Collaboration and Communication in Game Design,” focusing on how game companies can derive the greatest potential game design result from an integrated game development team. His keynote will address methods for meeting challenges in game design, and how to utilize team dynamics, personalities and relationships to shape the final game product.
Foster offers, “Game design may sometimes seem like the art of getting other people to paint your fence for you, but in reality it's about collaborating with others to make the best game possible. It's important to not just learn to work well with others, but to embrace the entire team as a key part of the design process.”
GameX Industry Summit Features Harmonix Keynote Speaker
Darius Kazemi, president of Orbus Gameworks and chapter president for IGDA Boston, adds, "We are excited to have Chris Foster speak at GameX Industry Summit, especially given our conference focus on game art, game design, and game audio. Chris brings a special perspective to game design that all game developers can benefit from.”
Foster joined Boston-area Harmonix Music Systems in 2006. He was the designer of the iPod game Phase, before working on the Rock Band series. Before coming to Harmonix, Chris spent nine years at Turbine, where he worked on the original Asheron's Call and was one of the design leads on The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar.
Game industry representatives interested in responding to the GameX Industry Summit “call for proposals” can review proposal guidelines online at www.gamexpo.us and e-mail their questions and final proposals to: proposals@gamexpo.us. The deadline for final proposal submissions is Monday, June 15.
About Harmonix Music Systems
www.harmonixmusic.com
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., based in Cambridge, MA, and established in 1995, is the leading developer of groundbreaking music-oriented videogames. Harmonix was founded by Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy, who formed the
company to invent new ways for non-musicians to experience the unique joy that comes from making music and have pioneered music and rhythm gaming in the US.
About GameX Industry Summit
www.gamexindustrysummit.com
GameX Industry Summit is two-day game industry conference presented by the IGDA chapters in New York, New Jersey, Boston, Baltimore and Philadelphia. GameX Industry Summit is co-located at GameX (Games & Media Expo), a national game consumer show and ‘pop culture’ festival produced by Virtual Rush Gaming and NBC Universal, designed to draw from local, regional and national audiences of game players, film and TV fans, comic book buffs and tech enthusiasts.
For more details regarding the GameX Industry Summit, contact Morgan Ogburn, ThemePark Studios, 512/916-9633 or morgan@themeparkstudios.com.
To learn more about the IGDA chapters in New York, New Jersey, Boston, Baltimore and Philadelphia, please visit www.nycgames.org, www.njchapter.com, www.bostonpostmortem.org, www.igda.org/baltimore,
Posted by TinaTyndal on May 27, 2009 09:30 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Student and Indy Game Exhibition This Week! (May 21)
The chapter committee is working fast and furious to put the finishing touches on the Student and Indy Games Exhibition which will take place this Thursday, May 21, 2009, at Breakaway Studios. We’re lucky to be able to review game submissions early and boy are we excited. Don’t miss out on what may be one of the biggest IGDA Baltimore Chapter events of the year, full of fun, games and networking with fellow industry professionals and students.
The quality of submissions reflects highly on industry talent in the Baltimore area and spans a wide range of gaming genres including real time strategy, first person shooters and educational games. Last but not least, what event would be complete without zombies? We’ve got that covered as well. With fifteen participating teams confirmed so far, here are just a few of the titles that will be available to play on Thursday:
- Collide Reactor by Geek House Games
- Hover Taxi by Internet Superstars
- Key Velocity by Eric Ruth Games
- WaterLife by students of the Montgomery College Gaming & Simulation program
- Allie & Mary, Jumper, My Own Biome and Remnant by students of University of Baltimore
If you’d like to participate in the Student and Indy Games Exhibition, you still have time! Contact jmholda@ober.com no later than 5:00PM on Wednesday, May 20.
Whether you’re an IGDA Member or interested in learning more about the video game industry we look forward to seeing you on Thursday. Also don’t forget, after the exhibition we will be taking the meeting to the Treehouse where we have reserved space and arranged for food and drink specials. Take advantage of this opportunity to hang out with friends, make new connections and most importantly, have fun!
Posted by TinaTyndal on May 20, 2009 03:20 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)