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New Year and Gamehotel
Wow 2007 started warm and cozy, at least here in central Switzerland!
Last year there was the Gamehotel event in Zurich and I thought it would be a good idea to start this new year with a look back to that event. Spot@nothing had to say this about Gamehotel (in German, ask Babelfish for a translation):
http://blog.nothing.ch/2006/10/gamehotel-2006-grosse-namen-an-einem-kleinen-event/
Now that things are slowing down again from the end year run in late 2006, I look forward to an interesting 2007 and more interesting IGDA chapter meetings.
Post to TwitterHow to announce a conference
Since the beginning of 2007 I received about 10 emails telling me that there will be an "Electronic Entertainment Expo" in Australia somewhen end of March 2007. All the emails contained tons of pictures and the text that I should not "MISS OUT ON BEING A PART OF THE BIGGEST SHOW IN 2007".
If the expo is as big as the amount of mails sent, they are definitely right about "the biggest show". Now this is what I call marketing. 
Update (24.1.2007)
Another email from the same event. They really are working on getting an entry in my blacklist.
EA and TakeTwo are coming to Geneva!
I just learned today, that EA and TakeTwo are opening offices in or around Geneva!
http://www.geneva.ch/_electronic_arts_headquarters_geneva_location.htm
Electronic Arts today announced plans to create an international headquarters for its publishing business in Geneva, Switzerland.
And
http://www.geneva.ch/take-two.htm
Take-Two, a leading worldwide publisher, developer and distributor of
interactive entertainment software, hardware and accessories, establishes its international headquarters for publishing in Geneva.
What a nice surprise!
Woah woah what a meeting!
The second meeting of the new Berne chapter of the IGDA was held up as police and rioters clashed out front ... oops sorry wrong article ...
Reminder - 2nd IGDA Berne Chapter Meeting about Mobile Game Development
Hello all
This is just a quick reminder that the second IGDA Berne Chapter meeting will take place this
Thursday 2nd of March at 18:30
at the
Musig Bistrot Monbijou.
Here are the details again:
MUSIG-BISTROT Monbijou
Mühlemattstrasse 48
3007 BERN
http://www.musig-bistrot.ch/lc_map.htm
Adrian Naegeli will present a demo about Mobile Game Development. I hope there are at least one or two other commercial mobile game developers attending as well (I hope you can make it). So plenty of informations and discussions to follow.
To introduce you to the topic, here are some links for your reading pleasure:
EA anticipates growth in mobile gaming
http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=374295
John Carmack on Mobile Development
http://www.mobileindustry.biz/article.php?article_id=971
And to see where the money hides:
http://www.handango.com/marketing/Yardstick/Handango_Yardstick_Year_End.pdf
I look forward to see all of you.
2nd Berne Chapter Meeting
Now everything is fixed. Unfortunately we had to change the date again (Sorry for that). But as announced on the mailing list:
The 2nd Berne Chapter Meeting takes place the Thursday, the 2nd of March 2006 beginning somewhen around 1800 at the same place as the last time (details about time and content to be announced).
We will start with a demo about Mobile Game Development and will have plenty of time to start a discussion about mobile games and other topics afterwards (plus time for some beers and rumours about GDC, E3, Revolution... ).
Stay tuned on our chapter mailing list for further details.
The March Meeting
We decided on two dates for the next meeting:
March the 1st (primary) and the 8th (backup).
We try to have the meeting at March the first but if we run into trouble with either the locality or the demo we will switch to the backup date.
Stay tuned on our mailing list for further infos concerning the date and the program.
Pictures of the inaugural meeting
As promised, here are a few pictures of the inaugural meeting.
This is how the restaurant we met looks like. Must look this blurry because of the cold weather
Meeting Notes
I just wanted to say that IMHO the inaugural meeting was a great success and that I wanted to thank everybody to show their interest. You really missed a good evening when you were not able to attend.
I am currently working on a meeting report with some pictures of the event so expect an update of this blog somewhen soon.
Inaugural IGDA Berne meeting
The time for the inaugural meeting of the Berne Chapter has arrived. It will be on 18.30, 16 November. It is a friendly, stress-free get together to meet each other, find out about the IGDA, have a few drinks and generally kick off the Chapter with a good time.
The location is Musig Bistrot Monbijou. Be warned there is not a lot of parking around the restaurant.
MUSIG-BISTROT Monbijou
Mühlemattstrasse 48
3007 BERN
http://www.musig-bistrot.ch/
map : http://www.musig-bistrot.ch/lc_map.htm
All who are interested in developing games are welcome!
First Berne Chapter Meeting
Now we decided on a meeting date for the first Berne Chapter meeting. It will be November the 16th.
More informations will be postet to the mailinglist and this website when they become available.
The IGDA Berne Chapter
The Berne chapter is the effort to reactivate at least parts of the currently dormant Switzerland chapter. The team of three behind this effort is led by Adrian, Felix and Ron.
