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August 24, 2007

August Social goes off in Pub Style

Over drinks at a local pub, several members of the chapter gathered and talked about their current activities. Much excellent converstation was to be had. We discussed the initiatives of the Detroit Creative Technology Office and how it can help the members of the chapter. The DCTO is a regional office, which has the goal of promoting the companies and region as a hot bed for Creative Technologies and allow those outside the area to discover the great talent located around Metro Detroit. Their focus is on Detroit, but not exclusively.

Posted by RichElswick at 05:29 PM | Comments (0)

August 22, 2007

August Chapter Social gathering at Dragonmeand Brewery on Thursday Aug. 23rd.

Come on out to Dragonmead Brewery from 6:30 PM until everyeone goes home. This is a social gathering with no agenda other than hanging out and talking about Game Dev.

Dragonmead is located in Warren, MI right off I-696 on the Service Drive.

Here are directions.

They have some very minimal bar food as well, but don't plan to have much of a dinner. I stress the bar aspect of the food. No wifi either.

Posted by RichElswick at 10:38 AM | Comments (0)

July Meeting Report from Interfaces Conference

Overall, at the 2007 InterFaces Conference there were well over 200 attendees. Although mostly students from IADT, there were many others there. A lot of great presenters from industry showed up and they loved the atmosphere and experience from this conference! This was a great success and I look forward to it next year.

2007 Interfaces Conference IGDA booth and Gregg Sealhoff

Afterwards at the college campus of International Academy of Design and Technology (IADT) there was an IGDA chapter meeting, where we had about 15-20 folks show up to hear what it takes to get a game on Xbox Live Arcade presented by Cris Boyer of Variant Interactive. Lots of cool give aways such as Tshirts, books and software was given away as door prizes.

Come on out for our August Social Gathering or our September meeting to have some fun hanging out with us and talk about games some more!

Posted by RichElswick at 10:23 AM | Comments (0)