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Org News & Site Updates
Event >	Member Discount:: $50 off for Austin GDC registration <Jul-10>
Web >	Culture Clash: Endgame - Enjoying the apocalypse <Jul-08>
Web >	The Games Game: The Millennial Dude <Jul-07>
Event >	Trip Summary: Paris GDC, and IGDA-Paris meeting <Jul-04>
Web >	Famous Last Words: Getting Started as a Games Lawyer <Jul-03>
SIG >	Game Developer Memorials Project launched <Jun-23>
Web >	June Newsletter: Memorials, Leadership DVD, Annual Report... <Jun-23>
Org >	Focal Press and Morgan Kaufmann: Exclusive 20% off sale for IGDA members <Jun-18>
( News Archive • Newsletter • )

Chapter Updates
Meeting >	Philadelphia: Game Demos and Telepathic Controllers at Drexel
Meeting >	Sao Paulo: Game Education in Brazil
Meeting >	Shanghai: ChinaJoy party by IGDA Shanghai
Meeting >	Pittsburgh: Lightning Talk Show & Tell
Report >	Pittsburgh: IGDA Goes Out to the Ballgame
Meeting >	Hamburg: Beach Barbecue
Meeting >	Japan: SENSE OF WONDER NIGHT 2008 (SOWN 2008) on Tokyo Game Show for Indy and experimental game developers (In cooperation with IGDA Japan), submit started (deadline until Aug. 31) on Dec. 10
Meeting >	Japan: Online Game symposium, “New stream of CGM and Online community with Virtual Singer”, July 22(Supported by IGDA Japan)
Meeting >	Japan: LLP/LLC for media content development, Kyoto, July 12
Report >	Japan: AI meeting, the case of Spore, July 4 (Digra Japan)
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Latest Members
The following folks just became (or renewed as) part of the IGDA's 13849 strong membership:
>	Sylvianne Pilon, Ph.D. (sylvianne pilon)
>	Alexis Mueller (anmueller)
>	Lawrence Walters (webattorney)
>	Tina Tyndal (ttyndal)
>	Stephen Schappler (schapps)
>	David Durcak (David Durcak)
>	Shawna Dickson (ShawnaD)
>	Martin Masek (ramby)
>	Robert Arlauskas (kidko)
>	Ian Bullard (ibullard)
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New IGDA Developer Memorials initiative recognizes passing of Erick Wujcik

Leadership Forum 07 DVD and web vids

Frontlines deconstructed in Jersey

IGDA Leadership Forum: Call for Proposals

Board Results: Jen MacLean appointed to chair; Brathwaite, Buscaglia, DeLoura and Train new directors

Student Scholars report on amazing GDC experiences

Invite: Members-Only Party at GDC

Congrats to the 2008 GDC Student Scholarship Recipients