IGDA Newsletter - January 2004
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IGDA Newsletter - January 2004
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=============================
0: A Word From Kathy Schoback
1: IGDA News
- Quality of Life Survey
- Choice Awards Nominations: January 23rd Deadline
- Event Report: China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference
- Game Accessibility Survey
- Columns Update
2: Chapter Updates
3: From the Wires
- Girls on the Game!
- Online Gamer in China Wins Virtual Theft Suit
- Game Retailers Announce New ID-Checking Plan
- Gaming Ourselves to Death
- How to Break into the Game Industry Mini-Conference
- Sega Sees Red Over Simpsons Road Rage
- Video Game Report Card
- Sid Meier Gets Fame
- HomeLan: Leland Y. Yee Interview
- The Year in Gaming
- Manhunt Banned in New Zealand
- When it Comes to Charity, these Guys are Real Gamers
- Perhaps Best Unsaid
- TV Execs Go Gaga Over Gaming
- Saying No to Games
- Raking Muck in "The Sims Online"
- Video Gaming and its Discontents
- SimCandidate - Political Games
- 20 Years with John Austin
- Seniors Taking to Computer Games
4: Logistical Bits
=============================
=============================
0: A Word From Kathy Schoback
=============================
Dear Members and friends,
What better way to begin the new year than to contemplate the greatness of
games!
Grab your favorite game and invite some gamer newbie friends over to your house
for an evening. Watch their eyes light up as they master a key combo and kick
your behind. Or, why not head over to your local mom&pop game shop and listen
to the kids' enthusiasm. They're choosing a brave new world to immerse themselves
in, and they are beyond excited. Or, troll a fan forum and contemplate the reality
of gamers - your customers - debating your game design decisions to the nth degree.
Or, best of all - give your own kudos to the teams that made 2003's best games
by nominating them for a Game Developers Choice Award:
http://www.igda.org/awards/nominations.htm
The Choice Awards are the only by-developer for-developer awards in the industry
- only those involved in the development and design of games are eligible to
submit nominations. Pure developer opinion - no hype, no fees, no politics. If
other game awards annoy you with their disingenuous'ness - you owe it to yourself
to participate.
Enjoy your contemplations and happy gaming!
Kathy Schoback
Chairperson, IGDA
Director of Product Operations, Eidos
============
1: IGDA News
============
Quality of Life Survey
----------------------
A few moments of your time will provide essential data on the current state
of game developer quality of life. The IGDA's Quality of Life Committee
will use this data to improve the game development experience
industry-wide. If you are involved in game development, please take the survey:
http://www.igda.org/qol/
Our industry is notorious for the toll it takes on people: long hours, high
levels of stress, difficulty to conciliate career and family life. As a
result, many game developers leave the business within a few years, the
industry as a whole suffers from the loss of experience and productivity,
and must pay for repeated hiring and training.
The Committee will study the issues and will propose practical solutions in
a Quality of Life White Paper to be presented at GDC. Jump online for more
info:
http://www.igda.org/qol/
Choice Awards nominations: January 23rd deadline
------------------------------------------------
Nominations are open for the 4th annual Game Developers Choice Awards and
will run until Friday, January 23rd. The Choice Awards recognize games and
developers chosen by those who know games best - their creators. Don't miss
the opportunity to honor your fellow developers.
For further information and to nominate, go to:
http://www.igda.org/awards/nominations.htm
Event Report: China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference
-----------------------------------------------------------
The IGDA was on hand for the first major game industry event in mainland
China. The China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference, or "ChinaJoy,"
was a mix of E3-style game expo along with business and developer
conference tracks. Check out the summary report and pictures of the trip to
China:
http://www.igda.org/blogs/realitypanic/archives/000071.html
Game Accessibility Survey
-------------------------
The IGDA's Game Accessibility SIG is conducting on online survey to
inform work on a whitepaper that will guide development and design
of accessible games for people with disabilities (including hearing impaired,
low vision, and dyslexia).
Developers already working in this area of game development are encouraged
to please fill in the web form before February 16th. To qualify you must
have produced at least one title available for download and/or purchase
that includes accessibility features for at least one disability group.
The survey and further details are online:
http://www.igda.org/accessibility/survey.htm
Columns Update
--------------
Monthly columns updated for January:
- The Ivory Tower:
Affective Gaming
http://www.igda.org/columns/ivorytower/
- Famous Last Words:
Strategies to Get Paid - Part 2
http://www.igda.org/columns/lastwords/
- Culture Clash:
Author, Author - The Emerging Canon of Classics in Gaming
http://www.igda.org/columns/clash/
- The Games Game:
Be Patient, Grasshopper
http://www.igda.org/columns/gamesgame/
==============================
Ad: Game Developers Conference
==============================
March 22-26, Conference
San Jose, California
http://www.gdconf.com/
Game industry growth is radically accelerating and ever-changing market
conditions demand evolution. As risks increase, developers must adopt new
methodologies and pipelines, as well as anticipate and meet skyrocketing consumer
expectation. To continue to engage audiences, developers must reinvigorate
existing genres and properties, and create compelling new ones.
Evolve.
Register by February 18, 2004 at http://www.gdconf.com to save up to 30%
on GDC Conference passes. Use priority code: CIGDA4 when registering to
receive an additional $25 discount off the pass price (in addition to the $50
IGDA member discount).
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2: Chapter Updates
==================
Complete list of chapter reports and upcoming meetings:
http://www.igda.org/chapters/updates.php
Orange County
Meeting, January > ATI presents...
http://www.igda.org/oc
DC & Vicinity
Meeting, January > Visit to Big Huge Games
http://www.igda.org/dc/meetings.htm
Seattle
Meeting, January > Legal Issues for Game Developers
http://www.igda.org/seattle/meet.htm
San Francisco
Report, January > Open Mic on Game Awards
http://www.igda.org/sanfran/bayarea_summary_Jan04.htm
Colorado
Report, January > PR, Promotions, and Getting Noticed
http://www.coloradogamedev.org/20040105.html
Houston
Report, December > Better Late than Never: Meeting Update
http://igda15.polygonists.org/
Israel
Report, December > Mobile Game Development Seminar Report
http://www.igda.org/israel/report8.htm
Montreal
Report, December > David Freeman Stirring our Emotions
http://www.igda.org/montreal/reports/summary_Dec03.htm
Toronto
Report, December > What Women Want
http://www.igda.org/toronto/toronto_summary_dec4.htm
=================
3: From the Wires
=================
Girls on the Game!
http://www.wiredsussex.com/news/0401/gamegirl.asp
Online Gamer in China Wins Virtual Theft Suit
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/12/19/china.gamer.reut/index.html
Game Retailers Announce New ID-Checking Plan
http://www.gamespot.com/all/news/news_6085233.html
Gaming Ourselves To Death
http://www.forbes.com/2003/11/05/cx_ah_1105tentech.html
How To Break Into The Game Industry Mini-Conference
http://www.thegameinitiative.com/sfbreakin/
Sega Sees Red Over Simpsons Road Rage
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?section_name=pub&aid=2665
Video Game Report Card
http://www.gamespy.com/editorials/december03/reportcard/
Sid Meier gets Fame
http://www.gamespydaily.com/news/fullstory.asp?id=5587
HomeLan: Leland Y. Yee Interview
http://www.homelanfed.com/index.php?id=19058
The Year in Gaming
http://msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=3703850&p1=0
Manhunt Banned in New Zealand
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3539142
When it Comes to Charity, these Guys are Real Gamers
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/next/2001818426_nextvideogames19.html
Perhaps Best Unsaid
http://penny-arcade.com/news.php3?date=2004-01-02
TV Execs Go Gaga Over Gaming
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,61627,00.html
Saying No to Games
http://www.sacbee.com/content/business/story/7920261p-8857902c.html
Raking Muck in "The Sims Online"
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/12/12/sims_online_newspaper/index_np.html
Video Gaming and its Discontents
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/12/23/gaming_and_its_discontents/index_np.html
SimCandidate - Political Games
http://slate.msn.com/id/2092688
20 Years with John Austin
http://www.warcry.com/scripts/columns/view_sectionalt.phtml?site=15&id=102&colid=1425
Seniors Taking to Computer Games
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Dec/12302003/business/124441.asp
==================
4: Logistical Bits
==================
Thanks to our Partners!
-----------------------
The IGDA extends its sincerest thanks to all our Partners! Especially those
who just joined us, or recently renewed their commitment to support the
game development community:
- Charles River Media
- German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
- nVidia
- Premier Press
- Softimage
- Sony Computer Entertainment America
Without their support the IGDA simply would not survive - let alone thrive.
Further details and a complete list of Partners are available online:
http://www.igda.org/partners
Newsletter Subscription
-----------------------
You can update your subscription details via your MyProfile page:
http://www.igda.org/membership/myprofile.php
If you get need help, contact us at info@igda.org.
IGDA Registration
-----------------
Your support is critical to the success of the IGDA, and our industry.
There are dozens of reasons to join the IGDA, ranging from personal career
advancement to more lofty industry-wide goals.
What are you waiting for? Join today.
http://www.igda.org/join
Contact Information
-------------------
Please contact us if you have questions, comments or input.
http://www.igda.org/contact.php
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IGDA Newsletter - January 2004
==============================
=============================
0: A Word From Kathy Schoback
1: IGDA News
- Quality of Life Survey
- Choice Awards Nominations: January 23rd Deadline
- Event Report: China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference
- Game Accessibility Survey
- Columns Update
2: Chapter Updates
3: From the Wires
- Girls on the Game!
- Online Gamer in China Wins Virtual Theft Suit
- Game Retailers Announce New ID-Checking Plan
- Gaming Ourselves to Death
- How to Break into the Game Industry Mini-Conference
- Sega Sees Red Over Simpsons Road Rage
- Video Game Report Card
- Sid Meier Gets Fame
- HomeLan: Leland Y. Yee Interview
- The Year in Gaming
- Manhunt Banned in New Zealand
- When it Comes to Charity, these Guys are Real Gamers
- Perhaps Best Unsaid
- TV Execs Go Gaga Over Gaming
- Saying No to Games
- Raking Muck in "The Sims Online"
- Video Gaming and its Discontents
- SimCandidate - Political Games
- 20 Years with John Austin
- Seniors Taking to Computer Games
4: Logistical Bits
=============================
=============================
0: A Word From Kathy Schoback
=============================
Dear Members and friends,
What better way to begin the new year than to contemplate the greatness of
games!
Grab your favorite game and invite some gamer newbie friends over to your house
for an evening. Watch their eyes light up as they master a key combo and kick
your behind. Or, why not head over to your local mom&pop game shop and listen
to the kids' enthusiasm. They're choosing a brave new world to immerse themselves
in, and they are beyond excited. Or, troll a fan forum and contemplate the reality
of gamers - your customers - debating your game design decisions to the nth degree.
Or, best of all - give your own kudos to the teams that made 2003's best games
by nominating them for a Game Developers Choice Award:
http://www.igda.org/awards/nominations.htm
The Choice Awards are the only by-developer for-developer awards in the industry
- only those involved in the development and design of games are eligible to
submit nominations. Pure developer opinion - no hype, no fees, no politics. If
other game awards annoy you with their disingenuous'ness - you owe it to yourself
to participate.
Enjoy your contemplations and happy gaming!
Kathy Schoback
Chairperson, IGDA
Director of Product Operations, Eidos
============
1: IGDA News
============
Quality of Life Survey
----------------------
A few moments of your time will provide essential data on the current state
of game developer quality of life. The IGDA's Quality of Life Committee
will use this data to improve the game development experience
industry-wide. If you are involved in game development, please take the survey:
http://www.igda.org/qol/
Our industry is notorious for the toll it takes on people: long hours, high
levels of stress, difficulty to conciliate career and family life. As a
result, many game developers leave the business within a few years, the
industry as a whole suffers from the loss of experience and productivity,
and must pay for repeated hiring and training.
The Committee will study the issues and will propose practical solutions in
a Quality of Life White Paper to be presented at GDC. Jump online for more
info:
http://www.igda.org/qol/
Choice Awards nominations: January 23rd deadline
------------------------------------------------
Nominations are open for the 4th annual Game Developers Choice Awards and
will run until Friday, January 23rd. The Choice Awards recognize games and
developers chosen by those who know games best - their creators. Don't miss
the opportunity to honor your fellow developers.
For further information and to nominate, go to:
http://www.igda.org/awards/nominations.htm
Event Report: China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference
-----------------------------------------------------------
The IGDA was on hand for the first major game industry event in mainland
China. The China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference, or "ChinaJoy,"
was a mix of E3-style game expo along with business and developer
conference tracks. Check out the summary report and pictures of the trip to
China:
http://www.igda.org/blogs/realitypanic/archives/000071.html
Game Accessibility Survey
-------------------------
The IGDA's Game Accessibility SIG is conducting on online survey to
inform work on a whitepaper that will guide development and design
of accessible games for people with disabilities (including hearing impaired,
low vision, and dyslexia).
Developers already working in this area of game development are encouraged
to please fill in the web form before February 16th. To qualify you must
have produced at least one title available for download and/or purchase
that includes accessibility features for at least one disability group.
The survey and further details are online:
http://www.igda.org/accessibility/survey.htm
Columns Update
--------------
Monthly columns updated for January:
- The Ivory Tower:
Affective Gaming
http://www.igda.org/columns/ivorytower/
- Famous Last Words:
Strategies to Get Paid - Part 2
http://www.igda.org/columns/lastwords/
- Culture Clash:
Author, Author - The Emerging Canon of Classics in Gaming
http://www.igda.org/columns/clash/
- The Games Game:
Be Patient, Grasshopper
http://www.igda.org/columns/gamesgame/
==============================
Ad: Game Developers Conference
==============================
March 22-26, Conference
San Jose, California
http://www.gdconf.com/
Game industry growth is radically accelerating and ever-changing market
conditions demand evolution. As risks increase, developers must adopt new
methodologies and pipelines, as well as anticipate and meet skyrocketing consumer
expectation. To continue to engage audiences, developers must reinvigorate
existing genres and properties, and create compelling new ones.
Evolve.
Register by February 18, 2004 at http://www.gdconf.com to save up to 30%
on GDC Conference passes. Use priority code: CIGDA4 when registering to
receive an additional $25 discount off the pass price (in addition to the $50
IGDA member discount).
==============================
==================
2: Chapter Updates
==================
Complete list of chapter reports and upcoming meetings:
http://www.igda.org/chapters/updates.php
Orange County
Meeting, January > ATI presents...
http://www.igda.org/oc
DC & Vicinity
Meeting, January > Visit to Big Huge Games
http://www.igda.org/dc/meetings.htm
Seattle
Meeting, January > Legal Issues for Game Developers
http://www.igda.org/seattle/meet.htm
San Francisco
Report, January > Open Mic on Game Awards
http://www.igda.org/sanfran/bayarea_summary_Jan04.htm
Colorado
Report, January > PR, Promotions, and Getting Noticed
http://www.coloradogamedev.org/20040105.html
Houston
Report, December > Better Late than Never: Meeting Update
http://igda15.polygonists.org/
Israel
Report, December > Mobile Game Development Seminar Report
http://www.igda.org/israel/report8.htm
Montreal
Report, December > David Freeman Stirring our Emotions
http://www.igda.org/montreal/reports/summary_Dec03.htm
Toronto
Report, December > What Women Want
http://www.igda.org/toronto/toronto_summary_dec4.htm
=================
3: From the Wires
=================
Girls on the Game!
http://www.wiredsussex.com/news/0401/gamegirl.asp
Online Gamer in China Wins Virtual Theft Suit
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/12/19/china.gamer.reut/index.html
Game Retailers Announce New ID-Checking Plan
http://www.gamespot.com/all/news/news_6085233.html
Gaming Ourselves To Death
http://www.forbes.com/2003/11/05/cx_ah_1105tentech.html
How To Break Into The Game Industry Mini-Conference
http://www.thegameinitiative.com/sfbreakin/
Sega Sees Red Over Simpsons Road Rage
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?section_name=pub&aid=2665
Video Game Report Card
http://www.gamespy.com/editorials/december03/reportcard/
Sid Meier gets Fame
http://www.gamespydaily.com/news/fullstory.asp?id=5587
HomeLan: Leland Y. Yee Interview
http://www.homelanfed.com/index.php?id=19058
The Year in Gaming
http://msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=3703850&p1=0
Manhunt Banned in New Zealand
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3539142
When it Comes to Charity, these Guys are Real Gamers
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/next/2001818426_nextvideogames19.html
Perhaps Best Unsaid
http://penny-arcade.com/news.php3?date=2004-01-02
TV Execs Go Gaga Over Gaming
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,61627,00.html
Saying No to Games
http://www.sacbee.com/content/business/story/7920261p-8857902c.html
Raking Muck in "The Sims Online"
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/12/12/sims_online_newspaper/index_np.html
Video Gaming and its Discontents
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/12/23/gaming_and_its_discontents/index_np.html
SimCandidate - Political Games
http://slate.msn.com/id/2092688
20 Years with John Austin
http://www.warcry.com/scripts/columns/view_sectionalt.phtml?site=15&id=102&colid=1425
Seniors Taking to Computer Games
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Dec/12302003/business/124441.asp
==================
4: Logistical Bits
==================
Thanks to our Partners!
-----------------------
The IGDA extends its sincerest thanks to all our Partners! Especially those
who just joined us, or recently renewed their commitment to support the
game development community:
- Charles River Media
- German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
- nVidia
- Premier Press
- Softimage
- Sony Computer Entertainment America
Without their support the IGDA simply would not survive - let alone thrive.
Further details and a complete list of Partners are available online:
http://www.igda.org/partners
Newsletter Subscription
-----------------------
You can update your subscription details via your MyProfile page:
http://www.igda.org/membership/myprofile.php
If you get need help, contact us at info@igda.org.
IGDA Registration
-----------------
Your support is critical to the success of the IGDA, and our industry.
There are dozens of reasons to join the IGDA, ranging from personal career
advancement to more lofty industry-wide goals.
What are you waiting for? Join today.
http://www.igda.org/join
Contact Information
-------------------
Please contact us if you have questions, comments or input.
http://www.igda.org/contact.php
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