Madison Chapter

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Commodore Retro Expo, September 26, Lombard IL

Celebrate the days when video games came on 170 K floppies this Saturday, September 26, at the Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention (ECCC). ECCC gathers fans of the Commodore 64 and other retro computers for a day of gaming, programming, and learning. The event is hosted by chapter treasurer Jason Compton.

Got a C64 collection to sell? Looking to start one? ECCC is the place to be.

Admission is free. Vendor table space is free and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The ECCC expo will open at 8 AM (closing at 1 AM Sunday) and is being held at:

Saturday, September 26
Heron Point Building, basement level (next to Fairfield Inn and Suites)
645 West North Ave
Lombard, Illinois 60148 USA

See http://starbase.globalpc.net/eccc/ for other show details.

Posted by EricFrancksen on September 24, 2009 10:48 AM | Comments (0)

IGDA Leadership Forum 2009

Join top leaders in the game development industry as they outline their personal framework for successfully advancing game production.
The IGDA Leadership Forum program features an exiting lineup of highly respected speakers, like Noah Falstein, John Northan, Michael John, Michael Saladino, David Steele, Clinton Keith, Kane Minkus, Don Daglow, David Edery, and Heather Chandler—among other prominent insiders and is focused on advancing the state-of-the-art in game production and management.

Posted by EricFrancksen on September 14, 2009 03:06 PM | Comments (0)

Minutes from July 2009 meeting

Minutes from the July 2009 meeting are now available in the Minutes section and right here.

Posted by EricFrancksen on September 14, 2009 03:01 PM | Comments (0)

Sept 10th meeting at 7pm!

IGDA Wisconsin's announced Thursday, September 10 meeting will be held at the offices of Guild Software near Milwaukee.

The evening's feature presentation is a panel discussion on video game animation. Confirmed participants from area studios include:

Mike Jungbluth (Raven Software -- panel moderator)
Cody Durant (Frozen Codebase)
Caleb Zart (Raven)

There will also be an update on changes in the IGDA national organization, including two departing board members.

The meeting begins at 7 PM at Guild Software's offices:

Milwaukee County Research Park
Technology Innovation Center
10437 Innovation Drive

Enter at the east door.

After the conclusion of the formal presentation, the action will move a couple of blocks away to Mo's Irish Pub for food, drinks, and chat.

Posted by EricFrancksen on September 2, 2009 06:34 PM | Comments (0)

Slides from July meeting

Jason Compton made available the slides from the presentation he gave at the July meeting.

They are located on his website here.