July Update
The June meeting went off very nicely. Thank you, to all who came out on a weekend to share your time at the Midwest Gaming Classic with us. If you missed it, and you have any interest in the history of videogames, I would encourage you to mark it on your calendars for next year.
For our next meeting, Mark Fernandez (producer of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for Rockstar and now VP of Marc Ecko Entertainment) will be joining us as our guest speaker on August 14th at 7pm at the East Washington Rocky Rococo’s (Please note, this is not the west side Rocky’s.) We have reserved the large conference room in the back. More information will be posted in regards to Mark’s talk closer to the date. Until then, best of luck in all our endeavors.
Posted by EricFrancksen on July 13, 2007 03:11 AM | Comments (0)
March Update
A lot is happening with GDC ’07 this week, but I’ll focus right now on all we’ve accomplished this past month. Our February meeting featuring Professor James Gee was a great success! Be sure to check out his book What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy.
Again, I’m excited to introduce our board of directors to you (Norb Rozek, Tim Gerritsen, Matt Forbeck, and a representative from Human Head yet to be named). If you work with any of these distinguished fellows, remember that they are a point of reference to the rest of us for anything you might like to offer or any need you have.
Although I couldn’t make it myself, the reports coming in tell us that the student exhibition in Green Bay was a resounding success. More information about the event, check out our student chapter.
Our next meeting will be hosted at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Oconomowoc on the evening of June 9th. Since this event will be held out of town, please feel free to use the forums for carpool and hotel inquires if you are interested. For our keynote at this meeting, we will be having Tim Gerritsen, Ben Geisler, and a number of others (yet to be confirmed) from our own chapter hold a panel discussion on the subject of starting and working a studio in Wisconsin. This should be a really fun chance for all of us to get better acquainted and learn more about our demographic. Be seeing you soon!
Posted by EricFrancksen on March 5, 2007 11:59 AM | Comments (0)