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Magfest - Video Game Music Festival (Jan 1 - 4, 2010)

Submitted by Tronster Hartley on Wed, 2009/12/30 - 18:22

4 Days of Non-Stop Games and Concerts in Alexandria, VA (near DC)
Jan 1 - 4, 2010 (Fri - Mon)

Details at: magfest.org

University of Baltimore presents Senior Capstone Games (12/10/09)

Submitted by Tronster Hartley on Mon, 2009/12/07 - 08:10

The University of Baltimore (UB) will be presenting the senior capstone games this Thursday evening, December 10, 2009.  This event is open to the entire IGDA community.

WHERE: Student Center Theater, 17 West Mount Royal Avenue, 21201
WHEN: 12/10/09 from 6:30p - 9:00p

Baltimore ACM: "Computer History of Maryland" on Dec 1st

Submitted by Tronster Hartley on Tue, 2009/11/24 - 09:59

The Baltimore chapter of the ACM is holding a meeting on December 1st at 7pm which will be covering the history of computer in Maryland.  Space is limited and requires an RSVP.  All information is on the Baltimore ACM's official web-site at:

http://www.andrewesposito.com/content/2009/11/computer-history-maryland

 

The Baltimore ACM is not affiliated with the Baltimore IGDA.

Magfest - Jan 1-4

Submitted by TronsterHartley on Mon, 2008/10/27 - 19:25

Magfest is the Music And Gaming Festival in Washington, DC from Jan 1-4.

Magfest is all about videogames and videogame music. There are three nights of concerts with more than 12 videogame music bands playing, a chiptunes concert, a 24/7 open jam stage (called Jamspace) with instruments and lights where anyone can play music, a 24/7 lan party, a 24/7 gigantic console gaming room, and more.

Games For Health: Game Jam - Oct 18-19

Submitted by TronsterHartley on Tue, 2008/09/09 - 10:00

Games for Health Project Announces Experimental Health Game Jam at
University of Baltimore October 18 to 19, 2008
Independent, professional and student game developers to build rapid
prototypes in weekend marathon.

Sid Meier, David McKibbin, Don Wuenschell speak on game programming.

Submitted by TronsterHartley on Wed, 2008/09/03 - 11:49

David McKibbin and Don Wuenschell are members of the Firaxis development
team. David is known to the team as "the alchemist". Sid describes Don
as a "consummate programmer". They will join Sid to present different
aspects of the development process at Firaxis.

When: Thursday, September 4th, 8:00 - 9:00 PM

Where: The Engineering Society of Baltimore
11 W. Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore, MD 21201
http://www.esb.org/

The talk is free and open to the public. Tell your friends!

Silverlight talk at CMAP 4/1

Submitted by TronsterHartley on Tue, 2008/04/01 - 12:29

Tonight, Tuesday, April 1st, CMAP will be hosting a talk on Silverlight given by Pete Brown. The CMAP meeting begins at 6:30pm. Details are on their web-site CMAP web-site.

UMBC Digital Entertainment Conference 4/12

Submitted by TronsterHartley on Mon, 2008/03/31 - 09:49

UMBC is holding its 3rd annual Digital Entertainment Conference on April 12th from 10:30 to 5:30 PM at UMBC In Lecture Hall III.

This event brings speakers from the industry to come and speak about their areas of expertise in the industry. No RSVP is required to attend this free event.

For more information, see the post in the Baltimore IGDA forum.

Note: As of 4/3/08 its now in Lecture Hall III. The above entry has been modified to reflect this.

Save Maryland IT Day 2/27

Submitted by TronsterHartley on Fri, 2008/02/15 - 10:56

Effecting every video game studio in the area; Maryland recently passed a tax that raised IT services from 0% to 6%.

There is a rally being held in Annapolis, MD in a few weeks. If you are in the industry now or intend on being in the industry at a Maryland studio, please come out and support this event.

Date: Wed, Feb 27
Time: Arrive 9:30am for 10:00am press event. Visit legislators after.
Place: Annapolis, MD, The Maryland Inn, 16 Chruch Circle
Details: www.fightthetechtax.com
Sponsors: Everybody -- MCSA, Tech Tax Coalition, Chambers, Tech Councils, Associations

THQ buys Big Huge Games

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2008/01/24 - 16:22

I'm posting this a few days late because most people know about this already, but for those who don't pay attention to such things: a big huge congratulations to the folks from Big Huge Games for their recent acquisition by THQ, announced last Tuesday.

There's a range in quality among publishers out there, and THQ's a good one, or so I've heard, anyway, from those who have worked with them. Good luck, folks!

Summing up the state of area studio acquisitions, then:

Who's next? Who's left? You know who you are.