Baltimore

I just discovered "Baltimore Node"
http://baltimorenode.org/about/

There is an "Art & Code" meeting Thursday, which I hope to hit up if it's open to the public and if I can get out early enough to make XP Lasersport practice.

It's a

Beer, sausage, and a BaltoMSDN colleague running a custom XNA application on a 360; a tasty combo!

Anyone else hitting Oktoberfest on Saturday, October 10th?

Hey Baltimore,

Ready to make a great game? Need yet another reason to come out to the awesome GameX Industry Summit? Then get your team together and come out to The 2009 Philly Game Jam - a 48 hour game bui

On Halloween (October 31), 2009 there is the annual "Arcade Machine Auction & Sell" happening at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium:

http://www.auctiongamesales.com/AUCTIONDATES.htm

For those who have never been; it's a chanc

Right now it looks like the Philadelphia chapter and New Jersey chapters have accepted a challenge of IGDA Chapter vs IGDA Chapter in laser tag during GameX.

I intend to represent Baltimore IGDA. If we play "full" teams, that is usually 8 people.

A video has been released with a quick ad on what GameX is about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWh9GSP5QWk

Those who want to help promote GameX, are encourage to spread the link around (or use an embedded link).

Worst case scena

Pricing for the October 23-25 "GameX" Conference have been announced. Prices are posted on the official site and on our blog.

Also, register early to receive the

This Friday is the deadline for submissions to speak at GDC'10.
http://gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=24461

For those who believe they have something to share with the game development community, now is the time to jump at

It is my pleasure to announce Firaxis has released "Civilization Revolution" for the iPhone.
The APP is currently #6 on the iTunes charts.

Details:
Conquer the World in the Palm of Your Hand with Sid Meier’s Civilization® Revo

Last night (August 6th, 2009) we had a fantastic turn out for a round table discussion on next generation input devices. After the discussion a few people came up to me with suggestions on how we could better moderate a discussion like this in the f

Firaxis has put up a new article for students looking to get into the industry:
http://www.firaxis.com/jobs/career.php?page=HTPROG09

This article is programmer-centric, but does cover many of the topics my colleagues and self are asked

Hello Everyone,

The entire Blue Omega Entertainment team (developers of the recently released Damnation, located in Annapolis, MD) have been laid off this week. BOE consisted of a small group of very talented people. If anyone knows of job openi

Both Zenimax and Firaxis have co-ed softball teams in this year's Hunt Valley summer leagues. As I understand, there will be 2 match-ups throughout the season.

Who will win... which team will be top dogs of the Baltimore game development studios?

Excerpt:
"Two of the most acclaimed game development studios of all time are joining forces. ZeniMax Media, parent company of Fallout 3 and Elder Scrolls development studio Bethesda Softworks, announced today that it is purchasing legendary Doom and

Saw an article on Slashdot about the definition of "Indie" for game development. Take a gander there or on the [url=http://www.ninjabee.com/blog/2009/06/ind

An MMO I have been waiting for release, just become more real:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwjJs1F8xWw

Anyone else looking forward to ST:MMO when it comes out?

Last minute, but I just say this in the Firaxis men's room bathroom (kid you not)... Tomorrow, Friday, June 5, 2009 is a gallery openning with some local video game artists featured.

Details are on the blog at:
[url]http://www.igda.org/baltim

Hi folks,

The GameX Industry Summit is a brand new conference located in Philadelphia, presented by east coast IGDA Chapters including New York, New Jersey, Baltimore and Philadelphia. The team is looking for speakers.

If you are interested i

I've been talking to Joel about doing a monthly local indie meet up and was wondering who would be interested.

It would most likely occur at Caribou Coffee in Hunt Valley before work @7:30am on the first Friday of the month. It would last until p

A group of friends are getting together for some good ol' laser tag action at http://xplasersportowingsmills.com

Looking at doing this in the evening.

Interested in joining the group?

A friend of mine just told me about BarCamp: http://barcamp.org/

The next Baltimore BarCamp is Saturday, June 13. Below is a facebook signup:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=81892091319&ref=share

Quit via video game. Link on the site here to the actual game:

http://www.bagofnothing.com/2009/04/jarrad-farbs-quit-his-job-by-creating-a-playable-super-mario-bros-resignation-letter/

Tristin of the Philly IGDA chapter has invited us, the Baltimore IGDA chapter, up to the Buckhead Saloon for a Pub night.

Summary:
Date: Friday, April 24th, 2009
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Buckhead Philly, 461 N 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA

Just recently learned that "Civcon" (Civilization Convention) ][ is happening in early August.

Quick:
August 7-9, Embassy Suites, Hunt Valley

Details:
http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181698

Plans are starting to form for the next 2009 Baltimore IGDA meeting; tentatively in late May.

This meeting will be showcasing indie and/or student projects.

This will be much likely last year's showcase where we had over 100 people atten

I know there has been a lot of talk, both locally and abroad, about the restructuring inside of Big Huge Games. Until today, I'd never poked deeply into the web-site and found a page that is gold for anyone looking to get into the industry:

[url]

The East Coast IGDA chapters are pulling together to help build the development side of a games conference occuring outside of Philly in late 2009.

The Baltimore chapter was approached by national to be a part of this and a press release has just

I wasn't going to post this, but after showing this multiple times (and still laughing hard) I have decided to follow through. Below is a link to one of the funniest gamedev related April Fool's videos:

[url]http://kotaku.com/5193915/red-faction-

Just saw this on Slashdot:
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/31/1917254

Unfortunatley they don't support "CnC3:Kanes Wrath" with the tool yet. Just sent an e-mail to EA support; fingers crossed.

I hope some locals will vote for Firaxis, we're up against a strong studio and fighting hard for the lead...

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/375.97231