Recent Event Highlights: Is buying used video games worse then stealing them?, 2011 Independent games festival reveals main competition finalists, Broken record congressman pushing health warnings on video games again, and 3 more...
Created by NitEyez on Jan 26, 2011
Last updated: 01/27/11 at 01:43 AM
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What were the details of the event? This article provides student game developers with information to bolster their current knowledge by providing a structure for handling project management and producer type responsibilities. Why was this event important to the industry? I don't know about the industry, but this event was important to me. I like to see different people other then myself using there brain to expand there knowledge on different things.
gamecareerguide.com/features/926/how_to_be_a_successful_student_.php
What were the details of the event? Dead Space Extraction was released for the PS3 and the Wii; logically a comparison video had to happen. Story wise Dead Space Extraction is a prequel to the first Dead Space game. Out team of scientists carefully analyzed the game on both consoles. Which version do you think looks better, the Wii in SD or the PS3 in HD? Tough call. Why was the event important to the industry? Because the battle went on and on and they couldn't make the right call.
http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/710008/Dead-Space-Extraction-PS3-vs-Wii-Comparison-Video.html
What were the details of the event? Developers at New York studio Kaos fear they will soon have no choice but move to THQ’s new Montreal site or lose their jobs.
Why was the event important to the industry? The industry could be losing 200 or more employees to a bigger company. I would have my worries just as well.
www.joystiq.com/2011/01/26/kaos-employees-concerned-about-studio-move/
What were the details of the event? This article was about a conference that G.D.C.(Game Developers Conference) hold every month.Why was the event important to the industry? Its always good to know what others like you are developing. In short, sorting out the competition I guess.
www.gdconf.com/news/gdc_25_reveals_all-star_classi.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GameDevelopersConference+(Game+Developers+Conference)
What were the details of the event? It was just a great question to ask yourself. I have been wondering that same question myself but this person put it out there to the world. Why was this event important to the industry? Well I guess its something every designer/future designer some ask there self. What if it was your own game out there like that, how would you feel about that. It just something to blog your mind about.
kotaku.com/5743755/is-buying-used-video-games-worse-than-stealing-them
I pick this article because it stood out to me. In a way it relates to me as being a future designer. It might not be what is ask for me to do in this time-line. Nevertheless, in a way it does, when you are making your own future.What were the details of the event? The details were to try and get a better understanding form a designer's point of view. Instead of what you hear in the public's eyes. Why was the event important to the industry? Mr. Alexandre Mandryka was in the gaming industry for ten years. After being there for so long one would say he is a very important asset to the company/industry.How would the event affect you as a Game Designer or
Developer? It is always good to get as much information about the career you are planning on getting in to, especially from someone who has been through what you are going through and who has already made a living out of it
www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6267/lifting_the_designers_curse.php
What were the details of the event? Organizers of the 2011 Game Developers Conference have debuted a rare Western talk from Deadly Premonition creator Swery, plus new lectures on Rock Band 3's Pro Guitar mode and Pixar's Toy Story 3.
As the overall session list for the February/March event further expands, organizers are revealing brand new Main Conference session announcements just debuting on the website.
These talks are part of GDC 2011's Main Conference, which takes place at the Moscone Center from Wednesday March 2nd to Friday March 4th, 2011 during the pre-eminent, San Francisco-based event, featuring discipline-specific Tracks dedicated to programming, design, art, audio, business and management, and production. Why was the event important to the industry? As I mention earlier in my time-line, it is always good to know what's going on in the other industry around you. Nevertheless this group feel the same way I do about the competition because the run a conference every month.
www.gdconf.com/news/gdc/gdc_2011_adds_deadly_premoniti.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GameDevelopersConference+%28Game+Developers+Conference%29
What were the details of the event? The Independent Games Festival has announced the Main Competition finalists for the thirteenth annual presentation of its prestigious awards, celebrating the brightest and most influential creations to come out of the independent video game development community in the past year. Why was the event important to the industry? This competition was to find out what's going on in the other countries.
www.gdconf.com/news/2011_independent_games_festiva_6.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GameDevelopersConference+%28Game+Developers+Conference%29
What were the details of the event? It was a very hard times for designers everywhere.Since almost everyone was on holiday.Why was the event important to the industry? The industry was not going to have a repeat accordance of what happen last month.So they made a list of all the hit and misses of games that came out for that year on X-box Live.
gamasutra.com/view/news/32625/InDepth_Xbox_Live_Arcade_Sales_Analysis_December_2010.php
What were the details of the event? In 2009 California congressman Joe Baca introduced legislation that would require games to display a label warning of links between violent video games and aggressive behavior. Now Baca's back, singing the same old song with a few new lines.
Joe Baca wants to put warning labels on your video games, and he wants it bad. In 2009 he introduced the Video Game Health Labeling Act of 2009, which would plaster the following warning over all video games rated Teen or higher by the Entertainment Software Review Board: Why was the event important to the industry? Because there were a lot of drama about there games saying that they are to violent.
kotaku.com/5743935/broken-record-congressman-pushing-health-warnings-on-video-games-again
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