Drop by our booth (#4248) at PAX East 2016 and say hello! This year our booth will feature MegaloMalady, Hibachi Hero, Limb Lobber, Midnight Terrors, Earth Echo (in beta) 2016 MassDiGI Game Challenge winner Intern Astronaut and more including an extra special surprise with Underworld Ascendant on Saturday!
Tickets are on sale now! Click here for more information and to RSVP. Download or view the event program here.
We will be at GDC from March 14-17. If you wish to schedule a meeting, please drop us a line. Or, drop by and say hello during the day on March 14-15 at the Open Gaming Alliance Biz Exchange, SF Green Space @ EEFG, 657 Mission Street. In addition, we are hosting our annual early evening Made in MA at GDC Party on March 14. RSVP here. Ping us for a code!
A Backbreaking Work of Whimsy
Trevor Stricker, Founder & President, Disco Pixel
– Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 6:00 p.m. –
Mr. Stricker will speak about the video games and the many ways that making them can be so different than playing them. Read more about Disco Pixel here.
This talk is co-sponsored by MassDiGI. RSVP to lectures(at)becker.edu. Free and open to the public.
Location: Becker College, Weller Academic Center, Room 210, 61 Sever St., Worcester
Ready Player One: Opportunities in the Growing Video Game Industry
Michael Gallagher, President & CEO, Entertainment Software Association (ESA)
– Tuesday, March 8, 2016, 6:00 p.m. –
Mr. Gallagher will speak about the expanding roles of games and the game industry in the context of their economic, social and cultural impact. Click here for his bio.
With a special introduction by U.S. Representative James P. McGovern
This talk is co-sponsored by MassDiGI. RSVP to lectures(at)becker.edu. Free and open to the public.
Location: Becker College, Weller Academic Center, Room 210, 61 Sever St., Worcester
Join us for our 5th annual Game Challenge at Microsoft New England Research & Development Center in Cambridge! More information on the competition including registration details here.
Join MassDiGI’s Monty Sharma at MDH on January 27 in New York. More info here.
Catch our 12:30 pm panel “Game devs: The next generation” featuring SIP15 alumni Veronica Ni (RISD), Ari Green (MIT), Rejon Taylor-Foster (Becker) and Rachel Burton (WPI) at the Boston Festival of Indie Games FIG Talks at Microsoft New England in Cambridge on January 16. Schedule here. Registration information here.
Join us on January 10, 2016 at The Quarters in Hadley for the PVGD Make Talk Play Meetup! Details forthcoming.
Come meet fellow game makers, researchers and funders in Washington, DC. The Federal Games Working Group (FGG) and the Higher Education Video Game Alliance (HEVGA) have joined forces to convene the first ever Games + Higher Education + National Impact Event in Washington, DC on December 10-11, 2015. More information here.
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