Events matching tag "games"
Friday, March 7
'Press start to begin' is the message gamers have been greeted with since the early days of interactive entertainment. Hitting that start button is typically the player’s first interaction with a game after putting in th…
Intermediate
Presenters
David Sinclair, Michael Dunn, Richard Garriott de Cayeux, Ron Burke
Enough of the pontificating panel! In a rapid and fast paced (gameshow like) session, we put the audience (that means YOU) in the hot seat as the experts on the future of social. A combination of format (lightning round …
Intermediate
Presenters
Sam Decker, Sean McDonald
Synopsis: This presentation was designed for anyone who ever looked at a fantastic adventure or science fiction movie, or an amazingly complex and rich computer game, or a TV commercial where cars or gas pumps or biscuit…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jon Peddie
Gaming is an advertising medium which is driven by engaging content and cross-platform solutions and, increasingly, brands are taking notice with higher advertising spending across console, social and mobile. During thi…
Intermediate
Presenters
David Berkowitz, Jack Koch, Michael Flamberg, Susan Borst
As anyone who cried when Aeris died knows, it’s easy to fall in love with your favourite game character. One of gaming's biggest strengths is the ability to allow players to form deep emotional bonds with characters. Emp…
Intermediate
Presenters
Michelle Hamilton-Page, Miriam Verburg
Saturday, March 8
What’s it like to develop both digital and paper-based games and what does each have to teach you about the other? Designing interactions and creating rich game spaces is a complicated affair. This panel of indie game de…
Intermediate
Presenters
Adam Saltsman, George Royer
There are many trends in videogames and technology today that will influence and even dominate the next ten years. What happens when multiple trends collide to create heretofore-unknown results? For example imagine takin…
Advanced
Presenters
Starr Long
Digital literacy is the future of communication and commerce and creates learning experiences that develop students' capacities for critical thinking, creativity, imagination and innovation. Digital communication require…
Intermediate
Presenters
Bruce Pennycook, Doug Dempster, Jennifer Ransom Rice, Warren Spector
We will entertainingly chronicle the development of The Banner Saga from conception, through preproduction, Kickstarter campaign, production, and finally launch of the game. We will show plenty of behind the scenes mult…
Beginner
Presenters
Arnie Jorgensen, John Watson
Gamers grow up and become parents. But societal values make gamers feel bad about time spent gaming, prompting players to retire controllers once babies are born. But gamers do not have to choose between parent and gamer…
Intermediate
Presenters
Carla Fisher
Sunday, March 9
Is your dream job to work in the video game industry? There are job opportunities not just in design, programming, and art – but for testers, marketing and PR, office culture, trade show coordinators, social media, custo…
Beginner
Presenters
Andy Swanson, Felicia Williams, Julian Gerighty, Sarah Fuchs
As we work to support women in technology, it’s essential that we provide inspiration and role models for the youngest generations to aspire to the sciences. There's much celebration that girls make up 47% of gamers, but…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jennifer Oxley, Lindsey Shepard, Ryan Kelley, Sara DeWitt
No longer a rainy-day pastime, board games are enjoying a huge resurgence of interest lately, a golden age of rich and engaging face-to-face entertainments driven by unique characteristics of design and publishing. As ga…
Intermediate
Presenters
Cory Jones, Kristin Looney, Mark Wallace, Mark Kaufmann
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