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@Opencast at Hoults Yard

July 16, 2009

Intro A post looking at Hoults Yard on Tyneside, and recent activities there: A recent Digital Transport event, run by Newcastle University A stop of the Digital Mission UK tour And the latest Think and a Drink event Hoults Yard This bit of the post is a quick write-up of a visit I made to [...]

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Digital Transport event feedback

July 9, 2009

I recently helped organise the “Where do you think You’re going” event that was held by Newcastle University at Hoults Yard. This post is a quick bulleted list of my feedback, and also a highlight of material from James Burke. Thoughts Content Eclectic and genuinely thought-provoking Presenters were clearly experts in their fields [well, from [...]

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GameHorizon feedback #gh09

July 9, 2009

My impressions I thought I should write up my thoughts re my recent attendence at GameHorizon: It seems pretty clear that the Computer Games industry is a major success story Apparently making more money than film & music [although all I can find on Google are rather dodgy get-rich-quick schemes which refer to this…!] What [...]

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Bigging up Cloud Camp / Seminar, & ‘Wii are the Champions’

July 7, 2009

In wanting to help Ross Cooney plug these events, I thought I’d re-produce his e-mail of today: “I am working with the organisers of a few IT related events based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne  on the 29th July and was thinking that you might be interested in attending some or all of these events: CloudSeminar CloudCamp Wii [...]

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GameHorizon live-blog #8: ‘Round Up’ & Closing Comments

June 24, 2009

‘Round Up’ – Ian Livingstone Closing Comments – Carri Cunliffe GameHorizon #8: ‘Round Up’ & Closing Comments Technorati Tags: virtual worlds,metaverse,north east england,technology,interesting,ideas,gateshead,gamehorizon,games,business This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike license.

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GameHorizon live-blog #7: ‘Marking your self-published IP’; ‘Games driving other Interactive Content’;‘Heavy Rain’

June 24, 2009

Panel Discussion: ‘Game Exposure – The naked truth about marketing your self published IP’ Sponsored in partnership by BAFTA and Northern Film + Media. Chaired by Charles Cecil, MD of Revolution Software with Martyn Brown (Development Director, Team 17), Mark Morris (Managing Director, Introversion), Paul Farley (Managing Director, Tag Games). ‘How games can be used [...]

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GameHorizon live-blog #6: ‘Future of Digital Distribution’; ‘Future Technologies’; ‘PlayStation Home’

June 24, 2009

‘Separating Fact from Fiction: the Future of Digital Distribution’ Roger Walkden, CEO, AWOMO ‘Future Technologies’ Steve Clayton, Microsoft ‘Development Opportunities in PlayStation Home’ Peter Edward, Director, PlayStation Home Platform Group UPDATE – I’m publishing the first bit of this session as a bulleted list, as the CIL service was offline to begin with… ‘Separating Fact [...]

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GameHorizon live-blog #5: Sneaking in the Back Door to become an AAA Multiplatform Studio

June 24, 2009

Sneaking in the Back Door to become an AAA Multiplatform Studio’ Sponsored by Game Republic Paul Wedgwood, CEO and Game Director, Splash Damage Ltd. GameHorizon #5: Sneaking in the Back Door to become an AAA Multiplatform Studio Technorati Tags: north east england,technology,interesting,ideas,gateshead,gamehorizon,games,business This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike license.

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GameHorizon live-blog #4: ‘Survival of the fittest’; & ‘next Evolution in casual MMOPGs’

June 23, 2009

Panel discussion: ‘Survival of the fittest’ Chaired by Jamil Moledina (Outreach Director, EA Partners, Electronic Arts) with Darren Jobling (Business Development Director, Eutechnyx), Mark Rein (Vice President, Epic Games), Conor Sheridan (FX Dealer Manager, Custom House), Robert Bond (Head of IP, Technology and Commercial, Speechly Bircham), Alex Carter-Silk (Partner, IP, Technology and Commercial, Speechly Bircham) [...]

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GameHorizon live-blog #3: ‘Games are entering a new dimension’; & ’8 To be Great’

June 23, 2009

Games are entering a new dimension; 3D Stereoscopic Gaming on the console’ Andrew Oliver, CTO and Co-founder, Blitz Games Studios ’8 To be Great – The 8 traits that lead to great success’ Richard St John, Success Analyst & Author of 8 To Be Great   GameHorizon live-blog #3: ‘Games are entering a new dimension’; [...]

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