IGDA LONDON MARCH DRINKS 03 March, 6.30 pm Pheonix Artists Club (under the Pheonix Theatre) Charing Cross Road London, United Kingdom I know you were all rather attached to the Slug and Lettuce, but it's booked out Thursday March 3rd. So, we're now going to the Pheonix Artists Club/ Bar under the Pheonix Theatre. The bar is on Charing Cross Road up by Blackwell's (the theatre is showing Blood Brothers). For April, we're hoping to have a post-GDC event, so if you're going to GDC and are interested in sharing your experiences, please contact us! IGDA London Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?gid=4739563807#/group.php?gid=4739563807 IGDA London Website Page: http://www.igda.org/london/ RELATED EVENTS Here's a quick roundup of this month's other events that might be of interest to game developers - if you know of any others, or there are some that you'd like to hear more (or less) about, please let us know... ------ BAFTA MASTERCLASS - Games Art Direction in Batman: Arkham Asylum 09 March · 18:30 - 21:30 Institute of Contemporary Arts The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH £12, £11 concessions, £10 ICA/BAFTA Members, please book tickets via: http://www.ica.org.uk/?lid=27973 David Hego is the Art Director of Rocksteady Studios Limited, the London-based games developer which won 2 BAFTAs - including Best Game 2010 - for Batman: Arkham Asylum (pictured here). From concept phase to final implementation, David explains how the team created the dark and gothic mood of the game, covering the theory and pra...ctice of the visual narration, lighting, colour schemes, and "hyper-realistic" look of the iconic comic-book characters. David has been Art Director at Rocksteady since 2007, after working as Senior FX artist and then Lead VFX artist at the company. Before that he worked as a games environment artist and cinematic artist - his other credits include Infogrames' game of the 1996 Mission: Impossible film, Red Dog: Superior Firepower, and Urban Chaos: Riot Response. This event is part of a series of Video Games Masterclasses at the ICA, including Writing for Games with Charles Cecil on Wed 23 March: http://ica.org.uk/27977/Learning-and-Families/BAFTA-Masterclasses-Writing-for-Games-with-Charles-Cecil.html and Game Design on Wed 30 March: http://ica.org.uk/27980/Learning-and-Families/BAFTA-Masterclasses-Game-Design.html £12, £11 concessions, £10 ICA/BAFTA Members, please book tickets via: http://www.ica.org.uk/?lid=27973 UNDER THE MASK Under the Mask is a conference series at the University of Bedfordshire that focuses upon the multi-faceted issue of the gamer. Culturally, socially, psychologically, professionally, the list of masks worn by the gamer is endless. This conference series aims to penetrate these masks, investigating why they are worn, how they are used, and how they are constructed by gaming culture, game developers, and by the gamers. Under the Mask 4 will be held on Friday 3rd June 2011.