IGDA London Social: Wow, it's GDC!; Sigh, can't go to GDC...; mmm, non-GDC drinks

From: IGDA London Chapter <igdalcc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: igda_london_subscribers <igda_london_subscribers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:09:34 +0000

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...

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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.

IGDA London Social: Wow, it's GDC!; Sigh, can't go to GDC...; mmm, non-GDC drinks

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