Ludic Union for the Investigation of Gaming Interfaces

The LUIGI Chronicle: October 9, 2012

Resources

Negative World

http://www.negativeworld.org | http://www.negativeworld.org/rss.php
http://www.facebook.com/NegativeWorld.org | http://twitter.com/negative_world
A Nintendo-based forum with a high quality of discussion. The community consists of a wide range of mature gamers with great insights and opinions on a number of game-related fields. Conversations are serious and in-depth and, believe it or not, you'll be pressed to find a flame war on the boards.

Graduate Schools

Are you a fourth-year that wants to go to grad school in game design or interactive media? If so, why haven't we met? For those curious, here is a list of what many consider the best graduate programs for game design and interactive media in the country. Apply with me!!

Purchases

Steam Software

http://store.steampowered.com/software
Instead of being awesome and only taking our money through games, Steam has expanded their store to include various game-related software, like Source Filmmaker and GameMaker: Studio. There are only 7 items in the store at the moment, so collect them all!

PAX East

http://east.paxsite.com
March 22-24 | Boston, MA
$70 for three-day ticket or $35 per individual day
PAX East is a console/PC/tabletop exposition that takes place in Boston and tickets just wen on sale. PAX (Penny Arcade Exposition) includes a huge expo room where hundreds of studios show their games and panels ranging from theory and academic to community to upcoming games. Tickets sold out in less than a day for Prime, so if you want to make sure you get one, you better order quick. I should note that the IGDA Scholars Program includes PAX East, meaning you can have your ticket to the event paid for plus a bunch of other awesome perks--I should have more info on this closer to the event, which will be during the weekend the weekend after finals week of Winter Quarter.

Events

Humans vs Zombies

https://hvz.uchicago.edu/game/fall-2012-hvz
Tue, Oct 9 - Tue, Oct 16
HvZ starts today. If you haven't registered online yet, go and do that now. Gun/bandanna pickup will be tonight. For those unfamiliar, Humans vs Zombies is a huge game run on campus in Autumn and Winter Quarters. Everyone except for an initial "seed zombie" starts out as a human with a Nerf gun. Zombies run try to tag humans, humans shoot zombies with Nerf gun, zombie freezes and tries again in 5 minutes. It goes on for a week and takes place all through campus and the neighborhood. Play if you like being paranoid, stealthy, ballsy, strategic, or all the above.

Logan Center Launch

http://loganlaunch.uchicago.edu
Fri, Oct 12 - Sun, Oct 14
The Logan Center is officially opening this weekend and has three days of events to show just how awesome the space is and the people who will be using it are. The building includes the Digital Media Center where you can check out a bunch of technical equipment as well as a number of consoles LUIGI helped in the process of purchasing. An art game I and the other LUIGI co-founder, Lyndsey, made will be displayed in the building, time/location currently pending.

Alternate Reality: A Pervasive Play Project

Fri, Oct 12 | 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Logan Center, Film Screening Room
The always amazing Patrick Jagoda will presenting along her co-teacher Sha Xin Wei about their current project to develop a transmedia game at UChicago over the year. They will discuss generally what transmedia games are, the current transmedia game course, and the project's culmination including an actual game and symposium on campus in the spring.

The Project

Fri, Oct 12 | 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Logan Center, The Shop
I guess you'll just have to come and find out...

Android Developer Meetup

Wed, Oct 17 | 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Regenstein Library, TECHB@R, Room 160 (next to the PC's on the first floor)
Learn about Android development and meet other Android developers on campus. With the new OUYA console coming out, running on Android, this might be worth your time if you're looking to publish games in the future. The group is new, so come and be a part of the foundation of an awesome community.

Extra Life Gaming Marathon

http://www.extra-life.org
Sat, Oct 20
Play games and save kids lives. What else could you possibly want to do?! Extra Life is a charity marathon where you raise money by playing games all day instead of running a bunch and wrecking havoc to your poor knees. Sign up, ask your friends and families to sponsor you, and then on October 20, play sum gamez! This is literally an opportunity for you to play games all day and feel good about doing it. (When was the last time that happened?) If you don't have the time to spare but still want to donate, one of our members Rachel is already signed up and would be happy to have you as a sponsor. Email me if you'd like to sponsor him and I'll put you in contact.

IGDA Scholarships Presentations

http://www.meetup.com/IGDA-Chicago/events/84126552
Wed, Oct 24 | 7:00pm Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy | 28 N Clark St, Rm 530 - The Matrix, on the 5th floor The IGDA (International Game Developers Association) Scholars program is amazing. For several conferences--including GDC, E3, and PAX--the IGDA pays for your ticket to the conference (you have to figure out food, lodging, and travel) and sets you up with a personal mentor, take you on tours of surrounding studios, and puts you in contact with really amazing people. This presentation will be by a former IGDA Scholar and current Scholar judge, Heather, about the current state of the program. To see past winners and other info, visit http://www.igda.org/scholarships.