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Get Inside The Game Industry At GamesBeat2012 [EVENT]

Shiva Manjunath — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:54:57 +0000

The game industry as we know it is changing rapidly, with massive disruption, consolidation, innovation, and the arrival of big money across all platforms happening simultaneously. The industry leaders are transitioning from console games to online, from social games to mobile, and from the web to Facebook and other social networks.

GamesBeat 2012 — VentureBeat’s fourth annual conference on disruption in the video game market — is coming up this Tuesday and Wednesday in San Francisco.

The event will bring together industry insiders from the hottest social, mobile, online, and console companies to dig deep on crossover strategies as the market continues to shift across platforms. If you have any involvement in any capacity in the game industry, this is your chance to meet, network and learn from the very best.

That’s not all. We have snagged a 20% discount off list price for our loving oObly fans. Use the discount code “Oobly” at checkout and save 20%.

GamesBeat 2012: Who’ll Be There?

The List of Speakers at GamesBeat 2012 includes:

Mark Pincus, Founder, CEO & CPO, Zynga
Will Wright, Founder, Hive Mind & Stupid Fun Club
Bing Gordon, Partner, KPCB
Kristian Segerstrale, EVP Digital, Electronic Arts
Seamus Blackley, President & Co-Founder, Innovative Leisure
David Perry, CEO & Co-Founder, Gaikai
Jamie Berger, Vice President of Digital, Activision
Brian Fargo, Founder, Interplay Entertainment
Peter Vesterbacka, Mighty Eagle, CMO, Rovio
Neil Young, CEO & Founder, ngmoco
Tim Schafer, President & CEO, Double Fine Productions
Gordon Bellamy, Executive Director, IDGA
Chris Petrovic, GM of Digital Ventures, GameStop
Tim Merel, Managing Director, Digi-Capital

Check out the full speaker list here, and the agenda here.

On top of all this, the “Who’s Got Game” Startup Competition will uncover 6 of the hottest new startups in the game industry as they make their pitches live onstage in front of an expert panel of judges.

VentureBeat has also partnered with Zynga for the opening party on the evening of the 10th. Taking place at Zynga Headquarters, this party is sure to keep the fun going with food, drinks, photoboothing, and plenty of games!

VentureBeat promises 2 full days of action-packed sessions and high-level networking. Over 500+ executives, developers, investors, and press from all sectors of the gaming ecosystem are expected to attend the event.

Don’t miss it! Grab your tickets here with discount code “Oobly” and save 20%. There are only a few seats left!

LOL Money. We Rock N3RD Life (VIDEO)

Shiva Manjunath — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:48:53 +0000

Jace Hall, the rapper & gamer behind I Play WoW has put out a cool video that puts the blink on n3rds. It’s titled LOL Money and is quite entertaining. If you are getting picked on because because you’re a video game geek, then you should definitely check this one out, especially the part where you roll up in your Rolls-Royce.

LOL Money is the first music video after Jace’s Mortal Kombat song went insanely viral, carrying on Jace’s contribution to a rapidly evolving music genre now known as nerdcore hip-hop.

Are Apps Stores Killing The Browser? "No!" Says Trip Hawkins In His AppNation 2011 KeyNote

Shiva Manjunath — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:28:40 +0000

Trip Hawkins, the legendary founder of video game publishing giant Electronic Arts and current CEO of Digital Chocolate delivered the keynote address at AppNation SF 2011. After he spoke about 10 specific mobile gaming industry trends that he’s observed recently, Hawkins went on to make a strong case for why the browser will continue to win over app store.

Here are specific reasons why the web browser will continue to dominate the mobile app stores, as told by Hawkins.

Trip Hawkins Delivering the Day #1 KeyNote Speech At AppNation SF 2011

Why the browser beats the App Store

Browsers are already #1 for mobile app discovery. A majority of users find apps using browsers, not the app stores.The tablet is next on browser domination and going to prove to be the ultimate browser experience.
Mobile and TV browsers are next in line. They are getting a lot less clunky. Until now, Cable companies got away with give a free box and charging you a monthly fee, whereas the browser does not cost anything and also doesn’t require so much computing as the cable box.
Netflix is the 1st company to disrupt the mobile TV area.
The social giants – Facebook, Google and Amazon are all fundamentally browser based companies, their success remains in keeping the browser relevant and important.
WiFi is still proliferating, making browsing as fast as tapping through an app store.
The Browser is inherently social in that “it doesn’t matter what device your friend has!”
Cross promotion in very easy in the browser ecosystem.
The Browser is permanently free, permanently open and permanently democratic! While a lot of developers have been tricked by closed platforms, with the Browser, you know that if you are on the WWW, it will be democratic forever!

Can We Use Games To Positively Change Health Care? Find Out At The "Is Health Gaming a Game-Changer?" Event

Shiva Manjunath — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:45:10 +0000

Can mobile and video games help control and prevent diabetes, asthma, heart disease and other life-shortening, expensive conditions that are collectively costing both the patients and the United States billions of dollars every year in health care? Can people be given rewards and incentives to adapt life-style interventions that improve their health by gaming? What platforms will these games run on? And will payers be willing to pick up the tab without conclusive evidence that gaming lowers costs and improves clinical outcomes?

Get answers to these questions and more at the lunch panel discussion titled “Is Health Gaming a Game-Changer?”

The event takes place in Silicon Valley on Friday, May 20th 2011 from 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM (PT) at Backstage Coworking inside Dragon Theater in downtown Palo Alto. Free three-hour garage parking is available. Doors open at 11:45am and the panel will start promptly at noon.

Is Health Gaming a Game-Changer? – Panel

The panel discussion consists of industry movers and shakers including

Eric Hekler, PhD, Stanford Medical School.
Jeff Tangney, Epocrates co-founder and Doximity CEO.
Michael Lu, Executive Producer / Product Director for RockYou.

Is Health Gaming a Game-Changer? – Tickets, RSVP

Tickets cost $8 for early birds and $10 for late birds. Both ticket types include Lunch. Get Tickets, more info here.

Is Health Gaming a Game-Changer? – Agenda

Doors open at 11:45am and the panel will start promptly at noon.

For more information, visit healthgaming.eventbrite.com

Is Health Gaming a Game-Changer? – Date, Location

Friday, May 20, 2011 from 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM (Silicon Valley Time)

Backstage Coworking
(inside Dragon Theater)
535 Alma St
Palo Alto, CA 94301

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StartupCraft, A StarCraft II Game Tournament For Startup Peeps

Shiva Manjunath — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:30:50 +0000

IGN Entertainment (a division of News Corporation) is hosting StartupCraft - a Starcraft II tournament – for everyone involved in the tech startup scene. The tournament takes place on Saturday February 26, 2011 in San Francisco, California.

Startup founders and other peeps get to bond over competitive play while helping raise a little money for a good cause.

StartupCraft Tournament – Rules, Agenda

Doors open at 10:45am on Sat Feb 26th, 2011
Competitive matches start at 11am and go on until 5 pm.
Lunch will be served… Woot!

For a complete list of rules and regulations, check out the StartCraft FAQ page.

StartupCraft Tournament – Tickets, RSVP

The event is FREE (it looks like), but do register on the StartupCraft registration page.

StartupCraft Tournament – Date, Location, Address

Saturday February 26, 2011
IGN Entertainment HQ
625 2nd Street
3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94107
415.896.3700

( photo credit: memegenerator.net )

Startup Waffles At VonChurch – Waffles, Coffee And Cool Startup Peeps Will Be There!

Shiva Manjunath — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:55:12 +0000

VonChurch – a recruiting firm working exclusively in the video game vertical – is hosting a FREE startup waffle event on Friday, February 25, 2011 at their office in San Francisco, California.

Come and meet other startup peeps for a fun waffles breakfast, some good coffee, and Kinect awesomeness. Rumors of a little raffle going on is out there too, so don’t miss it! I will be there.

Yummm! "Heart" Waffles. "Heart" Startups.

Startup Waffles At Vonchurch – RSVP

The event is FREE! So RSVP on the Startup Digest meetup page for this event, and show up!

Startup Waffles At Vonchurch – Date, Location, Address

Fri, Feb 25, 2011
VonChurch
610 22nd Street
San Francisco, CA 94107

( photo credit: flickr / coloft

The 3rd Annual Flash Gaming Summit 2011 (San Francisco Event)

Shiva Manjunath — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:57:58 +0000

Flash Gaming Summit is a one day conference dedicated to fostering the growth and success of the Flash games community. This year’s summit takes place on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, California.

Flash games are quite popular and reach a rapidly growing online games audience of where 1 in every 3 Internet user is interacting with a flash game each month.
The Flash Games conference will bring together leaders in the Flash game space to share industry insights and strategies for monetization, distribution and analytics.

Flash Gaming Summit 2011 In San Francisco

Flash Gaming Summit – Who Should Attend

Game developers and Flash artists
Marketers and advertisers interested in games
Flash portal and gaming website owners
Technologists and Entrepreneurs
Business development and Venture Capitalists
Representatives from companies in the gaming and social media space

Flash Gaming Summit – Registration, RSVP, Discounts and Promo Codes

Register at http://fgsummit2011.eventbrite.com/
Discounts: If you are in a developer, designer, or product role you may be eligible for a discount (on ‘Regular Tickets‘). Email info @ flashgamingsummit.com for additional details.
Promo Codes: You can also get 15% off using the discount code WebWallFlower at checkout (Thanks to Cass Phillipps of FailCon for sharing this code!). Click here to register!

Flash Gaming Summit – Location, Address

Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF
1675 Owens Street
San Francisco, CA 94143-3008