Final Presentation Schedule and Final Deliverables

You have 30 minutes for your final presentation including Q&A. You should really plan for an 18 min presentation.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

1. Sorority Life
2. Tammy Brokaw's Group (Andrew, Alex)
3. Tiffany Brokaw's Group
4. Panagea Studios
5. Dual Genesis (Brian, Joe, Kylea, Kenji, Jeff, Kyran)
6. Jamison, Kate, Ritesh, Matt, Josh

Thursday, December 4, 2008
(Meet for breakfast & class in UW2-131)

1. Jon Barber's Group
2. Nathan's Group
3. Blue Line Studios (Walker, Jeremy, Niel, Mike)
4. Easeo Studios (Owen, Ellen, Aaron, Ethan, Sara)

The team projects and peer evals are due at my office on Tuesday, Dec 9, 2008. The deadline time is noon. If you don't submit peer evals, then points are lost.

The prototype peer evals can be found here: Sample Peer Review

Tomorrow's Speaker - Joe Hauck

Joe Hauck, former SVP of Wizkids and VP of Wizards of the Coast and Magic (TCG and MOL) will be stopping by tomorrow to talk about marketing and branding of properties. Will be fun! See you tomorrow.

Class Tomorrow - Greg Leeds CEO Wizards of the Coast

Reminder that for the first hour of class tomorrow we will have Greg Leeds, President/CEO of Wizards of the Coast coming in to talk and take your questions. Little info on Greg. Before joining Wizards earlier this year, Greg spent seven years at Hasbro where he headed up International Marketing and helped to develop Hasbro’s global brand management methodology. Prior to that he led Hasbro’s Boys group and had extensive experience in marketing, operations, and sales at both Samsonite and Procter & Gamble.

For the remainder of the class, we will have each group briefly discuss their projects and take questions/suggestions/feedback from the rest of the class.

See you tomorrow!

Whirled Flash Game Challenge

Noticed this in the Whirled Newsletter. If you are interested, you might want to consider submitting a game to this contest. You can also check out their site along with an interview with the creator and CEO of Three Rings.

Winter 2009: BIS 493 / CSS 490c: THE STATE OF PLAY

This course is focused on virtual worlds and is taught by Wanda Gregory. It's taught at T/Th at 1:15 - 3:20pm. Even though it's upper division, you may feel free to approach the instructor for permission to register. It builds upon what was learned in the Discovery I class.

The title of the class is: THE STATE OF PLAY: THE STATE OF PLAY: DIGITAL CULTURE, PLAY, IDENTITY AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

Megatrends of Game Design Part 1 & 2

Two articles you might find interesting discussing trends in game design today.

The Megatrends of Game Design, Part 1

The Megatrends of Game Design, Part 2

For your next paper, you might consider writing about one of these trends.

China to add tax on virtual goods profits

Saw this article on several game sites. Apparently China's State Administration of Taxation announced it will impose a 20% income tax on profit from virtual money. What do you think?