Sorry but this has just come to our attention.

Looks like some interesting events around Dublin. Aphra.

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OFFSET2010 is a week long programme of club nights, live performances, gallery shows, in-store events and much more taking place all over the capital.

Showcasing world-class creatives in design, illustration, fashion, photography, publishing, advertising, animation and more, it intends to turn the spotlight on the incredible creative scene thriving around us each day.

OFFSET2010 will culminate in a 3 day conference this weekend 1 – 3 October 2010 in Grand Canal Theatre, featuring presentations, debates and interviews with top Irish and International creative talent. There’ll be plenty of other surprises thrown in too.

As part of OFFSET2010 Darklight will be screening a selection of animations on October 1st @ 14:00-15:00 and Oct 3rd @ 14:00-15:00 Mainstage, Grand Canal Theatre.

For more information on the full line up and tickets visit www.iloveoffset.com today!

Last week the winners of the Your Country Your Call competition were announced.

One of the winners was Neil Leyden, who people here on gd.ie might remember was on the panel with Peter Molyneux for the games event which was hosted as part of the Jameson Dublin International Games Festival.

According to online reports his proposal is to create a ‘Irish Content Industry Association which would then drive the development of a cultural and creative quarter, a Media Park to attract global content industries, and creating the necessary legislative and regulatory environment to make Ireland a leading global centre for the creation and distribution of digital content.’

See http://brendanhughes.ie/2010/09/17/your-country-your-call-winners/ to hear Neil explain his idea.

Neil is already involved in a related business, The Digital Media Forum (see http://www.digitalmediaforum.net/).

It would be great to hear more about the plan and to hear how exactly this goal will be achieved. Details on the winning concepts are difficult to come by and the games industry here in Ireland should be a part of it.

For more on this story see:

Silicon Republic – http://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/item/17768-digital-economy-is-the-winn

http://www.yourcountryyourcall.com/index.html

The Game On exhibition will open in Dublin’s Ambassador Theatre from 20 September for a limited run.

The exhibition includes rare memorabilia and the chance to play your way through over 100 playable games from the arcade classics to the latest releases.

Tickets cost from 10 euro including booking fee and are on sale from the following outlets:

In person: From 100 Ticketmaster Outlets Nationwide
24hr hotline Tel: (ROI) 0818 719 300
Buy online: www.ticketmaster.ie

See http://www.gameon-dublin.ie/home/ for family and group discounts plus more details.

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Game On traces the technology behind the incredible pace of development in computer game production over the last 35 years and gives audiences a thrilling hands-on experience to explore how games and gaming has evolved into a massive billion-dollar industry of today.

Neil McConnon, Head of Barbican International Enterprises and producer of the Game On exhibition, says, “Game On and the Barbican Centre are absolutely committed to bringing the very best gaming and moving image experience to Dublin. With the exponential growth in popularity over the last 35 years, videogames have become a major cultural reference point in our society, an integral part of today’s kaleidoscopic, whirlpool of pop culture capable of invoking misty-eyed nostalgia as well feeding off and influencing other creative forms such as movies, music, television. For many people playing Space Invaders or Pac Man in arcades, plugging in their first Atari, or buying a hand held game like Donkey Kong was as significant an experience as buying their first record or seeing Star Wars at the drive in’.

Since being launched at the Barbican Art Gallery in London in 2002, Game On has toured to United States, Europe and Asia and has proven to be a smash hit amongst gaming fans, kids and adults alike. Presented as a totally interactive experience, the exhibition is pure fun for the dedicated gamer and first time novice alike.

Game On traces the development of the video games from the very first – Space Wars (1962), to arcade classics such as Space Invaders, Pong and Asteroids , through to consoles and pc games (dating back to the age of the Commodore 64) and to today’s mega-franchises developed for the Xbox and Playstation as well as future developments such as handless and online platforms.

Originally curated by Conrad Bodman (ACMI’s Head of Exhibitions) and Lucian King for the Barbican Art Gallery, the exhibition draws on game culture, and looks at the influence of computer games in music and film, and the impact of particular film genres such as anime and comic genres such as manga.