Dare to be Digital new sponsor

[Aphra K]

Turner Broadcasting is to sponsor Dare to be Digital..

that can only be good for the competition I suspect. But interesting that a more traditional media company is getting in on the act…they own CNN etc.

see http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=32169

Aphra.

[Anonymous]

ya but arent they turner warner. And warner are getting massively into games these days. Investing in games in dubai and recently involved with the aquisition of Travellers tales, maker of logo batman (coming) and logo star wars.

its all good.. they got shit loads of dosh.. just look at the amount being invested in games in the middle-east by them. 500 million

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/28518/Warner-Bros-invest-500m-in-UAE-push

[Anonymous]

Anything happening on the Dare front this year yet?

[Aphra K]

haven’t heard anything yet.

Would be coming from the Digital Hub I guess in the south.

Aphra.

[Anonymous]

The Digital Hub Development Agency, in partnership with Belfast City Council and the University of Abertay, Dundee, Scotland, are delighted to announce ‘Dare to be Digital Ireland 08’.

An information session, detailing how your students can take part in this exciting games competition will be held on 28th of February 2008 at 12:30pm in Digital Exchange, Crane St, The Digital Hub, Dublin 8. This event will provide students and college faculty with an opportunity to meet practitioners from the games industry and to learn what it takes to work in this growing sector. Students will also learn first hand what is involved in participating in DARE and they will have a chance to meet former participants and to pose questions to them and to the competition organisers from the University of Abertay.
Dare to be Digital is open to third level students interested in developing an innovative product in the games sector suitable for any platform. This event will allow students and tutors to hear information about the competition, meet previous participants, and interact with potential partners from other 3rd level institutions and industry professionals. Dare to be Digital teams must consist of 5 members and collaboration between colleges is encouraged.
We will be in touch with you in the near future to outline how your faculty/students can participate in this event. If you have any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to email: daretobedigital@thedigitalhub.com Tel: 01 4806200

For further information on Dare to be Digital Ireland, please visit: http://www.daretobedigitalireland.com

[Anonymous]

Hurray…only a week’s notice :(
I was thinking of popping over but I guess I won’t now :(

[Aphra K]

hi all

Dare to be Digital interviews takes place on thurs the 8th of May in Dublin, from 10am until 3:30pm.

Apparently there were a lot of entries this year so hopefully we will have good teams from ireland.

see http://www.daretobedigital.com/about/DareinIrelandandNIreland.php

Are they being hosted in Trinity this year??

Aphra

[Anonymous]

Are they being hosted in Trinity this year?? [/quote:82bb79f99d]

Have they been hosted in Trinity before?
Would be cool for IET class to give pointers to entrants as a distraction from dissertations, though we would probably be more interested in new Wii Tennis competitors :)

[Anonymous]

Any word on which team got through this year?

[Aphra K]

I don’t know anything…but some of our panel last Thurs night were involved so maybe they can tell us more

Aphra

[Anonymous]

Think we are meeting the teams tomorrow as they are being hosted in the IET lab. You lucky people :)

[Anonymous]

I don’t know anything…but some of our panel last Thurs night were involved so maybe they can tell us more

Aphra[/quote:9f8eb4f052]

I don’t believe it is any secret; the winning teams were Infection Vector (Dundalk IT) and Outer Box Experience (UUMagee).

We are hosting the teams in our XNA lab in TCD for the next 9 weeks. They’re visiting us for the first time tomorrow afternoon and then will kick off proper next Monday.

Best of luck to them!
Steve

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