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I see there are a couple of people from Teeside presenting next week at the women in games conf..I will try to find out more!
APhra.
is anyone on these forums going to women in games in Dundee next week? I am hoping to catch up with Ivan over there so drop me a PM if you are heading over..
Aphra.
I am actually presenting a paper on GTA as contested cultural product here in Taiwan..part of it looks at Take 2’s business strategy with GTA games and its development since GTA: III and part of it looks at the variations between rating systems and reactions to the different games in the US, Europe and Australia. There are significant diffs between the systems and it looks, so far, like PEGI won’t change their classification of GTA:SA. I am interested in the debate over how ‘realistic’ these scenes are, the implication that they have serious ‘effects’ on children and the debate over authorship/the source of the ‘scenes’.
It is only a first draft and I decided to write it last Christmas after Prime Time did their piece on GTA: SA, how topical can a paper get.. – anyway, if people are interested I can send them a copy when I get back next week..
Aphra.
some of my mates were saying Fibbers used to be 2 pounds to enter – that must be deflation, right? Says a lot for the place – Doyles it might have to be next time!!
Aphra.
well there are a few gaps in my memory of the discussions and events ..maybe people can fill them in…
Ian_hannigan _____ lady in red
Fitch, Tadhg, __________ sambucca _______ MIDAS _____ politics
IGDA ________ politics
Noel, Dave _________ Pooka _________ GAA
Matt _________ Jamie X2! ___ thesis
Pooka, Phooka, Kapooki ____ ghosts, mushrooms, ??
Fibbers ______ 2 euros __ rock? metal? music?
when jet lag clears maybe these blanks will get filled in (+8 hours ahead here at the moment in Taiwan!)
Aphra.
you forgot to mention that there will probably be an IGDA sponsored games session…any more details on that?
Aphra.
pretty disturbing stuff…I remember reading about this before and seeing magazines they distribute.
the first amendment protects these guys too!
Aphra.
To my knowledge the course in Ballyfermot is more design orientated….but it is not (to me knowledge) a degree…
anyone know any courses with good business inputs?
Aphra.
