Hi All, Today I sent in my formal nomination to become a Board of Directors candidate for the IGDA. Sure it was the last day to turn it in, but GGJ was also this weekend and as Executive Director Gordon Bellamy used to say: “Don’t Break The Jam!” I would like to thank the ten [...]

Hi All, It’s a busy week for me – this weekend is the IGDA’s annual Global Game Jam. This year I’m getting involved on both the local and global levels and so I’m all over the place (almost literally). Today and the rest of this weekend I’ll be heading over to my local game jam [...]

Hi All, As I mentioned recently I was recently elected to the IGDA Chicago Board of Directors. This past Sunday I had almost all of the new directors over to my house for a big planning meeting. (Christian Arca had to do a last minute trip to New York because his mom was on the [...]

Hi All, Today the IGDA Board of Directors posted a blog update about the IGDA and SOPA/PIPA. You can read it here: http://igdaboard.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/the-igda-opposes-sopa-and-pipa/ I am very pleased to see that the IGDA came out to oppose SOPA and PIPA, although I’m somewhat concerned that the statement came only after the bills were temporarily shelved. The [...]

Hi All, There’s a new post on the IGDA Board Blog and it’s the one to announce the call for nominations for this year’s elections. You can read it here: http://igdaboard.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/igda-board-nominations-open-changes-to-the-board-nomination-process/ They’ve announced several changes to the process, many of which have been a long time coming (I’ve been on the voter guidance task force [...]