FanExpo 2010: Done and Done.
FanExpo 2010 has come and gone, and damn I’m tired. But it was a fun show. I organized two panels – Writers & Producers, and The State of the Industry in the GTA – and I moderated the first.
Writers & Producers
My first time moderating a panel, and no one burst into fire (spontaneously or otherwise), or was mangled, or died, so I call that a success.
My two producers (Joseph Ganetakos from Ganz, whom I know well; and Alex Parizeau from Ubisoft, whom I just met and has a great rep) were terrific, and my two writers (Kim Sparks; Max Piesner) were awesome.
After the panel, Mia Herrera interviewed me about it for C&G Monthly. I think it went well, but I fear I rambled a bit while trying to restore my proper adrenaline/caffeine equilibrium. I’ll post a link when she shoots me one.
State of the Industry
Jason MacIsaac, from the IGDA & Electric Playground, graciously offered to moderate the second panel, and he did a fine job. Jason’s recap of the panel is here.
And one of our panelists, Ryan Henson Creighton, talks about it here. With much color.
The other panelists – Lesley Phord-Toy (Ubisoft), Ryan MacLean (DrinkBox), Ian Kelso (Interactive Ontario), and Philippe McNally (Longbow Games) were all very generous with their time, and I hope I thanked them all sufficiently.
It became very much a “how do I break into the industry panel,” but that’s ok as it’s clearly what the attendees wanted.
I’m already thinking of an expanded video game panel track next year, with a specific panel to address that. Not sure I’ll be able to put the time in, but I think we could easily cover:
* State of the Industry in the GTA
* How Do I Convince You To Hire My Rosy Cheeks?
* Writers in Video Games, and the Big Bad Boss Producers
* Bringing Your Art to Life – A Panel for Artists in/wanting to get into the Industry
* Hobby Games to Computer Games, Spanning the Bridge
Posted in Big Smoke, Current Events, Games, General, Writing on August 30, 2010 by Jesse
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FanExpo 2010: Writers & Producers
I’m thrilled to announce I’m going to be moderating a panel at FanExpo this year:
The Role of the Writer and Producer in Today’s Video Games
Saturday, Aug 28
12:00 pm (noon),
Room: 205A
While writing is essential in many video games today, the role of the writer is highly contested and often misunderstood. Writers are often seen at one end of the design spectrum, and the producer at the other. Producers are critical for getting the game done and out to market. Come join writers and producers to hear what challenges and hurdles they face; what producers are looking for, and the differences between writing for a cell phone game to a AAA game.
The list of panelists is terrific – click through to see the full list.
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Posted in Big Smoke, Current Events, Games, General, Writing on August 23, 2010 by Jesse
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Bizness
This is the card that Will of Gameplaywright designed for me a few years ago.
I just reprinted them before GenCon, and am very happy to have them again. However, one day I’ll commission him to make ME my own coffee-ring card (click on his name above, if you missed it).
Posted in General on August 22, 2010 by Jesse
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Why Don’t You Know These Things
* I went to Ambercon 2010 for the first time in many years this past March. I co-ran a terrific dark superheroes game, “Where Angels Fear to Tread.”
* Just got back from GenCon, where I bought too many games (lots of Trail of Cthulhu,Armitage Files, Delta Green, and Ganonoque: the ice-people who fear the dawn is coming) and have a head filled with too many ideas.
* I’m in THE BONES. Why do you not own this book yet? It is very good.
* I will be at FanExpo 2010 in one week!
Posted in Big Smoke, Games, General, Writing on August 20, 2010 by Jesse
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Yoikes
Look at how the dust has collected.
It has been…Lord, it’s been a year since I’ve been here. Time for some serious clean-up.
Posted in General on by Jesse
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