Screenplay…
I wrote an article for Jason Hill’s Screenplay blog about what we’re trying to do with Freeplay. You can read it here
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Speakers & Expo & Volunteers
With August 14 & 15 coming up soon, it’s time to start getting people involved.
Panels & Workshops
If you’ve been to previous events, you know that Freeplay is a diverse event, with people delivering everything from traditional keynote lectures to running interactive workshops to staffing demo machines running their projects, with people from all walks of gaming culture, including independent and professional developers, multimedia artists, students, and… Continue reading
Xperience XBOX at the State Library
Our venue partner, the State Library of Victoria, is having a gaming night on Friday 17th July.
Xperience XBOX
FRI 17 JULY, 6.30 – 9PM
Come in and experience some of the best XBOX 360 games with an evening of modern, multiplayer, and online XBOX 360 games, such as Guitar Hero: World Tour, Halo 3, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Street Fighter IV, and Sacred 2. There’ll… Continue reading
Our Advisory Board
We’ve been working away with our new advisory board for the past few weeks on redrafting our original program ideas, workshopping some really exciting session ideas, and getting introduced to brilliant potential speakers.
You can read all about them here.
Stay tuned for a speaker callout, details of our expo space, and other stuff that we think is kind of cool (including our international keynote!)… Continue reading
VITTA ICT and Careers Expo
One of the things we’re keen to do with Freeplay is cross-promote events of interest to our audience and make sure there’s an awareness of what’s going on throughout the year. One of those events is the VITTA ICT week, culminating in their ICT & Careers Expo – where it just so happens I’ll be speaking about my career and the sort of things you can expect to find… Continue reading
Dates & Venue
Get out your diaries, log into your google calendar, find a dog-eared post-it and a chewed up pen, because we’re happy to announce that Freeplay 2009 will be taking place at the State Library of Victoria on August 14th and 15th.
We’re very excited about being a part of the State Library’s program of events and adding to their focus on games as an integral part of our… Continue reading | 1 Comment
2009 Advisory Board
We’re close to announcing the venue and dates for Freeplay 2009 so the time has come to start the process of programming our event. Over the past few months, we’ve developed a draft collection of sessions and workshops that we’re currently adapting to fit our space – we’ll put out a proper call for speakers soon – but for now, we’re looking for expressions of interest for our 2009 Advisory… Continue reading
Our first announcement
Hello,
Today, Next Wave officially announced that Freeplay 2009 was being put together, and we’re really, really excited about that. There’s still a lot to do, but behind the scenes, we’ve had lots of meetings and conversations and emails, and we feel good about the event taking place in 2009. We know, from talking to students and gamers and developers and artists that Freeplay is a really important… Continue reading