Next week, we will not have our regular meeting. Instead, the GDG will have a special guest speaker to talk about all things gaming. Career Services has made a flyer of this event, which I will quote here:

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"MAKE FUN EASY"
(Informational Presentation)

Attention:
Web Graphic Design
Multimedia Design and Development
Game and Simulation Programming

OPEN TO ALL MAJORS AND GRADE LEVELS

Who: Steve Cartwright, Game Industry Extraordinaire

- Experienced General Manager, Director, Executive Producer, Designer, Developer
- Over 50 Published titles - including Zoo World 2 & Tiger Wood Golf
- Designed & produced EA's first casual sports game
- Designed & produced EA's first multi-player sports game
- Designed dozens of original games & new IP
- Co-holder of 2 patents on Internet game play
- One of the original 5 Activision game designers

www.stevecartwright.com

Where: Devry University Fremont Campus (ROOM 223)

When: July 31st, 2012 from 7pm-8pm

For more information please call Career Services Front Desk at (510) 574-1230
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To all GDG members: Come early if you can!

On Friday, July 27th, Taylor Hall is taking over the Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) for their LAN Party. Therefore, the GDG has decided to have the Programming Jam from the 28th through the 29th.

The Programming Jam will still be in the MPR, and it will start at Noon.

The Game Developer's Guild will be hosting a Programming Jam starting Friday July 27th through Sunday July 29th. For those who don't know what a Programming Jam is, it is a time where us programmers come together and program a specific game in a short amount of time (all day and all night) based on the given theme.

The theme for this Programming Jam is: CHESS!

This will be a group activity. We will be taking the game of Chess and break down its basic rules to design and program it into a video game. Of course, you are free to do your homework instead and you can get help from your fellow students or simply come and observe the process of game development firsthand.

So that is Friday, July 27th - 29th in the Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) at Taylor Hall.

Leave some comments on what you've bought or what you're planning to buy. Maybe you could get a game going with your fellow members.

Due to Spring Orientation, the dorms will not be hosting a LAN party next month. Therefore, the GDG has decided that on Februrary 18th, after hosting OSBGD in the day (and after we eat dinner), we will be hosting a special GDG LAN Party in the cafeteria at 8pm.

That's right! Both events will be happening on the same day! This day will be known as the Good Day of Gaming, or the GDG G.D.G. (get it?) So don't miss out on all the fun on February 18th.