I’ll be giving the Game Career Seminar keynote lecture at the E For All conference on October 3rd. If you are at the conference get there early, it’s likely to fill up!

The lecture is with Dan Paladin of The Behemoth (Castle Crashers, Alien Hominid) and it’s entitled “Design By Committee”. The lecture is described thus:

Dan Paladin of The Behemoth and Andy Schatz of Pocketwatch Games have different design sensibilities. Andy builds cerebral strategy games about animals. Dan builds gonzo-retro-arcade-style games. Using input from the audience, they’ll somehow find a way to agree on a game design — and in the process illustrate their styles and processes in an open-ended art and brainstorming session.

Greenmuze has an interview up with yours truly entitled Venture Arctic and the Eco-Revolution.

An excerpt:

Will simulated worlds be all that is left of the Arctic?

Two thoughts spring to mind. The first is a bit contrary to the message of some environmentalists (of which I consider myself one) – the Arctic will not disappear, but it will change.

It’s not going to turn into a parking lot simply because it is warmer, but it will be vastly different for the animals and peoples that live there today. It’s even possible that some animal populations might flourish in the long run because of global warming. It’s easy to imagine Arctic wolves, or even caribou finding themselves to be unexpected beneficiaries of warmer weather.

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Venture Arctic has won the prestigious 2008 Honors Award from the National Parenting Publications Awards for Parenting Resources (NAPPA). The NAPPA Awards showcase the best in books, CDs, baby gear and innovative products that help make parenting easier and more fun.

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