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Rob Pardo - one of the designers of World of Warcraft, Warcraft III, and other Blizzard games - will be speaking in CTIN 488 this evening. The topic is his experience in the game industry, Q&A about Blizzard, World of Warcraft, etc.
WHEN: Tuesday 11/15 - 7-9 pm
WHERE: Interactive Media Lab, G142
IMD community welcome.
WHAT
Board game designer, Brian Hersch will be speaking in CTIN 488 tomorrow night (11/8). He will share insights on how he creates and markets board games for mass audiences. Brian's games include Taboo, Malarkey, Super Scattegories, and many others (full list below).
WHEN
Tuesday November 8
7-8:30 pm
WHERE
Interactive Media Lab - G142
All in the IMD community are invited but please rsvp to me via e-mail if you'd like to attend.
BRIAN'S BIO
Brian Hersch is the preeminent creator, licensor and proponent of social interactive gaming. His titles have generated over $850 million in retail sales, and continue to cross media boundaries.
In 1984-85 privately-held Hersch and Company began a storied expansion into game development and licensing. Since that time over 45 million copies of Hersch games have been sold worldwide under strategic relationships with industry leaders including Milton Bradley, Parker Brothers, Mattel, and Western Publishing.
Hersch has created board games, Internet games, CD-ROM games, and most recently DVD games. Hersch has also served as executive producer of television series including Taboo.
Games Magazine hailed Brian Hersch as "the game inventor: king of the hill, leader of the pack."
Hersch's games include: Taboo, Super Scattergories, Out of Context, Outburst, Ooldes, Nameburst, Scrutineyes, Malarkey, SongBurst, Americana Monopoly, Mad Chatter, Show Me Yours I'll Show You Mine, LA Law, Pop Culture DVD (Trivial Pursuit - v1 & v2), Hilarium, Mad Chatter, Arguile, The Disneyland Game, Eye Cons, Top 10, Carducci, PowerPlay, Easily Amused, Stackles