http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/ en-us Copyright 2009 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:48:48 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Click here to complete the MEGA Census now April 24th **Today** Round Table and Raffle +We are giving away a free game +Jared is presenting a CTIN class Post-Mortem +Jordan is deconstructing Noby-Noby Boy May 1st **Last Meeting** Special Guest Ian Dallas +Ian is coming to talk about his IGF Finalist game The Unfinished Swan]]> http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/04/new_mega_leader_board.html http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/04/new_mega_leader_board.html MEGA Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:48:48 -0800 Short Sign Up Survey
Reflection DS GDC 2009 Attract Loop from Hersh (Reflection) on Vimeo. ]]> http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/04/usc_ds_game_playtesters_needed.html http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/04/usc_ds_game_playtesters_needed.html playtest Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:20:14 -0800 This week Chris Swain will be giving his GDC talk on Game Metrics. We are also nominating people for the executive board elections being held later this month. ++Plus Member Generated Content++ MadWorld Deconstruction CTIN 488 Project Post-Mortem Flash Workshop Come to SCA 214 @4pm, enjoy some free GooGoos and have a MEGA Friday! MEGA Facebook]]> http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/04/april_10th_mega_meeting_4pm_sc.html http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/04/april_10th_mega_meeting_4pm_sc.html MEGA Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:30:33 -0800 MEGA is going to devote the whole month of April to giving USC a strong showing this competition season! Also we have new Announcements about: -Activision Studio Tour -Elections -GDC -DICE -Our website and much more! ++Bonus++ Unreal Workshop part 4 FREE Red Wagon Cookies!!!]]> http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/04/april_3rd_mega_meeting_5pm_sca.html http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/04/april_3rd_mega_meeting_5pm_sca.html MEGA Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:21:51 -0800 LISTEN ]]> http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/03/all_things_considered_npr_inte.html http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/03/all_things_considered_npr_inte.html news npr Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:14:33 -0800 Makers of Entertaining Games Association [MEGA] Queer Cut SCA Ambassadors SCFX - USC Special Effects Organization Southern California Business Film Festival (SCBFF) Trojan Film Society Trojan Vision Women of Cinematic Arts (WCA) ZDC]]> http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/03/sca_student_org_fair_today_112.html http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/03/sca_student_org_fair_today_112.html MEGA Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:05:48 -0800 This Friday (3/6), the Makers of Entertaining Games Association is holding their weekly meeting from 5 to 6:30pm in the Interactive Media Lab (CSS G142). We are hosting two events with special guests from the IM Division as well as... FREE Red Wagon COOKIES!! To start off we hosting a live postmortem of KID THE WORLD SAVER! The IGF finalist team is going to come do a presentation and Q/A on their game. Team members attending: Michael Silverman- Project Lead Hua Chen - Artist Daniel Ponce - Artist All of whom are first-year MFA students and represent the original core team. Followed by the "Get an Internship! Why & How" Panel. Have your questions answered about internships in the game industry. Drew Moxon (Riot), David Slagle (THQ) and Kendall Davis (Microsoft) will be here to give you their perspective on the importance of internships and their experiences with them. [Riot, THQ, and Microsoft recruit interns heavily from USC.] Plus +Jordan Limor might be there to talk about his trip to DICE with the AIAS +Smash Brothers Tournament in Birkrant at 6:30 +Jared/Rowan should be doing the third Unreal Workshop at 7pm It's gonna be a swell time! RSVP Facebook Event]]> http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/03/mega_kid_the_world_saver_inter.html http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/03/mega_kid_the_world_saver_inter.html MEGA Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:09:16 -0800 Download file pizza ordering app. it is only the code logic and there are still some holes]]> http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/02/ctin405_sketch_35.html http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/02/ctin405_sketch_35.html Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:41:32 -0800 globalgamejam.org) 1st place - Furballs Justin Lewis Lisa Takehana Joanna Zeta Andrew Christensen Karl Harns Alex Fairman 2nd place - Microcosmic Damon Stea Ben Bharier Asher Vollmer Bob Lydecker 3rd - Syzygaia Jonathan Carmel Lindsey Talbot Robert Nall Carter Thomas Christopher Cotta and here is the winner for my favorite Interactive Media related Super Bowl add... ]]> http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/02/ggj_winners.html http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/02/ggj_winners.html Gloabal Game Jam Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:08:06 -0800 Today at 5pm the Makers of Entertaining Games Association, with the help of the USC Interactive Media Division, will kickoff the 1st Annual Global Game Jam. A mix of 30 student and professional participants will break into teams and spend the next 48 hours competing against the rest of the world (1,750 developers total!) to develop a game with the following constraints: 1. A complete play session must always last 5 minutes or less. 2. The theme of the game should be: "As long as we have each other, we will never run out of problems." 3. Choose ONE of the following adjectives to incorporate in your game (each team chooses which one to use): thin, evolved, or rotating. We will be jamming all weekend in the IML so please stop by and check out the games. To get the full rundown and live video feeds from the 54 locations around the globe go to globalgamejam.org ]]> http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/01/global_game_jam_2009.html http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/01/global_game_jam_2009.html MEGA "Global Game Jam" Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:00:00 -0800 Download file]]> http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/01/sketch_1.html http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/01/sketch_1.html Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:53:16 -0800 Hello IMD World! Due to account info fumbles (and my newbiness) I have been neglecting the IMD blog. I am still not sure this is the right way to post but I guess I will find out. :) Hopefully the first of many... http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/01/long_overdue_first_post.html http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jspradley/2009/01/long_overdue_first_post.html Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:16:02 -0800