[game_edu] Gaming Conventions

[Seth Sivak]

I think that the biggest LAN event you can find is quakecon:
http://www.quakecon.org/ but that is after your time frame.

Although i have never used this site, it may help you :
http://www.lanpartymap.com/

Seth

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Johnnemann Nordhagen
<jnordhagen at gmail.com>wrote:


> GDC may not be what you're looking for, as it's primarily game industry

> professionals (who are mostly gamers, certainly, but who interact with the

> games they play in a different manner than just gamers).

>

> It's a great conference to go to for its own sake, of course.

>

> Johnnemann

>

>

> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Nic Colley <Nic.Colley at cpcc.edu> wrote:

>

>> I have to recommend the expensive but well needed GDC. There you will find

>> everything you need.

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Nic Colley

>> ________________________________

>>

>> Faculty, Simulation & Game Development Program

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>> From: Jordan Lynn [mailto:jordanl at uga.edu]

>> Sent: Wed 21-Jan-09 2:17 PM

>> To: game_edu at igda.org

>> Subject: [game_edu] Gaming Conventions

>>

>>

>> Hello all,

>> I'm writing my Master's Thesis on the interaction between gamers and the

>> videogames they play; as such, I need to attend a gaming convention, massive

>> LAN party, or the like to interview experienced gamers. Unfortunately, the

>> convention I had planned to attend (Digital Overload) conflicts with other

>> scheduled events. I would like to ask if anyone on this list knows of any

>> other large-scale, videogame-related events, preferably on the East Coast

>> but not required, occurring between now and the end of March.

>> Thank you for your time,

>> -Jordan Lynn

>> Master's Student

>> Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication

>> University of Georgia

>>

>>

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