I will be speaking at the Boston Post Mortem (the meeting of the Boston chapter of the IGDA) on Wednesday 10th. GamerDNA will also be sponsoring the event with food and drinks. Join me at the Skellig in Waltham (240 Moody St, Waltham, MA) starting at 7PM. There will about an hour of drinking and networking, followed by my talk at 8PM.
I’ll be talking about market trends in video games that we’ve been able to observe through the lens of GamerDNA. Examples from the discussion will include:
- Rock Band versus Guitar Hero 3 — which is being played more, and why?
- Braid vs. other XBLA titles — real evidence of the word-of-mouth long-tail at work
- What happens to former World of Warcraft players when they try other MMORPGs? (Hint: it’s not what you expect)
You can also visit the official Boston Post Mortem website for the September 2008 meeting.
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Hey Jon, any chance this will be recorded?
For the XBLA part you should give mention to Castle Crashers and Geometry Wars Retro 2. Also I learned that you are a GameDNA CEO and I would love to play with you on Xbox live.
@John: I don’t think it’s being recorded. Sorry. If you can’t make it tonight, I’ll be giving the 5-minute version version on Thursday night at Ignite Boston, and would be happy to talk about it afterwards.
@Nick: I’ll be discussing both GW2 and Castle Crashers (I love CC–one of the best games in a while). My gamertag is Taerinth.
Great talk tonight Jon, sorry I missed you after. Where will your presentation be available? Thanks again.