Game Art & Design Club

Hello again GADlings,

So, this week I don’t have anything special going on for the club meeting, but we will be having some sort of tournament (probably soul caliber or super smash brothers) for GADLAN on Thursday for a prize.  Next week I hope to have a guest speaker although that would require the meeting to be moved to Tuesday 5-6.  But that’s next week…

So yea, for this week we will have a very loose meeting where we can show pictures of the Lucas trip and talk about recent happenings in the industry like the Games Convention

Game Jam 4 is coming week 8 but has been moved to Thursday 6-10 in room 911.  So basically it will be taking over GADLAN.  Again, it should be a fun challenge and with a cool prize this time!

That’s all for now,

Mr. Cummings

Hello good people of GAD Club

I hope everyone survived midterms. This week during our meeting we will be focusing on the Lucas tour which is this Thursday from 2-3ish. We will go over the details of where to meet and what not, amongst the other usual goings on. Check the list at the end of this email for your name.

As far as school events and such, this Wednesday has a ‘Overcoming Procrastination’ workshop type thing from 12-1 in room 510 so I recommend you go there if you feel you procrastinated a bit too much for your midterms…. just try not to put it off…. There is food.

Also Wednesday you can get more foods at ‘Dining with the Dean’ in the gallery 5-6.

Lastly I just want to plug Game Jam IV which will be happening Tuesday of Week 8 from 6-10 in a soon to be determined room. Game Jam IV is a game design competition with prizes, fun, and awesomeness. Mark your calenders!

Here is the list of Jedi going on the tour. If you are on the list and can not make it PLEASE EMAIL ME ASAP
1.Brian
2.Denise
3.Austin
4.John Johnson
5.Phil
6.Kevan
7.Lemar
8.Nathalie
9.Hadidjah
10.Trevin
11.Xavier
12.Ed Z
13.Dorin
14.Tyler
15.Alan
16.Jared
17.Sterling
18.Dave
19.Wok
20.Elliot

Waiting list
Josh
Julia

Can I get any volunteers to back out if you have already been on the Lucas tour?

May the force be with you…

Brian

Breaking Into the Game and Animation Industry poster

Friday, August 8th
12pm – 1:30pm
Gallery

Artists and recruiters from the following top companies will be on campus to discuss how you can get your foot in the door!

The Orphanage Moddler (Founder of Giant Killer Robots)
Massive Black
Sony
Aquent

These guys have been in your shoes and know what it takes to break into the industry.

Free lunch will be provided!

Troops,

As usual operation GAD Club meeting is Monday, room 612 at 17:00 hrs.  First we will be talking about the Lucas Arts tour which has been nailed down for August 21st 2pm.  Those interested in going please come to the meeting to add yourself to the list.  I will also be announcing a competition.. And I plan to have pizza!  AND I believe Denise has some more news for us.  So it should be a good meeting

International Game Developers Association

Other objectives for this week:
Wednesday @ 7:30 is the next IGDA meeting at Dolby Labs.  If you like Spore, this should be a good one to go to.  Also don’t forget… this is one of those networking type events which everyone should be going to.  more info at http://www.igda.org/sf/

Major Conversations is this Thursday.  Todd, our Academic Director, is the speaker so I encourage everyone to go and see his portfolio and hear from about his work experience…. and eat the free food

Also on Thursday is GADLAN (i think) on the 4th floor (or something like that)  where we will be playing some fun games together (maybe)…….. we are working on it ok!  I should be there this week

And again we are working on the Wreck board game project this Saturday 12-6ish (although I may be late due to open house)

That is all…. Dismissed

-General Brian of the GAD Army

Greetings citizens of GADland… I bring you the news,

For GAD Club this week I have a couple things to talk about.  Firstly we are still working on that one board game…. Wreck, so we’ve got to get that done… more info at the meeting for those who would like to help.

Secondly I’ve got something I wanted to share from my career development class that I think would be good everyone.

Then after all the business is taken care of I’d like to have a bit of an open discussion about E3 and anything else that comes up.

Don’t miss it, this Tuesday 5-7 is the Club Fair which will have food prizes and all that fun stuff…. and as usual I will be manning the cotton candy machine, so don’t forget to get your giant ball of pink on a stick from me.

Thats all for this edition, see you at the meeting! (Monday 5-6, room 612)

*cape swoosh*

-Commissioner Cummings

AiCA-SF Clubs

Hi folks,

AiCASFClubs is now hosting the website for GAD Club. Thank you Laurie for previously hosting our old site and Tera for our new home.

Brian will be updating the blog frequently, so check back weekly for news and other updates!