Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Dare to be Digital has announced several speakers from the 2013 festival, including games legend and Life President of Eidos, Ian Livingstone. The theme for year's industry conference is independence and convergence culture, looking at where the games industry meets art, film and television. As a pioneer in the UK games industry, Ian will share …
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The initial line-up, keynote speakers and partners for the 2013 Dare to be Digital ProtoPlay festival have all been announced... Dare ProtoPlay games festival, Dundee City Centre, 8th-11th August The UK’s biggest indie games festival will feature speakers from Channel 4, National Theatre of Scotland and the V&A, the University of Abertay Dundee announced today. …
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We've mentioned the forthcoming Digital 2013 event a couple of times now: connecting Scotland's digital and creative industries - talks, workshops, exhibitors - all the things you'd hope to see at a show focusing on technology, digital media and the creative industries. Now there's a new element within Digital 2013 - the Scottish Games Lounge... …
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Ten very different companies gave ten very different talks and presentations at the 2013 Game In Scotland event. Â As part of our exclusive coverage of the event, we're delighted to make those presentation files available to the world... Romana Ramzan - Denki -Â GIS2013RomanaRamzan David Hamilton - Ninja Kiwi -Â David Hamilton - Ninja Kiwi - GIS2013 …
Digital 2012 appeared on Scotland's event scene last year, promising to connect the country's digital and creative sectors. Â Held in Glasgow's SECC, Digital 2013 offered a mixture of workshops, speakers, exhibitors and networking. It was a diverse and interesting day, which encompassed speakers from TV broadcasters, major retailers, art galleries, major software providers and Dr …
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Breaking news from the front lines of the games event horizon, the 2013 Game In Scotland event is ON. The country's larges games recruitment fair takes place in Fat Sam's Nightclub, Dundee from 12pm-5pm on Saturday March 9th. If you're a student, a graduate, a freelancer, an industry veteran looking for a new position, or …
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Digital Spark is a new event, it ran for the first time in Dundee last year under the auspices of Abertay University and pulled in a very worthy set of speakers. The event is back for 2012 and is building upon the success of the last year. Â Digital Spark promises to explore the whole area …
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It may seem like there's a LOT going on in August. Â EIF is coming, Dare is rapidly Protoplying (yes, Protoplying) into something of real significance and now, the Turing Festival has a half day of interactive entertainment thought leaders, luminaries and speakers, all appearing in Edinburgh on the 23rd of August, for the astonishing price …
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The summer of 2012 is shaping up to be rather busy. Â We're not talking about the Olym-ic-, or the opportunity to be die of exposure at a picnic. Â We're talking about the games goodness and the head-to-head smackdown taking place between the incumbent Edinburgh Interactive Festival and the plucky upstart of Dare Protoplay and it's …
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There's a new event in town. Â IN 2011, the first ever Turing Festival was held in Edinburgh. Â It was an eclectic blend of technology, digital media, design, interactive elements and featured some seriously good speakers (including your editor, at the last minute, after a VC fled...) Now the Turing Festival is back for 2012. Â The …