q3apd | delire & pix 2003 | hosted
q3apd uses activity in QuakeIII as control data for the realtime audio synthesis environment Pure Data.
multiple users can jam live in any quake map, using the dynamics of their gameplay as an audio instrument.
runs on linux.

Playthings Conference and Exhibition
Dlux, Sydney Australia, October 10-12, 2003
http://www.dlux.org.au
Playthings is a major international event focusing on current and future trends in the field of digital games, featuring key Australian and international game designers, theorists and artists. The symposium, exhibition and catalogue provide platforms for discussion, play and critical discourse, bringing together people that develop, analyse and play digital games.

Digital Games Research Conference
Utrecht, The Netherlands, 5-8 November, 2003
http://www.digra.org/
Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) is a non-profit, international association of academics and practitioners whose work focuses on digital games and associated activities, currently under preparation. Focus technologies of the association include (but are not restricted to) existing types of computer and video games, online games, arcade games, games on handheld and mobile devices and games delivered through digital television or other forms of interactive technologies.

Killer Instinct Exhibition
New Museum, New York, DEC 12, 2003
http://www.newmuseum.org
6:30 - 8PM on December 12, Killer Instinct will host a panel moderated by Alex Galloway. Participants include Cory Arcangel, artist; Shamim Momin, curator; and Anne-Marie Schleiner, writer and gaming artist.

Independent Games Developers Conference
NextWave Festival, Melbourne, Australia, May 2004
http://www.sumea.com.au

GAME CULTURE
http://www.game-culture.com/
A relatively new website exploring the theory of game culture. Includes a great list of conferences and publications.

COSIGN: Computational Semiotics in Games and New Media
a new list that serves mostly as a point of contact between the many excellent and talented people that presented at the COSIGN 2001 conference
in Amsterdam this year.

Entropy8zuper Game Dev Forum
http://tale-of-tales.com/forum/
place for makers and players to discuss game development. used for discussions as well as publication of articles. Both players and developers are invited to share their thoughts.

FLIPCODE
http://www.flipcode.com/forums/
all game and 3D engine related topics covered on these excellent forums.

CFXWEB
http://www.cfxweb.net/phpbb/
all game and 3D engine related topics covered on these excellent forums.

FIBRECULTURE
http://www.fibreculture.org
excellent new tactical and critical media list.

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