[games_access] GDC 2008 SIG proposal
Thomas Westin
thomas at pininteractive.com
Mon Oct 1 05:51:06 EDT 2007
yes
just so I know, is it a 60 minute or 20 minute we get?
/thomas
1 okt 2007 kl. 11.36 skrev d. michelle hinn:
> 20 hours to go...actually less. Gotta put the sexy in the proposals
> now!
>
>> Hello Eelke,
>>
>> 20 minutes is a bit tight I think, just to show the Cyberlink and
>> explain how it works and show the Jedi example; I think that will
>> take 10-15 minutes alone
>>
>> Then we have the Half-life 2 one-button, to start the game, and
>> show examples and explain how to do it will take some time too,
>> not sure exactly but my guess is 10 minutes?
>>
>> Also, AudiOdyssey and Wiimote - is Eitan with us? You mentioned an
>> idea to include him too
>>
>> I am also planning (if I get permission) to talk about a contract
>> game we (pin) are making
>>
>> and I think we have a lot other things to talk about; e.g how to
>> utilize mainstream hardware for accessibility
>>
>> So I'd say _at least_ 45 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes
>> for discussion with the audience, and a 5 minutes buffer for
>> technical issues which almost always arise
>>
>> /thomas
>>
>>
>>
>> 1 okt 2007 kl. 05.57 skrev Eelke Folmer:
>>
>>> ow my bad.... ;-)
>>>
>>> cheers Eelke
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/30/07, d. michelle hinn <hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>>>> Uh...I think we have proposal mix up. This was about the talk
>>>> you and
>>>> Thomas are doing.
>>>>
>>>> Now 20 minutes for the business one, yes, that seems sufficient.
>>>>
>>>> Michelle
>>>>
>>>>> Hmmm well I don't know 20 minutes seems sufficient. It's not
>>>>> rocket
>>>>> science. ;-)
>>>>> Cliff Blezinsky gave a Gears of War postmortem in 60 minutes
>>>>> last year
>>>>> as a comparison and we don't have nearly as much material. 20
>>>>> minutes
>>>>> is enough time to bring the message and still deliver something
>>>>> that
>>>>> is high quality. I rather go slightly over 20 minutes than only
>>>>> have
>>>>> 40 minutes of material and then bore my audience to death for the
>>>>> remainder.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then again I can only speak for myself and Reid might have a
>>>>> different opinion.
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers eelke
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/30/07, d. michelle hinn <hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>>>>>> Keep in mind that there are VERY few 20 minute slots. I don't
>>>>>> know
>>>>>> the number but they are warning us about them having worse
>>>>>> odds than
>>>>>> the 60 minute slots. Do you think that you can do justice to
>>>>>> all of
>>>>>> these things in 20 minutes? It seems to me that you would be
>>>>>> really,
>>>>>> really rushed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A 20 minute talk is sufficient and is likelier to be accepted.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the title changes are good.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> cheers Eelke
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 9/29/07, d. michelle hinn <hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>> How did you envision this talk? As a panel? A 20 minute or
>>>>>>>> 60 minute
>>>>>>>> talk? A roundtable? I'm thinking a 60 minute talk but I
>>>>>>>> want to be
>>>>>>>> sure that's what you were thinking too. :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We need to work on the title a bit -- it's a little vague.
>>>>>>>> Basically
>>>>>>>> we need something that says what the talk is about and/or
>>>>>>>> is enticing
>>>>>>>> enough to look up the abstract for when they are glancing
>>>>>>>> through the
>>>>>>>> title cards on display at GDC. Thomas had a good idea about
>>>>>>>> emphasizing the "Jedi" bit -- maybe "Turning Gamers into
>>>>>>>> Jedis:
>>>>>>>> Designers Creative & Accessible Toolbox" -- or just
>>>>>>>> accessible or
>>>>>>>> just creative? Or maybe "Turning Gamers into Jedis:
>>>>>>>> Creative and
>>>>>>>> Accessible Design Tools"?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Michelle
>>>>>>>> (who is on 11th hour "GDC think" -- like "doublethink" but
>>>>>>>> less
>>>>>>>> scary...I think...I think again...ahhhhhh)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> we have expanded it a bit more so if you want to take
>>>>>>>>> another look ;-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> cheers Eelke
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 9/29/07, Barrie Ellis <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Short and sweetly: Looks very good to me.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Barrie
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>> From: Thomas Westin
>>>>>>>>>> To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:28 PM
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [games_access] GDC 2008 SIG proposal
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> hello
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I and Eelke have come up with this draft for our proposal
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Designers_Creative_Toolbox
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> any comments and feedback welcome
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>>>>> Thomas and Eelke
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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