Tech Stream

Tech Stream 034

10 December 2009

Listen and download: MP3

Video game designer David Jaffe provided the keynote speech via video link at GCAP 2009

The Tech Stream program this week is focused entirely on gaming.  It was recorded at the Game Connect: Asia Pacific 2009 (GCAP) conference and expo which took place in Melbourne, Australia from the 6th to the 8th of December.  Follow the MP3 link above to listen or continue reading for details.

Featured in program #34 of Tech Stream are:

Tom Crago – President of the Game Developers Association of Australia (GDAA) and CEO of Tantalus Media

Neil Boyd – GDAA and Head of School at the Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE) in Sydney

Ken Brady – computer teacher at Gympie State High School in Queensland

Dr Stuart Smith – Senior Research Officer, Falls & Balance Research Group, Prince of Wales Hospital

David Hewitt – Creative Director at Tantalus Media

Paul Callahan – freelance writer and co-director of Freeplay, an independent games festival

Farbs – independent game developer and creator of the Captain Forever game series

Steven “Bajo” O’Donnell – presenter of Good Game on ABC TV and regular in the Tech Stream

Jay Wilbur – Vice President, Business Development at Epic Games (full interview here)

Plus conference participants and the game developers taking part in the exhibition.

Here is a full list of the winners in the 2009 GDAA Game Developer and Independent Awards. Congratulations especially to Firemint and also the team behind Heroes Over Europe.

To get a better idea of Farb’s award winning Captain Forever game check out this youtube clip or play the flash game yourself. It’s free.

For more on the students at Gympie State High School and the Certificate IV in Interactive Entertainment on offer there, check out http://gamedesign.edublogs.org

And Bajo’s favourite game of the year is Uncharted 2, for all those taking notes!