G2 Expo

Yesterday I was lucky enough to attend the Goldsboro Gaming Expo (G2Expo), "a hybrid festival of industry speakers, video game tournaments, product promotions, exhibition booths, student recruitment and full blown family fun!" It was great to go out and meet all of the enthusiastic gamers and talk to them. The day was filled with various gaming tournaments and game industry experts giving presentations on everything from being a game designer to how to get a job in the games industry. I was asked to speak on the North Carolina Game Developers Q&A Panel at the end of the day. There was a great turnout for the panel, especially considering we didn't go on until nearly 9:30pm. It was a long day, but was a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to next years expo.

I wrote an article for the G2Expo program giving a quick introduction to Microsoft's XNA Game Studio Express. I really like XNA, not just because it allows anyone to develop a game for the Xbox 360, but also since it is free and easy to use. Microsoft has done a really good job on it and I recommend anyone interested in getting started writing their own game.