Georgia Incentive Act Signed by Gov.

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has finally gotten around to signing off on the Act that started out as House Bill 1100.

No Comments »Filed under: Georgia, LegislationPosted on May 13th, 2008

GDX Day 2 Part 2 of 2

And now for part 2 of my report on SCAD’s GDX. This part covers the last two panels I attended as well as my final thoughts / opinions on this event. See the report after the jump.

2 Comments »Filed under: Event, GeorgiaPosted on April 12th, 2008

GDX Day 2 Part 1 of 2

This is part 1 of my 2 part feature on the second day of SCAD’s GDX. It was a pretty busy day, including the keynote and four panels. Hit the jump for my report on the keynote and the first two panels.

No Comments »Filed under: Event, GeorgiaPosted on April 12th, 2008

SCAD GDX Day One

So I arrived a little late to the party today but I still managed to attend two of the round table discussions and a bit of the reception. Details on my visit after the jump.

No Comments »Filed under: Event, GeorgiaPosted on April 11th, 2008

Game Developer eXchange Begins Today

SCAD’s GDX Starts today at 4:00 p.m. I won’t be there till probably 7 or so but you should get there as soon as you can. The roundtable discussions could possibly be the most informative part of this conference.
The schedule:
4 p.m. — Registration
5 p.m. — Introductory remarks: Matthew Maloney, academic director of the SCAD-Atlanta [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Event, GeorgiaPosted on April 10th, 2008

GGDA Meeting Post Report

Last night was the first GGDA Meeting Tony and I have attended. All was well and we got some more information about the upcoming SIEGE con. Price should be somewhere between $25-$45. Which is more than reasonable for a three day conference.
We also managed to get on a few good rounds of Call of Duty [...]

No Comments »Filed under: GGDA, GeorgiaPosted on April 9th, 2008

GGDA Game Night Tommorrow

The Georgia Game Developers Association is having an open house of sorts tomorrow night, inviting both members and first-time guests to Computer ArenA in Roswell for beer and games from 6:30 until closing.
All members and guests will get a special $5 all night play pass, normally $5 an hour. There will be a [...]

2 Comments »Filed under: Event, Georgia, NewsPosted on April 7th, 2008

Georgia House Bill 1100 Passes Senate

So what does this mean for you? Georgia House Bill 1100 allows the available tax incentive for Film, Music, and Interactive Entertainment Projects to be increased from the previous 9%-12% to 20%-30%. Which is a pretty dramatic increase. This gives Georgia a better position to attract out of state companies to complete their productions [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Georgia, Legislation, NewsPosted on April 1st, 2008