Join the ongoing conversation concerning the powerful applications of games as learning tools and discover some of the ways all gaming benefits the mind and development. Bring your ideas and explore many more as well. David Millians is a classroom teacher and has worked in the field of games and education for over twenty years.
Game communities have grown beyond small game clubs, web forums and IRC as social networking has become integrated with game companies and created even more game communities. Our panelists will discuss social networking and creating a positive community via chat tools, web forums, Twitter, Facebook and 3rd party news/blogs.
Struggling with finding a date online? E. will teach you how to write a dating profile that gets you emails, how to write emails that get you replies, and how to move those replies into the real world and a first date.
We’ve brought this session back because it was so successful last year! How can a man write a female character ... and do it well? Can a woman get in the head of a male protagonist ... and make that character believable?
Fantasy, Science-Fiction, Romance, Paranormal, Horror ... etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. What defines a “genre?” Which ones offer the best opportunities for finding yourself in print? And when—and how—is it okay to mix them?
Join the Indiana Ghost Trackers as they discuss the best ways to photograph or video paranormal activity and to debunk the misinterpretations of what some people capture. Come seen recent photo and video anomalies captured by the Indiana Ghost Trackers and others as well as spoofed and faked images that have been debunked!
Come to this seminar ready to laugh and love with the award winning podcast Brilliant Gameologists as you share your best (and worst) gaming stories. There will be punch AND pie!
What do Dr. No, Casablanca, and Shakespeare have to teach us about making the stories in our RPGs awesome? Roleplaying design authority and virtuoso Robin D. Laws (Gumshoe, Feng Shui) has written all about it in Gameplaywright book Hamlet's Hit Points. In this seminar, he presents the nuts and bolts of his approach for analyzing stories in order to improve your RPG narrative. Bring your questions!
Magenta the Witchgirl webcomic comic creator, Thomas Shaner goes into the pros and cons of doing your webcomic completely by hand. Tips on coloring your webcomics are also included.
Join the Indiana Ghost Trackers group as they delve into the most haunted vacation destinations across the US. Where are the best places to stay overnight and perhaps SEE a ghost? What are the best places to visit to experience something? Join us for first hand accounts with lots of pictures and EVP!