BEYOND GAMES: SL, TRINGO, AND OTHER STORIES
Sponsored by VastPark, DVDfeed, and White SW Computer Law
Melbourne, 28 November, Last Dissecta event for 2006
Melbourne, 23 November 2006 - Dissecta presents Nathan Keir (aka Kermitt Quirk), one of Second Life's most successful entrepreneurs, at Dissecta's last event for 2006 Beyond Games: SL, Tringo, and Other Stories to be held Tuesday 28th November.
Nathan will speak about the virtual world that is Second Life, his avatar Kermitt Quirk, and the game Tringo. Tringo, inspired by Tetris and bingo, is a game developed by Nathan in Second Life which has since moved to the real world, having been released on the Nintendo GBA overseas by Crave Entertainment (a basic web version can be played at www.tringo.com).
Beyond Games: SL, Tringo, and Other Stories also features media clips for some of the more interesting Christmas holiday game releases including Warhammer Mark of Chaos and Medieval 2 Total War, followed by complimentary after show drinks and games: go hands on with Guitar Hero 2 and check out the world of VastPark on the Dissecta PC.
Beyond Games: SL, Tringo, and Other Stories will be held at the Australian Games Innovation Centre Melbourne, Tuesday 28th November starting at 6:30pm - booking essential (see Bookings and Venue below for details).
3 Dissecta Christmas Stockings to give away: Dissecta has 3 door prizes each consisting of Test Drive Unlimited (X360) and Just Cause (X360) courtesy Atari Distribution, Hoyle Chess (PC) and Hoyle Black Jack (PC) courtesy Mindscape Asia Pacific, and one PC game from Stomp (could be either Gothic III, Call Of Juarez, WarWorld, or Darwinia) with the final prize pack given away to get two games from Stomp. And each prize winner gets a Dissecta t-shirt!
60 Dissecta Showbags to give away: goodies include one full PS2 game from Red Ant, an Atari item from an assortment of mobile lanyards and buttons for Marc Ecko's Get Up Contents Under Pressure and Driver keyrings, Medieval 2 Total War Gold Demo disc from THQ, Ubisoft What's New DVD, Mindscape's BrainTrainer Demo disc, music CD from Rubber Records, a Stomp item from an assortment of CDs and DVDs, a Gameplay Online discount subscription offer, and stress release toy from event sponsor White SW Computer Law.
Bookings and Venue:
Bookings can be made via info@dissecta.com and see 'Price/Booking A Seat' in the left hand column of the Dissecta website for details. The venue is the Australian Games Innovation Centre (the Academy of Interactive Entertainment's Presentation Room), Atari Building, Melbourne, opposite Albert Park.