Sydney Game Jam this year will run from 6pm Friday 29 - 6pm Sunday 31 January at the Powerhouse museum. The event is part of the Global Game Jam which sees people from 100 cities from across the globe conceive, design, and prototype new and innovative game concepts over a 48 hour period.

This year the event sees veteran developers John Passfield and Steve Wang sharing their thoughts as well as indie developer Jarrad “Farbs” Woods and MIT Professor Nick Montfort (author of ‘Racing the Beam’). I hope to see you there .

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Links
Sydney Game Jam 2010: http://www.gamejamsydney.com/
Powerhouse Museum: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/
Global Game Jam: http://www.globalgamejam.org

With January 26 fast approaching, Australia Day celebrations are ready to swing into action. Beach, BBQs, board shorts, and beers are mainstays of almost every Australia Day celebration. But for the second year now, Australia Day also surrounds the arrival another celebratory “B” word… boardgames! Originally in Albury up until 2008, the Australian Games Expo has found a new home in Canberra, and has gone from strength to strength in its new city and timeslot. The event now coincides with the Canberra Games Society’s CanCon, the Canberra-based game convention, and provides plenty for aspiring game designers, educators, boardgame fanatics, and families.

There’s plenty of things to see including game tournaments for Settlers of Catan, and Carcassonne, plus the inaugural Australian Alhambra Championships. There’s also a Rubik’s 3×3 Cube Australian Games Expo Championship. Plus there’s an open gaming area where you get to play games to find out what you like.

The Australian Games Expo runs from Saturday January 23rd to Monday January 25th, at Exhibition Park in Canberra and entry is FREE. You can find more at the Australian Games Expo website; http://www.austgamesexpo.com/.

Links
Australian Games Expo: http://www.austgamesexpo.com/
CanCon 2010: http://www.cgs.asn.au/cancon2010.htm
Canberra Games Society: http://www.cgs.asn.au/
Exhibition Park Canberra: http://www.epic.act.gov.au