playxbla.com ? PAX East Panels!

PAX is known for being THE event to attend for everything gaming! Tons of new titles are shown, community events galore, and of course panels filled with industry experts! The upcoming PAX east is just around the corner and I?m happy to announce PlayXBLA is representing on a panel too! Click Read More to find out which panel we?re guesting on and which ones we?ll be attending!

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If you?re attending PAX East and have time to stop by any of the following panels listed?send a tweet to @PlayXBLA? to meet up!

The panel listed below is where you can me ( XBLA_Alex) guesting on! Feel free to stop by and heckel!

Online Gaming Communities and ?Real Life? Relationships

Cat Theatre
Friday 10:30am ? 11:30am

Are you are a member of one or more online gaming/website communities? Perhaps the friendships and relationships you?ve formed online have made their way into your everyday ?real life?. You are certainly not alone. We will discuss the communities we have created and support, and how they help to form and impact real life relationships for gamers of all types. This popular panel from the past 2 years at PAX and PAX East makes a triumphant return with all new panelists.

Panelists include: Derek ?DSmooth? Nolan [Co-Founder / Host, 2old2play / 2old2type Radio], Faith ?Phoenix? Harrison [RTX Event Organizer / Frag Dolls Biz Dev, Rooster Teeth / Ubisoft], James Stevenson [Community/Marketing Lead, Insomniac Games], Jon ?Weezul? Long [Social Media Manager, Seagate Technology], Alexis ?Tart? Hebert-Ruiz [Community Manager for Xbox LIVE Arcade, Microsoft], Will ?raczilla? Kinsler [Community Manager, Epic Games]

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The panels listed below are the one team PlayXBLA will be attending!

Indie Game Development: A Day in the Life ? Part II

Cat Theatre
Saturday 12:00pm ? 1:00pm

An international collection of prominent indie developers come together to discuss what it?s like making it day to day in a suddenly budding corner of the gaming industry. Across three sessions a different trio of devs will speak personally on their experiences, as well as take questions from all who have interest in pursuing independent game development as a sustainable career. Whether you?re into the creative or the business side of the industry, there?s sure to be plenty of valuable advice and info to take in.

Panelists include: James Silva [Lead Dishwasher, Ska Studios], Erik Johnson [PR/Marketing and Development, Arcen Games], Ichiro Lambe [President, Dejobaan Games]

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Nerdcore Hip-Hop

Cat Theatre
Saturday 1:30pm ? 2:30pm

Nerds making music, and making a living off of it? See how these geeks have managed to captivate popular culture. Hear how Nerdcore Hip-Hop began from its godfather himself, MC Frontalot. Video games, movies and music combine to form Nerdcore.

Panelists include: Raheem Jarbo [Artist, MegaRan.com], Damian Hess [Artist, Mc Frontalot], Kyle Murdock [Producer, Neosonic Productions]

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Major Nelson Podcast!

Manticore Theatre
Saturday 6:00pm ? 7:00pm

It?s baaaaaaack: Join Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE?s Major Nelson, e and lollip0p for another hour of dysfunctional audio! We?ll be recording the international sensation ?Major Nelson? radio LIVE in front of you the studio audience. No idea what will happen, or who may or may not show up. So drop by and be a part of Team Dysfunction.

Panelists include: Lary ?Major Nelson? Hyrb, Eric ?e? Eric Neustadter, Laura ?lollip0p? Massey

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The Good. The Bad, The Community Manager/PR Rep. AKA How Keeping it Real Can Go So Wrong

Wyvern Theatre
Sunday 4:30pm ? 5:30pm

It?s hard to be a Community or PR Manager ? especially when it comes to video games, where the community can go from passionate fan to angry, cursing individual faster than your 360 can power on. This panel will discuss all the good things CM?s & PR SHOULD be doing and discuss all the other stuff that just plain needs to stop. We don?t need any more incidences like a certain sea-based marketing representative! Let?s bring back the sanity, shall we? Our panelists will reach into their bag of tricks and offer helpful tips on how to handle tough situations and we will go over the right and wrong way to get ahead in the Community Management sector of the Video Game Industry. We will also discuss some of the more grey area topics like, is it okay to ask your community to boost your metacritic score? How do you effectively handle trolls in your community? How can you get them to be active and WANT to participate? How far should you go to defend your studio/game? Is it ever okay to lie? This is also a great time to bring your toughest questions for us to answer!

Panelists include: Stephanie Bayer [Customer Engagement Lead, PopCap Games], Collin Moore [Community Manager, Zombie Studios], Emily Halpin [PR Manager, 5th Cell], Logan DeMelt [Community Manager, Signal Studios]

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The panels listed above are subject to change, but are for the most part pretty set in stone. There?s tons of equally awesome panels to attend but sadly?we can only fit in a few.?That?s because our schedule is?filled with getting sweet interviews from devs and videos from the showfloor posted for you kids watching at home! Feel free to post your panel schedule in the comments below for other PlayXBLA community kids to check out! See you all there!

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