Greetings fellow developers!
Yay! The long winter darkness is starting to fade slowly but surely with even occasional direct sunlight. 
This month we have something special for the Finnish Game Industry!
Bugbear is celebrating it’s 8th birthday by sponsoring free drink tickets at March gathering!! So come, find out what the night has to offer and have couple free beverages while at it!
*IGDA FINLAND MARCH GATHERING*
Place: System Rock, Keskuskatu 4, 00100 Helsinki (map:
http://igda.fi/?page_id=5)
Time: Tuesday 11th March, doors open at 19.00
See you there!
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It’s about time we introduced ourselves, the new people rolling our daily magics behind the bytes! As you all (should 
) know by now, Teemu Haila / iNF (me, that is) took over Miikka during the summer. I got a huge load of cr- …unfinished tasks right in the beginning to sort out. But that’s all well and good, since (imo) we are definitely now in the better part of top-5 IGDA sites worldwide! But let’s get on with it to the real people:
#Lead Coordinator – Jyri Ranki
He might be “just” a general leader, but all our bigger decisions and designs go to him before you guys. Never forget the ones in charge!
#Coordinator – Miikka Luotio
Our very own coordinator and ex-webmaster QA’s anything and everything done to this site. Every word in this text is 100% Miikkaâ„¢ Approved! Miikka is also updating our blogs with content from sources like volunteers.
#Webmaster – Teemu Haila
Webmaster/admin/root/team leader… what ever suits you best! I’m the creative face directing our current progress and the one in charge of making sure everything works around the clock. As if that could be possible in Internet. While I do most of the stuff alone, I’d like to highligh two people:
- Juho Hartikainen
He has been a spiritual support (sob) during the darker hours of intense labour and also did our wonderful new logo! Huge kudos for that.
- Niko Kosonen
While he hasn’t yet participated in any (visible) way, he will be developing some freezingly cool ajax magic for us. Tip: it’s something we won’t talk about in advance, but you’ll love it!
So that’s about it for the crew. I’d ramble here all night, but Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin got me addicted (again) and I can’t risk leaving it alone. See you in the meetings!
Long and dark winter is getting to the bones of Finnish game developers. It is the flu season in Finland and that surely shows! In February IGDA pub night attendees were a bit few in number but strong in spirit! This time there was only about 80 attendees.
Except pre-GDC chatting and local game industry news, the attendees filled out a questionnaire about the venue. There has been a discussion whether IGDA Finland should find a better venue for the pub nights. What do you think? Are you satisfied with System Rock? Don’t be shy to share your opinions at the discussion forum. The results of the survey will be available soon and naturally we’ll share the details with you.
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