Editorial by Timothy Loew, executive director of Mass DiGi, encouraging Massachusetts to tap the state's game workforce potential and avoid mistakes of Rhode Island in financing 38 Studios
Includes overview of Mass DiGi's activities (outreach. marketing, business development,) education and research, events, advocacy and fundraising, and next fiscal year preview
"Beacon Hill Chat is a program with interesting people talking about the interesting things going on in Central Massachusetts. Senator Chandler's guest is Timothy Loew, the Executive Director of Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (Mass DiGi)on the Becker College campus."
Discloses some striking findings from Mass DiGi's survey of Massachusetts game companies last summer, specifically that employment in the industry increased 78% over a three year period and that "nearly forty percent" of survey respondents indicated an intention to increase employment.
"As the third annual video gaming PAX East expo wrapped up its final day at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center yesterday, the president of its producer, Penny Arcade, said the event "has taken over the city like never before."
Links to press release, summary results and press coverage of Mass DiGi's survey of Massachusetts game companies documenting exceptional industry growth
Discusses Turtle Boy Games, a venture to help game design students enter the game industry, in the context of the Mass Digi and statewide efforts to increase collaboration between game companies and academia to create industry and job growth.