Embracing The Fringe - Edinburgh Gets Games

Thanks to GamesIndustry.biz for its report on last week's Edinburgh International Games Festival, as the author suggests: "Nowhere.. has the maturing of the games industry into a fully fledged member of the media family been more obvious... as interactive entertainment returned to the Scottish capital's world renowned festival for a second year." The article continues: "If we were to pick one element of the EIGF to single out for special praise, it would be the Game Screenings programme... a chance for the public to see the people behind the biggest upcoming games and to put a friendly, human face on the developers who create the entertainment they're so passionate about." LoadedInc also has significant coverage from EIGF, also recently mentioned on Slashdot, "detailing the best of this year's discussions... along with audio recordings of the sessions."

Re:Nintendo? Scotland?

[Rayonic]

> but the first thing I think of is a giant, bloated Mario saying, "Get in my belly!"

Wrong Nintendo character, methinks. [kirbykirbykirby.com]

Obligatory SNL quote, kinda...

[MagicDude]

Welcome to the Edinburgh International Games Festival - Our slogan is if it's not scottish it's crap!

Oh behave!

[Golantig]

Indeed - the biggest international arts festival on the planet, and we get a couple of Mike Myers quotes.

You folks sure are cultured.

"Videogames - The New Rock'n'Roll"

[Castaa]

As the article says: Videogames - The New Rock'n'Roll, there could be some truth in that.

I wonder if the rise of video game sales can be directly correlated to the dramatic decline of music sales? Kids are at home playing games instead of listen to albums/CDs?

Re:"Videogames - The New Rock'n'Roll"

[Anonymous Coward]

Obligatory old fart comment:

Kids are playing games because the pop being produced today is garbage. Give me Doom 3 over Britney Spears any day.

More links

[zaxios]

Official site [eigf.co.uk] of the games part of the festival, Nvidia sponsors [theinquirer.net] and some pre-Fringe hype [theherald.co.uk]. And my 2 pence: it's nice to see games being part of a celebration of culture, and that they've found their place as an established medium.