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London Gaming Con

Here's a new London event, from the folks behind the AnimeCon:

London Gaming Con is an 18+ gaming convention (with a good measure of anime and cult thrown in) of over a thousand people set to take place this December 3-4 in London. It is the sister event of the successful London Anime Con taking place in the same venue, the much-loved Rocket Complex.

Feels like it might be a little more j-influenced, and perhaps a little naughtier, than your average games convention. Let's see!

It's only a tenner, too.

London Gaming Con.

 

StagConf - a stories & games conf in Vienna

Hey, look at this - our pal Jurie Horneman over in Vienna is organising a Stories & Games one day conference, because he reckons all the good ones are stateside and we don't have much going on over here. I'm inclined to agree.

It's got a fantastic starting lineup of very good, deep and entertaining speakers, definitely worth the trip over for if you're not already local.

Plus, if I'm not wrong, it's going to take place in the amazingly mad museum where there's a stuffed whale stuck to one wall, and a stuffed, famous, dead chimp - famous because he smoked two packets of cigs a day in his poor, miserable zoo life. He's mounted with a pack of cigs next to him, and possibly also a bottle of booze.

Vienna's a great town for a night over too; last time I went, I ordered (and almost finished) two metres of sausage.

Beat that.

STAGCONF - via Jurie.

Children in Virtual Worlds mini-conf

"BBC Children’s and the University of Westminster invite you to the first conference in the UK to draw together producers and researchers working on virtual worlds and immersive gaming environments for children aged 7-11 online."

There's quite the lineup too, with many of my ole BBC colleagues up there on the pulpit for this one-day mini-con, and that lovely Aleks Krotoski as well. May 22 is the date.

Best of all? It's FREE!

(Thanks Lizzie!)