Hey all,

As some of you may have noticed by visiting either the meetup page or the main site, we have an official sponsor. And that sponsor is none other than uWink. uWink is owned and operated by the Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari and Chuck-E-Cheese franchises.

They will now be hosting our lecture series about different game design mechanics and techniques. This series will feature instructors like Sebastian Sohn, who many of you met last week, myself, and many others. It will be a monthly occurrence happening on Wednesdays. The first has yet to be scheduled, so check back soon.

Also, we have a new writer in our midst. Tricia Sichko has written an incredible piece about being a female gamer in a supposedly male-dominated gaming world. In her incredible article, she does an amazing job at breaking down many preconceived notions about gender in games and I'm hoping she'll continue to stop by and give us some articles. Her latest, Play Me, is now available for reading on thegamecookery.com.

In other news, Walter Lee will be demoing his game this Saturday. If you have a game concept you'd like to bring along and flush out, please let me know so I can get our time scheduled. Please see the Meetup page for more info.

~ Rob