Oklahoma Electronic Game Expo - Coming April 11

[dstone]

Hi, All,

I just wanted to take a moment to let you all know that the Oklahoma Electronic Game Expo is returning for 2009 on April 11th at Oklahoma City Community College. Vendor/Exhibitor registration packets have started making their way out. If you have not yet received a packet and would like to have a booth, be a guest speaker, or donate something, you can fill out the paperwork online or contact me via PM so I can get a packet sent to you promptly.

We have a wonderful lineup of guest speakers from a variety of backgrounds:

Designer's Panel
Len Bogner - UCO
Neal Hettinger- Century Martialarts
Jeff Price - OCU
Sarah Sears - S Designs Inc
Lindsey La Valle - PDC Productions
Toney Antonelli - OETA

Game Pipelines
P.L. Studios

Collecting Classic Arcade Games
Rob O'Hara - Author and Collector

Making Flash Games
Akram Taghavi-Burris - Oklahoma Adobe Users Group, OCCC Professor

This year will also feature a game tournament sponsored by HxC Lan Center. Tournament games include Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Mario Kart, Soul Calibur 4, Street Fighter 4, and Guitar Hero (game list subject to change, any changes will be promptly notated here).

I will update this post with a list of vendors/exhibitors as they start coming in.

For more information, please visit our website at http://oege.catblog.occc.edu/wordpress


Thank you all for your support and hope to see you there!

[Ginsu Victim]

You just HAD to schedule it on my wife's birthday, huh?

I missed last year and hoped to attend this year.....oh well.

[dstone]

You could always bring her out, then treat her to dinner. 

[dstone]

Update on the game tournaments:

The following titles will be available: Street Fighter IV, Soul Calibur IV, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, and Mario Kart Wii.
Although general entry to the expo is free, there will be a $1.00 charge per tournament if one desires to enter. Half of the proceeds will go to the Child's Play Charity.
Once again, special thanks to HxC Lan Center for sponsoring the game tournaments.

Super Smash Brothers Brawl Tournament Rules
Soul Calibur IV Tournament Rules

Just a reminder, registration for exhibitors and vendors ends March 27. If you have been expecting a registration packet and have not received one yet, please get with me immediately.

[dstone]

Exhibitor/Vendor registration has been extended to April 3rd.
Space is limited, don't wait until the last minute to sign up!

We now offer the ability to register over the web:
Click here for Booth registration.
Click here for Speaker registration.

OEGE is proud to be sponsored by the following organizations:
AlterNative Media
Best Buy
Computer Arts and Technology Society
Game Equals Life
Hardcore Lan Center
J-Darling
OKGamers.com
Okie AUG
Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma Creativity

We would like to announce that the following groups have booth space reserved at this time:
Best Buy
Creative Oklahoma
Game Equals Life
J-Darling
Metro Tech
New World Comics
Okie AUG
Oklahoma City Community College
Rob O'Hara
plus more on the way!

I would like to send out a special thank you to all those that are making this possible!

[dstone]

We are proud to announce that Chick-Fil-A is now a sponsor of OEGE.

We would also like to add the following groups to those with booth space reserved:
AlterNative Media
Brett Weiss
Cactus Jack's Family Fun Center
Chick-Fil-A
Phosphor Dot Fossils

Once again, many thanks to all who have signed up and will see you a week from Saturday!

[dstone]

For those coming to the Expo, we highly recommend parking in Lot D and using Entrance 6 to the building. Exhibitors should use the same lot and entrance, as this provides the shortest distance from unloading a vehicle to your space.



If you choose to park elsewhere, we highly recommend finding your way to the main entrance; signs will be posted instructing you to the Student Union rooms.



(click images for larger, detailed versions)
Recommended parking areas and event locations are highlighted in red.

See you tomorrow!