Game Developers Give Great Five

Developers get five minutes to wow a crowd of developers

"...The Austin arm of the International Game Developers Association had a brilliant idea. Developers love..."

May 20, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Game On Austin

Local video-game developers show their stuff. And beer!

"...hosting a gaming event (Thusday, Oct. 15) to bring developers and gamers together. The two main ingredients are beer..."

Oct. 8, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Game Is All

We catch up with some major players in Austin's gaming universe

"...Because this is Austin, you might know a game developer. You might even be one. And if you..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Screens Feature by N. Evan Van Zelfden

Burn After Reading

ScreenBurn at SXSW Arcade: totally free, totally open to public

"...Weigh your educational options with tables from the game design degree programs at Austin Community College and Texas..."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

ScreenBurn Arcade

This two-day event is free and open to the public

"...This two-day event hooks the public up with developers, gaming pros, and exhibitors like Austin Green Art, DeVry..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature

Who Highlights the Highlighter?

Local meetup puts faces to crowdfunding campaigns

"...realize they can't put their wallets behind every film, game, art project, article of clothing, piece of novelty furniture,..."

June 21, 2013 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Converge and Captivate

Bringing gaming, film, music, and mobile tech together

"...Started by the local branch of the International Game Developers Association, Captivate aims to expand the gaming..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Is That a Wrap for Incentives?

Amid economic woes and a race-baiting controversy, the future of TV, video game, and film funding in Texas looks shaky

"...an extra $27 billion, and filmmakers, TV producers, and game developers in Texas are scratching for funding. So how..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

How Do You Formulate a Grand Prix?

The race to nail down an F1 deal involves multiple entities

"...first major council vote scheduled for Nov. 18, the developers, partners, and local government are beginning to tackle the..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...improved the protection of the Edwards Aquifer and required developers to use less impervious cover. Did it solve the..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

The Towers of Power

Are high-rises the key to a middle-class Downtown?

"...member and leader of both the Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association and the Downtown Austin Alliance. Yet he is not..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Imminent Harm

The city plays a high-stakes, high-risk game with Stratus Properties, while the citizens look on

"...known as FM Properties, when its parent company was international conglomerate Freeport-McMoRan. FM Properties later spun off as an..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Fight of His Life

Are Ronney Reynolds' Mayoral Hopes on the Ropes?

"...Watson had been president of the Texas Young Lawyers' Association in 1990 and 1991, and had served on the..."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Billy Clayton's Flying Circus

State, City Head for a Dogfight Over Mueller

"...their scary-ass lobbying group, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, have made noises about keeping their Cessnas and King..."

Jan. 17, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of structured parking) proposed since the North University Neighborhood Association (NUNA) stopped the flood of such project that destroyed..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Column

Prepare for Departure

Mueller Airport Redevelopment Project Inches Toward Council Approval

"...recommend that the city solicit proposals from potential master developers, who could then in turn partner with smaller subdevelopers..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Online Hit

Instant Sports Patents a Pastime

"...aired the medium's first professional baseball broadcast -- a game from Pittsburgh's Forbes Field between the hometown Pirates and..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Screens Feature by Andy Langer

The Future Is in Flux for the Texas Film Incentive Program

Texas loses productions to states with bigger and better incentive programs

"...Program isn't just for cinema, but TV and video games, too. Now, as the program faces its toughest funding..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Funding Balance

Some Austin politicos think qualified candidates of average means are deterred from running due to low contribution limits

"...its money came from groups affiliated with the Laborers International Union, which backed Mar­tinez. While the Laborers were limited,..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Feature by Jack Craver

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...would prefer the variance go back to the neighborhood association and reappear at Planning Commission, in essence, as a..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...1704, a bill the House passed last month allowing developers to build under the less restrictive water quality regulations..."

May 21, 1999 News Feature

Page Two

"...from existing users regarding reasons for lost business: The International Association for Exposition Management, Central Texas Chapter says "many..."

April 17, 1998 Column by Nick Barbaro

Postmarks

ACC Needs Planning, Not Damning

"...comply with the Institutional Effectiveness provisions of the Southern Association of Colleges and School's Commission on Colleges. Those in..."

June 20, 1997 Column

UT's Brackenridge Tract: For Love or Money?

West Austin readies for another battle over redevelopment

"...space and neighborhood life is the West Austin Youth Association. The privately funded group has been around since 1981...."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...-- if the three bidders were kept in the game. But city staff, for whatever reason, stuck with Waste..."

Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature