#TechHour – Video Games

12:00-12:30- Jon Richardson- Creator, Robot Monster Productions – @RoboMoPro
Jon is currently on a six month sabbatical from Desire2Learn. He has a background as an English teacher, and has decided this is the perfect time in his life for him to work at a project: http://www.robotmonster.ca/ an interactive RPG for iOS with striking illustrations, what he calls “interactive fiction for the digital age.” It is essentially a “choose your own adventure” fiction novel in game form. He is allowed to talk about D2L giving him a great opportunity to temporarily leave his job for this project and come back in six months.
12:30-12:45- Jonathan Fritz- Developer, EA Games, Kitchener – @jonathanmfritz
Jon has been writing code in and around Waterloo Region since graduating from Wilfrid Laurier University with an Honours degree in Computer Science and a Minor in History in 2010.
12:45-1:00- Andrew Matlock- CEO, Industry Corporation – @IndustryCorp
Industry Corporation is a “technology and multimedia umbrella for several ventures and subsidiaries across the entertainment and innovation spectrums.” Andrew will talk about the strides Industry Corp has made in tech and gaming in the region.

 

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