Greetings web, social, console, mobile game and application developers, game designers and entrepreneurs. You will recognize the Silicon Valley, San Francisco, East Bay IGDA Chapters and other Bay Area Game and application developer group friends here. All are welcome. Join us to grow and present your games and apps and related tools and platforms. Find other game developers for your projects. Get or give advice on design, funding, art, technical architecture, careers for your game or applicatio …

Are you a professional 2D or 3D artist in the bay area games industry looking to do some networking? Are you a student or aspiring game artist looking to get your foot in the door? Are you sick of hanging out in your gloomy studio grinding away on art assets in relative solitude? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, come hang out with us! We have beer and like-minded people! The first half of the meetup will be some kind of presentation about working in the games industry (if y …

There are DOZENS of game development events and groups with very specific topics in the Bay Area. Attempting to go to all of them is insane. Let's use this group to discuss what we've learned at other venues. This will be our crowdsourcing for indies project! This group is a place for independent developers who live near Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Los Altos to discuss design trends, platforms, tools, testing and sales techniques, the media, the IRS, lawyers, cloning, pirates, advertising, pub …

We are an eccentric group that appreciate the art of silliness and the science of adventure. If you are a little bit quirky & a lot bit fun, this group is for you... "Geek Love" is the title of a fictional tale following a family of circus freaks. The name captures the eclectic spirit of our group's activities, ranging from: Themed dinners ...Rock your 50s poodle skirts & letter jackets for a retro BBQ; Pig out on pork cuisine at Geek Love's annual Bacon Bash Happy hours with a twist ...Don you …

This group is for those who love to draw, doodle, illustrate or generally be creative! There is no level of drawing expertise that you specifically need to have to participate. Stick figures are most welcome, and in fact, can be quite hilarious and awesome! Its challenging to find time to do art when you are busy living life, and if you love art and wish you did more then these meetups will be a solution for you. There will be time for free drawing at each meetup, but mostly there are themes fo …

… Anything off the beaten track:  anime, computers, science and science fiction, cult films, unusual art process, and random things like carnivorous plant shows--just to name a few.  Our members have a lovely variety of geeky interests.  :)  

Opportunity for 35+ people to socialize and exercise. No extreme sports or activities...just simple events such as hiking, walking, easy cycling, kayaking on the lake, friendly volley ball games, casual tennis matches, 9 hole golf or short game, social dancing, volunteering, visiting the dog park etc   Some events will have a gathering after or before the event such as brunch, dinner or drinks.   From time to time, we will host dinner events, attend shows, art galleries and festivals. Most event …

This is a place for movie fans, crew and talents connect to each other. Please feel free to post your job opening and internship opportunity or resume on our message board. Usually we hang out at restaurants, karaoke bars, fine art galleries, theaters, play bowling, pooling and games and discuss new films and technology. Most of us are hardworking professional, artists, culture lovers, located around San Francisco Bay Area... Let's rock the night! For more meet ups please join the groups belo …

… Discussions about investigative journalism, public records access, citizen arrests, martial arts, the use of force, maintaining privacy, weapons, armor, uniform design, team work, legal protections, medical backup, digital technologies, and more will occur, and professional speakers brought in to address these very issues. Civil codes, case law, codes of conduct and core values will be parsed as discussion and debate amongst this diverse community of characters. This is a serious group. It is NO …

This group is for all ages.For men and women. The activities are:game night,camping,pubs,dining out,listen to live music,comedy shows,events,picnics,magic shows,fishing,boating,pool,bowling,minature golf,and arts and crafts,movies,and cannabis fun.You should join my group to meet other people,make a new friend and have an awsome time.

… http://silicon-valley.siggraph.org Recent meetings: Our annual presentation of the SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater, a video presentation of cutting edge computer animation from the SIGGRAPH conference, that occurs around the start of the year. Computer Vision Techniques for High-end Visual Effects by Chris Bregler and Kiran Bhat, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the VFX branch of LucasFilm Mobile Visual Computing by Kari Pulli and Radek Grzeszczuk, Nokia Research Center Unity Techn …

As a prior owner of a Kindergarten Preparatory program fo rmore than 20 years, my mission was to assist children ages 2-5 to enter kindergarten with a solid foundation. Giving children skills necessary to excel to their full academic potential. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *JUMP * GIGGLE * FOCUS * BRAIN STORMING * LEAPING * *BALANCE * DANCE * SING * CREATIVE THINKING * *LAUGHING * LOGIC SKILLS * RELAY RACES * IMAGINATION * OBSERVATION * WIGGLE RACES * MEMORY GAMES * *EARLY READING GAM …

… Instead, let's gather with women in our local area who are professional women interested in art, politics, financial independence and making the world a better place. Let's meet up for dinners out, drinks, movies, arts/crafts or whatever we want. The possibilities are endless...

Welcome to the LARP Alliance Meetup Group! We are a non-profit 501c, education and charity based corporation dedicated to promoting the art and hobby of LARP (Live Action Role Playing). **The movie 'Role Models' features a LARP game called LAIRE, and we became involved when Adrianne Grady of the LARP Alliance was hired on as the technical advisor on set - we arranged to have actual LARPers in the film, and the weapons were provided by http://www.IronLiege.com , a custom American LARP weapon bu …

This is the Amtgard group for the South Bay San Francisco area. Amtgard is a LARP game dedicated to not only medieval fighting, but also to the arts and sciences that existed then and now. We meet every Sunday at Bowers Park in Santa Clara at 1:30 pm. We have loaner gear for anyone who comes out and it is 100% free to play. No special gear is needed to play and we use padded weapons with a light touch so everyone can enjoy the game. Come out and have a great time with us. Everyone is welcome. Th …

… Lucky Ju Ju is also a 501 c 3 non profit pinball museum/art gallery under the umbrella of the Neptune Beach Amusement Museum. Come play with us! Check out the website for more details: http://www.ujuju.com and we will see you there! Check out some awesome photos taken by members of the SFBay Pinball Group! SJipp on Flickr! - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjipp/sets/72157617396341280/