The London Games Festival has events happening from the 22nd of October to the 2nd of November, with the bulk of events on the 22-26 of October. They have an IP event, the “Creating and Exploiting Games IP” seminar, is on 24th October, registration from 13.30, discussion from 14.00 until 16.00 at 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1BE.

On the non-IP front, there’s Dorkfest – Console Hacks. This is a spinoff of the Dorkbot meetings. Speakers include:

Tim Hunkin, engineer, cartoonist and maker of TV’s “The Secret Life Of Machines”, discusses his seaside showcase of modified simulators and arcade games
http://www.timhunkin.com

Matthew Garrett, developer for the One Laptop Per Child project, demonstrates the platform’s gaming possibilities
http://hackronym.com/olpc/gamejam

…and hardware hacker James Larsson celebrates more than 30 years of Pong TV tennis with its first “adult-oriented” controllers, among other “don’t try this at home” inventions
http://iht.com/articles/2007/07/06/arts/blume.php

Chair: Dave Green, http://www.ntk.net

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