Seattle PAX 2009 – Come get some gamerDNA Swag!

The biggest consumer game show in North America known as Penny Arcade Expo is this weekend, and we’re very excited about it! Seattle PAX this year looks like it will be a lot of fun, and we’ll be there at the show!

GamerDNA’s Community Manager, Sam Houston (that’s me!) will be at PAX all weekend and he will even have some gamerDNA swag to give away.  Sam will be at the show wearing a gamerDNA shirt, so he should be fairly easy to spot.  Here’s a picture to help you out:

Sam is on a panel on Saturday at 1:30pm at the Unicorn Theatre, and we would love to see you there.  A special bonus for attending will be receiving a gamerDNA Sticker, which Sam is handing out after the panel.  Here is the description of the panel:

Saturday, 1:30pm – 2:30pm, Unicorn Theatre

Twitter and Beyond – New Game Communities Online

Online game communities are changing rapidly as social media is being used more and more by gamers. No longer are people primarily congregating on official game forums. They’re talking with each other on Twitter, Facebook, and in other types of online communities about games. For this reason, Community Managers are actively leveraging social media tools to keep online communities informed and engaged with their games. This panel will discuss the exciting transition of game companies using social media to build, communicate with, and engage with players as well as highlight the macro-trends that impact all online communities. Panelists include executives from both the game development and social media side of the fence.

Panelists Include: Michelle Broderick [Moderator] – (Marketing Director and Community Manager, Yelp.com), Morgan Romine (Fragdoll Team Captain, Ubisoft), Jaap Tuinman (Director of Social, Community, & Online Marketing, EA), Sam Houston (Online Marketing Manager, GamerDNA), Meghan Rodberg (Senior Manager of Online Community Relations, Turbine)

If you see Sam outside of the panel make sure you “hey” when you see him.  He will be giving out gamerDNA stickers all weekend to community members, and it would be great to meet members of the community!  Here are the new gamerDNA stickers:

I hope to see you at the show, it should be a lot of fun!

-Sam “QforQ”  Houston

gamerDNA Community Manager