User blog:Gardimuer/Irrational Games at PAX East next week, and other news

There are many gaming conventions taking place this March, and many opportunities to meet the Irrational Games team.

PAX East
Irrational Games has revealed more information about their PAX East schedule on their blog, and it all sounds very exciting.

Additionally, the Irrational Games team will have an exclusive meet-and-greet session with fans on Saturday night in M.J. O’Connor’s within the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. This invite-only event will include board games between the studio team and fans, and a raffle of exclusive prizes. Tickets for the event will be handed out on Friday and Saturday at 1:00pm, and 3:00pm in the North Lobby, as well as to people in line for Irrational Games' panel on world creation on Friday, March 11 at 5:00pm.

MIT Sloan Business in Gaming Conference
Ken Levine (Creative Director of Irrational Games) and Chris Remo (Community Manager of Irrational Games) will both be speakers at the MIT Sloan Business in Gaming Conference on March 10th at the Seaport Boston Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. See a full schedule of the convention here: http://www.mitbig.com/schedule

GDC
Apparently several of the Irrational Games team member have been attending the Game Developers Conference 2011. Source: Chris Remo's Twitter account

Twitter Highlights
Speaking of Twitter, Irrational Games recently gave away awesome prizes to lucky people who became followers of Ken Levine on Twitter. Two lucky people won a Murder of Crows Vigor bottle, and 20 others get to choose between getting a poster signed by Ken Levine or a signed Irrational “Dog In A Wheelchair” t-shirt.

If you have a Twitter account, you can follow many of the Irrational Games team members:
 * Ken Levine: http://twitter.com/IGLevine
 * Chris Remo: http://twitter.com/chrisremo
 * Dean Tate: http://twitter.com/IamDeanTate
 * Steve Gaynor: http://twitter.com/fullbright
 * John Neman: http://twitter.com/johnnemann

March Mayhem Developers' Showdown
The Escapist has started their "March Mayhem Developers' Showdown."

Irrational Games and 2K Marin (developer of BioShock 2) are both part of the line up.

Other news

 * Ken Levine recently talked about the process of developing Jack and Booker DeWitt as characters in an interview at IndustryGamers.com
 * The Protector Trials were briefly available for purchase on Games for Windows Live Marketplace two weeks ago due to an error. 2K Games Community Manager Elizabeth Tobey apologized to people who purchased the unplayable content (which she had originally promised, and still promises will be free when it comes out). Source: