You wait all year for a Games Festival and then two turn up at once. The London Games Festival kicks off today while Nottingham's GameCity, which we've covered elsewhere, starts later this week. LGF has a pretty packed schedule with niche fringe stuff - Guy Debord's The Game of War - rubbing shoulders with the BAFTA's and Golden Joysticks.
I'm heading down to the South Bank for tonight's Video Games Live concert. And with the likes of Halo and Mario getting the full treatment it could be crushingly embarrassing or oddly uplifting - I can't imagine it being dull. Other highlights of the week include the Will Wright lecture and the Eyes on the Game discussion with Peter Molyneux.
I'll probably skip the Games based learning in Scottish schools seminar. Likewise the Mobile Game Competition, where you can pitch your mobile game ideas to EA, who must see the 2500 pound prize as a small price to pay. But on paper London Games Festival looks like a decent event, worthy of attention from southern based gamers.
