p>I have been asked to be the moderator of a panel on Virtual Worlds and Gaming at the 2008 Harvard Business School Cyberposium later this month http://cyberposium.turnstilesystems.com/Default.aspx. This is obviously pretty exciting for me, as it’s a big venue and will be lots of fun. Why should you care? Because the topic is: how interactive gaming has gone beyond the die-hard gamer. Also, this topic has the opportunity to ENRAGE gamers (who care about performance & Lag), ENLIGHTEN gamers (who wonder about the future of gaming), and ENCOURAGE gamers (because my company Bigfoot Networks will be a big part of shaping that future). Keeping Lag down will be an even bigger challenge as newbies and “casual” gamers start to pervade our world, and Bigfoot Networks, the Killer NIC, LLR2 and all the other technologies we work on are poised to make an even bigger difference in this rapidly growing online world.

Conference Info:
Cyberposium - Technology and New Media
Saturday, November 15th, 2008
Location: Harvard Business School (Batten Way Entrance)

Panel Info:
Virtual Worlds & Gaming
This panel will address how interactive gaming has gone beyond the traditional, die-hard gamers to main stream audiences. It will look at new applications of virtual worlds and gaming and how they are enabling a virtual economy.