Reality Panic hosts the musings and ramblings of Jason Della Rocca, the IGDA’s executive director. Posts focus on the game industry and all the issues around it. Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the IGDA.

Jason

At the 2004 Tokyo Game Show

Bio:

Jason Della Rocca is the executive director of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), a professional society committed to advancing the careers and enhancing the lives of game developers. Jason and the IGDA focus on connecting developers with their peers, promoting professional development, and advocating on issues that affect the developer community — such as quality of life, creative freedoms, workforce diversity and credit standards. In 2008, Jason was honored with the inaugural Ambassador Award at the Game Developers Choice Awards. As the spokesperson for the IGDA, Jason has appeared in countless news outlets (e.g., Wired, Nightline, LA Times, NPR, Wall Street Journal, G4, etc) and has spoken at conferences around the world (e.g., GDC, E3, TGS, SIGGRAPH, ChinaJoy, DiGRA, etc). Jason has been a member of the game development community for over a decade, and has spent time at Matrox Graphics, Quazal and Silicon Graphics.