ScoreCamp coming up!

ScoreCamp Aims to Entertain and Inform Gamers

Innovative program promotes concept of “video games as a career path”

Franklin, TN – Monday, July 13 – The Score of Cool Springs, a video game retail and entertainment store located in Franklin, Tennessee, will host the first “ScoreCamp” beginning on Monday, July 20. For four straight Mondays, area middle and high school students will have a chance to hear video game industry veterans speak about their craft, eat lunch, and then even play video games and talk one-on-one with game developers.

“ScoreCamp is a way for The Score to help provide area gamers with exposure to the industry,” said Score Holdings’ President Bradley Metrock. “Games are fun to play, but many teenagers don’t realize that playing games might be a ticket to a great career.”

ScoreCamp sold out half of its capacity on the first day the program was announced to The Score’s email list. The price for all four weeks of the program is $50, or $25 for Score Members, and must be purchased at The Score of Cool Springs.



FIRST ANNUAL SCORECAMP™ - SPEAKERS AND BIOS

Monday, July 20 (11 AM – 1 PM) – Caleb Garner
Nashville native Caleb Garner, a lifelong gamer, has been involved in video game design and project management since 2001. His “World’s Fastest Drummer” game gained notoriety and attention for being among the fastest on the internet to surpass 1 million plays, and his latest game, “Klouds,” just went live on AddictingGames.com. Caleb also heads up the Nashville Game Developers Association, which meets monthly at The Score of Cool Springs to collaborate on game development projects and discuss the latest industry trends.

Monday, July 27 (11 AM – 1 PM) – Scott Southworth
Scott has been addicted to games since his first Atari 2600 and writing them since cobbling together his first Commodore 64 and a small black and white TV. As a contract programmer, he's worked with Cartoon Network to launch their PowerPlay downloadable games and has created web games for clients such as Mercedes AMG. His experiences fall somewhere in the blurry middle of
programming and art; some companies call this a Technical Artist.

Monday, August 3 (11 AM – 1 PM) – Bradley Metrock
Bradley has spent the last twelve months conceiving and creating The Score of Cool Springs, evolving it from tournament complex to the next generation of video game retail. A dedicated fan of video games from an early age, Bradley saw the need for a more community-based, gamer-friendly video game retail channel than was currently available in the marketplace. When he’s not at The Score serving customers, he’s mercilessly crushing opponents in Geometry Wars 2 or Catan.

Monday, August 10 (11 AM – 1 PM) – Mike Lee, Fiction Writer
Mike Lee is a fiction writer whose portfolio now spans numerous aspects of the gaming industry. He's written eight novels set in the Warhammer game universe, a variety of pieces for White Wolf including Vampire: The Maquerade, and even numerous quests for the Age of Conan MMORPG. Recently, Mike has been writing dialog trees for Ubisoft's Tom Clancy games, including HAWX and Splinter Cell. Since programming work is often outsourced to distant developers, his writing has sent him traipsing across the globe from Norway to Romania to Canada and back.