Oh the jealousy - the South by Southwest Interactive festival is happening at the moment and, while Jemima describes the weather as 'biblical' (just like ours, then), it'd still be awfully nice to be surrounded by so many game geeks in the BBQ capital of the world.

And this year, there's a sense that games have come into their own. The festival committee chose wisely in 2008, challenging the community to choose the best panels for the gaming track, and in a rare example of the masses choosing wisely, they've come up with a cracker of a schedule.

Daniel Terdiman at cNet has provided extensive coverage of the many gaming events, including a great feature on the first keynote of the event by game-friendly media types Stephen Johnson (Everything Bad Is Good For You) and Henry Jenkins (MIT Media Lab) and coverage of the panel, 'Professional video gaming is the sport of the digital age'.

Meanwhile, over on Clickable Culture, Tony Walsh does the lifeblogging duties during the ARG panel, Stories, Games and Your Brand.

Dan Hon from Six to Start, does his recording on a subject close to several gamesbloggers' hearts, Edit Me! How gamers are adopting the Wiki way.

Head to ScreenBurn for updates and many many amusing images.