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Baltimore Schools To Incorporate Virtual Video Game Education

30
Jul

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Baltimore Schools To Incorporate Virtual Video Game Education

Baltimore County Public Schools plans to incorporate video game development education into its curriculum with the help of serious game applications. Along with Learning Port strategies, the public school district has developed a program called L.i.V.E...

In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say – July 2010, Pt.2

30
Jul

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In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say – July 2010, Pt.2

['What the (Game) Papers Say' is a weekly column by Kevin Gifford that documents the history of video game magazines, from their birth in the early '80s to the current day. This time -- an analytical look at the latest video game magazines released in ...

Tags: 80s, birth, depth, english language, Game, Heart, history, In, look, magazine, pc zone, sad heart, time, tribute, video game magazines, weekly column

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‘Negative Influences On Youth’ Lead To Vietnam Online Game Limitations

30
Jul

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‘Negative Influences On Youth’ Lead To Vietnam Online Game Limitations

Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications is placing restrictions on public internet access and banning ads for online games following complaints that games help lead to juvenile crime, according to the country's state-run news agency. Minis...

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Interview: Cow Clicker Yields Ruminations On Social Gaming’s Tense Battle Lines

30
Jul

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Interview: Cow Clicker Yields Ruminations On Social Gaming’s Tense Battle Lines

Academic, author and game designer Ian Bogost is a little bit worried that his latest game, Cow Clicker -- a simple Facebook title simply about clicking on cows -- might receive more attention than anything he's done to date. If that turns out to be th...

Tags: Academic, Clicker, Cow, cows, date, designer, Game, game designer, ian bogost, interview, irony, little bit, Ruminations, satire, social gaming, sort, Tense, tense battle, turn

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Best Of Indie Games: May the Forte Be With You

30
Jul

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Best Of Indie Games: May the Forte Be With You

[IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor Tim W. presents his weekly roundup of the top free and commercial indie games from his sister 'state of indie' weblog.] This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/dow...

Tags: Braid, co-editor, com, Edition, editor tim, educational game, flotilla, Game, goodies, indie, indie games, IndieGames, look, number, platformer, roundup, sister state, State, Weblog

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Demiurge: Creativity Is Key, But So Is Pragmatism

30
Jul

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Demiurge: Creativity Is Key, But So Is Pragmatism

Albert Reed, studio head of Demiurge Studios, holds a view that while creativity is key in coming up with game concepts, so is honing those concepts for marketability and skills, as part of a Gamasutra feature interview. Says Reed, "I think in the game...

Tags: albert reed, artwork, creativity, demiurge, distinctive artwork, feature interview, Gamasutra, Game, game concepts, game industry, interview, key, marketability, pragmatism, Studio, Studios

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ESA Lobbying Down 8% To $1.1M In Q2

29
Jul

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The Entertainment Software Association, a major U.S. video game industry trade organization, spent $1.1 million to lobby on behalf of game publishers and developers in the second quarter of this year, a slight drop from the organization's recent spendi...

Tags: 1 million, 1m, Association, behalf, Developers, drop, ESA, first quarter, Game, game publishers, Lobbying, organization, percent, second quarter, Software, software association, trade, trade organization, video game industry

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Maryland Declares September 21 ‘Civilization V Day’

29
Jul

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Maryland Declares September 21 ‘Civilization V Day’

The state of Maryland has officially recognized local developer Firaxis' Sid Meier's Civilization V by naming the day of its release after the game itself. As dictated by a gubernatorial proclamation, September 21, 2010 will be known as "Sid Meier's Ci...

Tags: Civilization, Declares, designer, Firaxis, Game, legendary designer, martin o malley, Marylander, proclamation, professional life, Sid Meier, State, state of maryland, Studio, today

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City-Building Sims, Pirates Ahoy Charge Into Fastest-Growing Facebook Games

29
Jul

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City-Building Sims, Pirates Ahoy Charge Into Fastest-Growing Facebook Games

[Every other week, we'll examine the fastest growing Facebook games (according to monthly active users), looking at which titles and developers are having the most success attracting new players on the social network.] Though Lyore Network's QuizBone d...

Tags: 5 million, App, audience, Building, charge, Developers, Facebook, Fastest, Game, Network, pirates ahoy, quiz, QuizBone, s games, sims

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Frozen Codebase Confirms Metalocalypse Game Axed

29
Jul

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Frozen Codebase Confirms Metalocalypse Game Axed

There will be no video game based on the Adult Swim animated series Metalocalypse -- at least not the one that was under development by Green Bay, WI-based developer Frozen Codebase. "Yeah, it's not going on any longer," studio found Ben Geisler told G...