KU receives grant to work with video game company to design science games
Kansas.com
The National Science Foundation is giving a $500,000 grant to researchers at the University of Kansas to work with a gaming company designing and researching video games to help all students, including learners who struggle and those with disabilities ...
Young Gamers Offer Insight to Teaching Robotic Surgery
Product Design & Development
"The inspiration for this study first developed when I saw my son, an avid video game player, take the reins of a robotic surgery simulator at a medical convention," said Dr. Sami Kilic, lead author of the study and associate professor and director of ...
Team skills through video games
News@Northeastern
Casper Harteveld, an assistant professor of game design and interactive media, leads a workshop that used a video game to develop entrepreneurial skills. Four explorers spent an hour examining oceanside ruins, navigating complicated mazes and solving ...
News@Northeastern
State Attorney General's Office zaps video game website
Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal
SEATTLE — An agreement negotiated by the Washington State Attorney General's Office means “game over” for a video game company's practice of signing up customers under false pretenses for hard-to-cancel recurring charges. The AG's office, which ...
LittleBigPlanet Karting Review
GamingBolt (blog)
Stephen Fry lends his dulcet tones to the game, introducing the levels and offering comedic comments as you flick between the menus. In-game effects and the soundtrack are crisp, clear and fun and – along with the visuals – ensure the presentation is ...
GamingBolt (blog)
The unexplored history of translucent Apple design
Macworld
Benj Edwards is a freelance writer who specializes in computer and video game history. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Vintage Computing and Gaming, a blog devoted to vintage technology. More by Benj Edwards. The arrival of the iMac in 1998 signaled more ...
How 'Super T.I.M.E. Force' avoids the time travel paradox
The Verge
Super T.I.M.E. Force is a video game about time travel, and that means that it has to deal with all of the problems inherent to that premise — most notably the concept of the "temporal paradox." It's an idea that science fiction writers have been ...
New exhibit at MOCA based on video game - Downtown Today
Ian Bogost is a video game designer and critic. He's also the Ivan Allen College distinguished chair in media studies and professor of interactive computing at ...
Blizzard Responds To Class Action Lawsuit Over Security Concerns - Forbes: the August 2012 security breach is not true. Not only did Blizzard act quickly to provide information to the public about the situation, we explained the actions we were taking and let players know how the incident affected them, including the fact that no names, credit card numbers, or other sensitive financial information was disclosed. You can read our letter to players and a comprehensive FAQ related to the situation on our website.” Blizzard also disputes claims that the Authenticator is required to achieve a minimal level of ccount security. “This claim is also completely untrue,” according to Blizzard, “and apparently based on a misunderstanding of the Authenticator’s purpose . . . "
Nintendo's new Wii U controller could be a video game-changer
OregonLive.com
Much like the iPad, the curve GamePad features a touchscreen that can be manipulated with the simple tap or swipe of a finger, but it's surrounded by the kinds of buttons, bumpers, thumbsticks and triggers that are traditionally found on a modern-day ...
OregonLive.com
Video game review: Latest 'Call of Duty' best since 'Modern Warfare'
News Sentinel
Video game review: Latest 'Call of Duty' best since 'Modern Warfare'. Copyright 2012 The ... You've always had to play the good soldier in "Call of Duty" games: The only path to the end was to follow orders, from defending a key position to killing off ...
Hulu's Video Games Hub Goes Live
Escapist Magazine
"In case it's not clear, we love video games at Hulu. So for this busy video game season, we've got you covered," Hulu's Oscar Rohena wrote in a blog post announcing the hub. "In the video games hub on Hulu, you'll be able to find beautiful pages ...
Thinking outside the (X) box: The collision between video games and books
National Post
A video game can cost millions of dollars to produce — Grand Theft Auto 4, it is said, cost upwards of $100-million to make — so it makes fiscal sense to leverage a popular franchise beyond just consoles. It's been going on ... up with the game ...
National Post
Simon Crean on funding Aussie game development
GameSpot
Crean said that he first became aware of the "significance" of the game-development industry in Australia while visiting George Miller's KMM studio early last year, where he witnessed developersworking on the video game version of Happy Feet 2.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Video Game Movie In Development With Sinister ...
Cinema Blend
Big news out of the video game movie world was revealed yesterday when Ubisoft revealed they had signed Tom Hardy on to star in an adaptation of the long running series Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, but now developer Square Enix is trying to trump that ...
Cinema Blend
Video game version of Talisman board game out on PC in two weeks
Eurogamer.net
The video game version of fantasy board game Talisman launches in two weeks, its developerhas told Eurogamer. Nomad Games, which rose from the ashes of Warhammer 40k: Kill Teamdeveloper THQ Digital Warrington, is targeting a launch on PC on the ...
2012 Spike Video Game Awards Nominees Announced
Game Rant
Rather than go for the obvious choices – granted, many are still there – Spike opted to reward some new IPs and even a downloadable title few gamers would even consider being a 'Game of the Year' contender. Actually, make that two downloadable titles ...
Game Rant
Animoca to develop games based off of Mr. Bean and Ultraman for Android
DroidGamers
One game will be based off of the British comedy series, which has also spawned movies as well, called Mr. Bean. The second game will be based off of the Japanese superhero Ultraman who has had numerous TV Shows, toys, and existing video games ...
Aksys Games holding fundraiser for Superstorm Sandy victims
News10.net
Video game developer/publisher Aksys Games is helping those who were adversely affected by the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy last week. To raise money towards relief efforts, Aksys is now selling a limited number of VLR watches in the ...
News10.net
'Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two' injects music into game play
Los Angeles Times
... injects music into game play. Nov. 16, 2012 | 5:00 a.m.. In Disney's new video game, “Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two,” melody and lyrics move the plot points and narratives. .... “Every time I tell people it's a musical their eyes get wide,” says ...
Los Angeles Times
Apple Mac open source fantasy video game
ComputerWeekly.com (blog)
In a week filled with big data and predictive analytics at what is an undeniably fairly heavy enterprise level, the Computer Weekly Open Source Insider blog today turns to the equally important subject of community driven fantasy video games. Battle ...
"Splinter Cell" game creator returns to Epic's Cary HQ
Bizjournals.com (blog)
Video game veteran Paul Meegan, the man behind “Splinter Cell,” is back in the Triangle — taking on a new challenge at Cary-based Epic Games. You may remember Meegan as the founder of Sinister Games, the Chapel Hill based company acquired by ...
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Review
Digit
The developers have done a superb job in polishing this title and making sure that the game is fun.... What Criterion have done is that they've taken the original every NFS title since the original Most Wanted, stripped them of (almost) all their ...
Happy Birthday, Shigeru Miyamoto!
Wired
In 2006, he became one of the first video game creators knighted into France's Order of Arts and Letters. A year later, he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Game Developers Association and named one of the 100 most ...
8 of the most frustratingly bad media tie-in videogames ever
io9
Microsoft acquired the video game rights to the Shadowrun series and did the unthinkable – the company turned it into a Halo-style first person shooter that ties into the 2012 Mayan Calendar debacle. To make things worse, 2007's ... Marvel gave the ...
Pokémon puts players in the game … literally
Los Angeles Times
Interaction is a key component in today's video games, and Pokémon — still a strong denizen in the video game realm with more than 230 million games sold worldwide — has taken another step in getting players involved by actually putting a select few ...
Los Angeles Times
Nintendo: don't expect 99-cent Mario game
GameSpot
"I think it's a wonderful thing that amateur video game players are now given the opportunity to create their own work and sell it at one dollar,” Iwata told the site during E3 2012. “If you ask me, don't you think Nintendo should sell Mario on a ...
What's Wrong With League Of Legends?
Kotaku Australia
An unassailable success that every other games developer or publisher is trying to figure out. Based on hours of play, it's the most played video game, notching upwards of 1 billion hours logged every month. Millions of people jump on line every day to ...
Karateka: Why A Hollywood Scribe Ditched The Movies For Mobile Games
Red Bull UK
But it's rare for a game developer to just switch to penning blockbuster movies. Yet that's exactly what Jordan Mechner, the creator of the legendary Prince Of ... The chopsocky sidescroller, set in feudal Japan, was one of the first ever video game ...
Red Bull UK
Lookout Gaming Takes $1.3M Seed Round To Accelerate Indie Game Revenues
TechCrunch
Founders Andrew Paradise and Casey Chafkin are applying their merchandising and payment expertise to the plight of indie game developers, hoping to improve the revenue model for mobilegames. Paradise ... This method of monetization that has been ...
New 'Forza Horizon' video 'Behind the Scenes: Part 5' revealed
Examiner.com
The new video takes a look at the massive amount of "post-launch support" to "Forza Horizon" and "how the developers behind the game continue to build engagement and content for “Forza” fans on the open roads of Colorado." In the latest video you'll...
Examiner.com
Connect the dots: Valve's Big Picture could be a Linux game console
The Verge
When a game developer can offer their games directly through the Windows Store or Mac App Store that's built into every new computer, why go with Steam? When a developer can offer theirgames through a store that's built into every new computer, why go ...
Riot reveals Nami, the next League of Legends champion
Examiner.com
Earlier today the creator of League of Legends, Riot Games, revealed their upcoming champion, Nami. ... Nami is the type of niche that League of Legends fans have been asking developers about for a while. ... to the League lineup; Her offensive setup ...
Examiner.com
FIFA 13 Wii U Trailer Shows Gamepad Controls
GamingBolt (blog)
The game was released last month for the HD consoles and went on to become one of the highest selling games ever for EA, and has scored pretty well too sitting at a pretty 90 in Metacritic, in fact the rise of FIFA as a powerful brand like Call of Duty ...
Indie Developer Challenges Conventional Wisdom on Marijuana Laws with New ...
Game Politics
Developer Slouch Couch (a one-man studio featuring the talents of indie developer Dave Homan) has created a game that he hopes will raise awareness about marijuana legalization. The game is called Drugbound. Drugbound is an HTML5 developed "endless ...
Soaring fantasy
New Straits Times
THE world-famous Japanese video game series Final Fantasy has not only captured audiences' attention for its spectacular visuals but also for its extensive range of music that accompanies the highly imaginative worlds and rich stories since its release ...
New Straits Times
Game dev Kixeye countersues Zynga for scaring off potential employees
Geek
The two video game companies are quickly becoming bitter rivals. Numerous Zynga employees, worried about the company's financial future, have jumped ship to join Kixeye because of its quick growth over the last couple of years. One of those employees ...
B2B Leads Acquisition From an Angry Bird [part 1]
Business 2 Community
The ever popular video game franchise of Angry Birds (made by Finnish game developer Rovio Entertainment) continues to “WOW!” people through its simplistic yet highly addictive gameplay. The objective of the game is simple: throw birds using a giant ...
Walking Dead player choice video posted for episode four (spoilers)
XBLA Fans
As the first season of Telltale Games' The Walking Dead nears its conclusion, the developer invites players to see how their decisions from episode four, Around Every Corner, stack up against the community as a whole, just as they have with the other ...
Review: Nintendo Wii U blows up dual-screen gaming
The Associated Press
When Nintendo first broached the idea of multiple-screen video games in 2004, many critics were skeptical that players could focus on two images at once. Yet the handheld DS, ... Its surface area is a little smaller than an iPad's, but it's about three ...
Spike VGA 2012 nominees announced
Gaming Target
Written by Matt Swider on November 16, 2012. Spike VGA 2012 News: The date for the Spike Video Game Awards is fast approaching, but before you find out about the winners, here are the nominees. Tweet. Comments. The 2012 Spike VGA nominees have ...
A Look at Beast Boxing Turbo, or, That Time A Developer Worried About Women ...
The Mary Sue
Earlier this week, I was contacted by Gordon Luk, lead developer of newly-released indie game Beast Boxing Turbo. He had come across the article I wrote on what women want in female game ... This is a trend that hearkens back from long before the time ...
The Mary Sue
Far Cry 3 Developer Gameplay Walkthrough Released
WebProNews
Far Cry 3 Producer Dan Hay narrates the video, providing context for the rather random assortment of video clips from the game. He claims that the new Far Cry is “pushing the boundaries of the genre,” and that the game is imbued with “a spirit of ...
Feature: Shigeru Miyamoto - The Father of Modern Video Games ...
When he joined in 1976 as an apprentice in the Planning department, Nintendo was a toy company interested in dabbling with arcade units, rather than a games industry behemoth that works as a product manufacturer, developer and publisher. Yet as an artist Miyamoto ... In an extensive article written by Nick Paumgarten for The New Yorker, it's highlighted that a 2009 poll of video game developers made Miyamoto the runaway winner as the "ultimate development hero". Will Wright ...
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