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Increased Risk Games Revisited
Based on my review of the game by game rushing attempts from 1995-2006, the tipping point where “increased risk games” kicked in and we saw increased injury rates in the games that followed was at about 25 rushing attempts in a game. ...
GDC 2008: Serious Games Summit Sessions to Watch
Today starts the Game Developers Conference and part of the conference is the Serious Game Summit. Last year there were quite a few sessions with educational applications. Matthew Weise, one of the designers of Revolution spoke last ...
Cube Games That Never Were
While the original Animal Crossing came out in Japan for the N64, the low sales made the rest of the world weary of giving the game its chance. When it did come out in the US of A –ported from the Japan N64 version– it was an instant ...
Microsoft to Acquire Epic Games?
GamePro wagazine is making a bold prediction: Microsoft will spend $1 billion this summer to acquire independent developer Epic Games.
Learning from Video Games: Designing Digital Curriculums: A ...
But these days, as I observe my two daughters, I know that computer-mediated games can be a healthy pursuit and that they are now central to the lives of many youth. For example, my 10-year-old spends hours playing online Webkinz games ...
GDC: Glu Games for N-Gage
Play as Batman in The Dark Knight, the thrilling action game based on Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming blockbuster film. Batman fights to eradicate street crime in Gotham City using his advanced combat skills and an array of unique ...
2008 Winter Scripting Games
Microsoft is running the 3rd annual Scripting Games competition, and this year they added a Perl division alongside VBScript and Windows PowerShell: The games have already begun on Friday, but the deadline for the first 2 events isn't ...
video games, performance, machinima.
At the risk of sounding like the sort of disciplinary colonizer that Markku Eskelinen so despises, there are some tantalizing clear resonances between video games and theatre–or at least I find the pairing compelling. ...
Playing Boy Games
Growing up in a family of two girls our days were filled with Barbies, princess games and dress-up – the kind that involved make-up and new hairstyles. Sure, we had blocks and sports equipment and other toys but, it was a decidedly ...
Video games 'linked' to NIU shooting; ECA issues response
The Entertainment Consumers Association on Friday responded to allegations from that day that video games were somehow connected to the shootings at Northern Illinois University, where 27-year old Steven P. ...