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-Terrence Masson
Director of Creative Industries

Game Developer Career ( and School ) Guide

For the third year running, Game Developer’s annual Game Career Guide, a special edition magazine devoted to helping aspiring video game creators and guided by the editors of the industry-leading Game Developer magazine, is being given away for free.


Download HERE

New England's video game cluster chipping away at challenges

If the growth of a video game industry cluster in New England were viewed as a video game itself, then the “boss battle” would still be some levels off. To get to that level, the industry here has to slog through several smallers battles, call them mini-bosses — poor climate, limited governmental support, a disjointed community. The bright spot is that New England video game businesses are equipped with a blazing sword, energized by a strong, growing educational system that is turning out game-focused graduates at a rate and level behind only the West Coast, game experts say.

FULL ARTICLE

NASA takes you to the moon with new video game

Team up with your friends…
Utilize the latest NASA technologies…
Immerse yourself in an awe-inspiring lunar environment…
Compete with your team to reach the top of the leaderboards…

FULL ARTICLE

Get prepared for FEMA-funded Disaster Hero game

In an attempt to raise awareness of disaster preparedness, the American College of Emergency Physicians has teamed up with casual games publisher and developer Legacy Interactive to create "Disaster Hero.
The game, which is being funded by a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will aim to educate players on the different types of disasters and how to be prepared in the event that they happen.


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Industry Execs Weigh In On 'Games As Art' Debate

Executives from a variety of major game industry publishers and organizations, including Nintendo of America CEO Reggie Fils-Aime and Take-Two CEO Ben Feder, have voiced their thoughts on whether video games can be art, and unsurprisingly they unanimously disagree with film critic Roger Ebert's negative take on the matter.

FULL ARTICLE

Counterinsurgency Training by ‘Virtual Human’

Using artificial intelligence and the graphics techniques behind “Avatar,” a USC institute creates “virtual humans” and interactive immersions that train American soldiers to win hearts and minds in Iraq and Afghanistan.

FULL ARTICLE

The Get-Well Gamers Foundation

The Get-Well Gamers Foundation was founded in 2001 with the goal of bringing video game systems and games to children's hospitals. Video games are an effective and proven pain management tool and provide needed entertainment during long hospital stays.

http://www.get-well-gamers.org

Video game accessibility project to help blind children exercise

VI Fit, a project in the computer science and engineering department, is designed to help children who are blind become more physically active and healthy through video games.

FULL ARTICLE HERE

Boy Scouts introduce videogame badge!

April 28th, 2010 : Yes, really. The Boy Scouts of America have finally recognized that most important of modern children's pastimes with the creation of a "Video Games" belt loop and pin.

Full Story HERE

When Play Means Pay: Video Game Jobs On The Rise

Jan. 7th, 2010

Full article

Imagine having a boss who encourages you to play games during the workday.

Gaming Degrees Grow In Popularity And Application

April 5th, 2010
Gaming Degrees Grow In Popularity And Application

Computer programmers have sometimes been called nerdy, geeky and brainy. The industry has a new reputation, though. It has become cool.

More than 250 colleges and universities offer gaming degrees, and many of these programs involve more than just video games. At the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, for example, there is one that combines engineering, computer science, art and media

Warner's opens game dev studio in Montreal

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced the planned opening of a development studio in Montreal that by the end of 2015 will employ 300 people.

According to the company, the studio will house various departments, including high-end interactive gaming product development, digital and cinematographic animation, quality assurance of products developed by the Montréal studio, as well as the adaptation and translation of its products into various languages.

Complete article

PAX East on WBUR Friday 1:30pm

Boston's own Scott MacMillan (Macguffin Games) will be on NPR radio Friday March 26th ... tune into WBUR, at about 1:35pm.
Scott, along with a Harmonix representative will talk about what PAXeat means for Boston game developers.

For more information on PAX East :
http://www.paxsite.com/paxeast/index.php

Zbrush sculpting & "3D STIMULUS DAY"

ZBRUSH SCULPTING & RAPID PROTOTYPING WORKFLOW WITH MATT BOA
MONDAY APRIL 5TH
&
3D STIMULUS DAY SCHEDULED!
SATURDAY APRIL 24TH

Free student event with XBOX Live's Major Nelson

Don't miss this FREE event with X-Box Live head Major Nelson

cost: FREE!!!!!!! (tickets are limited)
who: current college students with a valid college id
when: thursday, march 25
time: 530p - 630p
where: microsoft nerd, one memorial drive, cambridge
kendall/mit t stop (www.microsoftcambridge.com)

EXHIBITION: FRAME BY FRAME: ANIMATED AT HARVARD

January 28–Feb 14, 2010
Reception Thursday, February 4, 5:30-6:30 pm

The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University presents Frame by Frame: Animated at Harvard, an exhibition showcasing Harvard’s animation history: rarely-seen films retrieved from the Harvard Film Archive, works by world-renowned recent animation faculty, and a survey of films by current and former students of the department.