Game On! Video game tax incentives may foster local talent, interstate competition

October 23rd, 2008

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Since the age of Pong and Space Wars, the video game business has resided primarily in California. Most of the domestic job opportunities in this now multibillion-dollar industry, much of which relies on actors doing voiceover and motion-capture work, are in Los Angeles, with smaller pockets of work in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, New […]

Register for Alpha Testing - Global Agenda

October 21st, 2008

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Global Agenda is currently in development and has not been publicly released. Hi-Rez Studios is evaluating applications for upcoming Alpha and Beta testing activities on an INVITATION ONLY BASIS. A highly limited number of spots are currently available, with more slots opening over the coming months. Alpha Testers will be asked to participate in scheduled […]

Living Game Worlds IV – December 1-2, 2008

October 21st, 2008

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Registration is now open for
Living Game Worlds IV - Interplay: Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds
December 1-2, 2008
Georgia Tech
Technology Square Research Building
85 5th Street, Atlanta, GA
Step in to the vanguard of digital gaming at Georgia Tech’s 4th annual Living Game Worlds symposium to be held December 1-2, 2008. Raph Koster and Chris Klaus headline […]

My Turn: The Birth of the First Virtual Nation

October 16th, 2008

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Dr. Eyjolfur Gudmundsson, the Lead Economist at CCP, developer of EVE Online, talks about the impact of what’s essentially a real-world economy in a virtual world.
by Eyjolfur Gudmundsson, PH.D. on Tuesday, October 14, 2008

It has been over 30 years since online virtual worlds have started to emerge in the form of MUDs (Multi-User Dungeons). […]

Pay, not play, attracts students to video games

October 6th, 2008

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Hot field creates jobs, and schools increase their course offerings
By Gayle White
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
So this guy goes into a supermarket looking for food in a post-apocalyptic world —- wait, let’s make it an old, rural grocery store —- and the place has been taken over by zombies.
Why can’t he just leave?
How about, maybe, while he’s […]