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Date:   Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Time:   5:00 PM to 9:00 PM (agenda below)
Audience:  Up to 250 in the studio; approx. 1500 more in global network of 24 chapters
Where:  Studios of Georgia Public Broadcasting, 260 14th Street, NW
  Atlanta, Georgia 30318: Directions     Register Online or at www.mitforumatlanta.org
Event:  The Internet revolutionized the world of business; now pundits are speculating [...]

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Keynote speaker Eric Zimmerman to share his “independent game developer’s survival guide”
ATLANTA – The Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta will host the fourth annual Game Developers eXchange April 10-11, 1600 Peachtree St. This year’s conference will spotlight alternative gaming and emerging modes of design, production and distribution.
Matthew Maloney, animation professor and academic director of [...]

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http://www.halleinstitute.emory.edu/invitations/VirtualWorlds/VirtualWorlds.htm
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(San Francisco, CA)— ITVS Interactive (Independent Television Service) and PBS’s Emmy® Award–winning weekly series Independent Lens today published FATWORLD, an online video game created by Atlanta-based independent game studio Persuasive Games, about the politics of nutrition. FATWORLD explores the relationships between obesity, nutrition and socioeconomics in the United States.
In the last two decades, obesity has [...]

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Happy New Year! Following one of the best years ever in interactive entertainment history, 2008 is finally here. But from Web 2.0 to increasing consolidation, social networking, digital distribution and user-generated content, along with it also comes an entirely new set of challenges and opportunities for today’s PC/video game executives – many unlike those ever [...]

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Dr. Celia Pearce of Georgia Institute of Technology believes the video game industry has yet to really take advantage of the huge opportunity female gamers present.
Posted by Celia Pearce on Wednesday, December 12, 2007

During the upcoming holiday season, consumers will spend billions of dollars on video games. While their commercial success is [...]

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Location: Alpharetta, GA
Date: Tuesday, December 11th, 6:30pm
Venue: Atlanta Chapter Meeting – Holiday Party
Directions: Google Map
Computer Arena
10895 Alpharetta HwyRoswell, GA 30076
Topic: Holiday Party
Overview: Come get a healthy dose of food (beer!), fun (live band!), fellowship (more beer!), frag-rage… or any other f-word of your choice. Check out Computer Arena’s gaming facilities, the largest gaming space outside [...]

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Expression Studio software donation worth more than $2.4 million
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Microsoft has selected the Savannah College of Art and Design as the first art and design college in the nation to receive Expression Studio software, a donation valued at $2.4 million that will put Microsoft’s latest cutting-edge designer and developer tools into the hands [...]

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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007, 4:00-7:00pm

Come interact with exciting new projects from studentsand faculty at the Georgia Tech Digital Media program, including interactive television, experimental games, tangible and mobile media, augmented reality, and more.  

For details visit: http://dm.lcc.gatech.edu/demoday/
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National MS Society and the Cochiti Indian tribe are hosting online gaming tournaments to raise more than $150,000 
 
ATLANTA (November 19, 2007) – Game for Charity announces two online charity game tournaments live with National MS Society and Cochiti Indian tribe. Game for Charity’s patent-pending method and technology allows not-for-profit organizations the ability to utilize casual [...]

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