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Atlanta, GA :: July 10-12
http://www.MGFest.com/09/Atlanta/
The Atlanta Motion Graphics Festival showcases explosive artists and motion picture creators including: Shepard Fairey, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Chuck D of Public Enemy, KRS-One, Addictive TV, Digital Kitchen, The Mill, Passion Pictures, Animal Logic, Post Panic, Dvein, David Lobser, Integrated Visions, The [...]

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The aim of the 5th annual North American Game-On Conference (GameOn’NA 2009) is to bring together academics, researchers and games people from North America in order to exchange ideas on higher-level concepts that contribute to the field of computer gaming research.
The intent of the GameOn’NA 2009 event is to expose the research qualities of [...]

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We have an exciting opportunity to partner with Cartoon Network’s massively multi-player online game FusionFall in their search for boys 15-17 who play the game to be featured in an on-air campaign. Please review the information below and see if your player fits the description and they could be feature [...]

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There’s a new entrant in the rapidly growing market for retail cards and virtual goods for online games today: the Zeevex Virtual Currency Exchange. The coin of the realm is Zeev Tokens, which can be purchased via retail cards sold at thousands of brick-and-mortar stores, redeemed and stored online, where it can be used to [...]

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Marietta Daily Journal
By: Staff
MARIETTA – The Board of Regents has approved a new bachelor’s degree in computer game design and development for Southern Polytechnic State University, the university announced Tuesday.
SPSU’s school of computing and software engineering has already offered a concentration in game design, but the new degree program is designed to attract more [...]

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Oceanography computer simulation a union of talents in Marietta.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By Shane Blatt
Creatures of the deep can’t escape 12-year-old Daniel Leon.
One by one, sharks, marlin and bass are scooped up by Daniel’s net as he navigates his submarine through the crystal-blue water.
But this is no ordinary ocean expedition. A fifth-grader at the Marietta Center for [...]

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Mark you calendar for May 21, 2009 6:00pm-8:00pm. Benn R. Konsynski of Goizueta Business School will be moderating a prestigious panel of industry experts who will provide an in depth discussion and introduction to the legislative intent of the Georgia entertainment Industry Act and provide a primer on how to apply and redeem up to [...]

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Come July, Atlanta-based Zeevex is going to start selling its Xtreme Online Game Card in more than 20,000 brick-and-mortar retailers in the U.S. thanks to a distribution partnership with InComm, providing a way for gamers to buy virtual currency offline to redeem their online value through the Zeevex website at a later stage. By doing [...]

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Adjunct Instructor – Game Python Programming
This job is a part-time position in Academic Affairs that reports to the Division Director .
Salary – Commensurate with education and experience.
Start Date – Summer Quarter June 29
Minimum Requirements – Bachelor Degree in CIS or related field. MS, MA or PhD in IT/Computer Science field preferred. Game Industry [...]

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Guest writer Kevin Dudenbostel recently paid a visit to Hi-Rez Studios to get a preview of their upcoming MMOFPS Global Agenda. Read on for his impressions og the game and of the team behind it.
When The MMO Gamer was invited to visit Hi-Rez Studios for a sneak peak at their upcoming game, Global Agenda, I [...]

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