A game-changer

Source: The Record

WATERLOO — A University of Waterloo professor of English will lead a $5.8-million study of computer gaming over the next seven years. Neil Randall was all smiles Friday afternoon when it was formally announced the Social Sciences and Humanities Research ...
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ESA: E3 is not irrelevant

Source: Slashgear

The industry trade group responsible for setting up next month’s E3 show insists that the event is not losing its importance. The ESA, or Entertainment Software Association, used to be one of the biggest powerhouses in the video game industry. It s ...
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Game On

Source: Ottawa Citizen

OTTAWA â The capitalâs video game design industry has finally grown up â and itâs throwing a big party on Tuesday to prove it. In what organizers hope will be the first of many annual Ottawa Game Conferences, hundreds of video game developers, developer ...
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E3 is still “very much relevant,” argues the ESA

Source: VG247

E3 organizers the Entertainment Software Association have hit back at critics who call the show’s relevancy into doubt, claiming that it is still “very much relevant.” “Folks haven’t even seen what’s going to take place,” MCV reports the ESA’s industry a ...
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5 Cloud Based Apps For Teams to Organize Events Better (and for FREE)

Source: Nonprofit Technology Network

Many of us in the nonprofit space know how much effort goes into organizing large, annual events. Even though many of us are entrenched in the intersection between our work and technology, we often struggle with finding ways to make our lives simp ...
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Is E3 Still Relevant?

Source: GamesIndustry.biz

Another year, another cramped convention centre in Los Angeles playing host to the console business and its hangers on. It's loud, it's over-the-top, but does it still speak for the games industry as we know it in 2012 ...
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The Buzz: Majority of households have gone high-tech with games but small survey of East Contra Costa folks are bucking trend

Source: Inside Bay Area

with my kids. I think game playing is good for passing time." People always have played games. Only the games people play and the statistics have changed. The Entertainment Software Association says 72 percent of American households have ...
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National STEM Video Game Challenge Winners Announced

Source: iStockAnalyst

More Than $100,000 Awarded to Students and Educators by The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and E-Line Media WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The winners of the National STEM Video ...
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Nintendo plans virtual wall of E3 coverage, wants no eyeball left behind

Source: Engadget

May 21, 2012 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time Nintendo Offers Video Game Fans Everywhere a Front-Row Seat at 2012 E3 Expo Nintendo's All-Access Programming to Be Shared on the Web, TV, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 2012 ...
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