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Games Britannia video game education festival launches

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:09:22 -0800
New education and careers festival will seek to introduce school children to video game development A new festival dedicated to video game development and aimed at school children has been officially anounced this week. Games Britannia will take place from 2 to 8 July at Sheffield MAGNA Science Adventure centre. In partnership with Sheffield Hallam University, Sony Computer Entertainment and the ...
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Game review: Wii's remake of 'Oregon Trail' adventure stuck in mud

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:04:13 -0800
As a child in the'80s, playing "The Oregon Trail" on an Apple II computer was my entry into video games. I've never looked back, but never forgotten that glorious game where you pack up your family (or friends) and head west for greener pastures. If a little typhoid came through and took out your annoying little sister, those were the breaks, and you may have gotten a good chuckle from it.
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Top Casual PC Games of 2011

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:40:23 -0800
Despite the proliferation of games designed for mobile platforms, the casual computer games market continues to flourish. The personal computer, because of its openness and ubiquitous presence, remains a primary development platform. So, while many other game sites still focus their attention exclusively on conventional big-budget AAA retail offerings, for your playing pleasure I have [...]
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Feature: Maniac Tentacle Mindbenders: How ScummVM's unpaid coders kept adventure gaming alive

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:08:32 -0800
ScummVM was born on September 17, 2001, at 5:57pm GMT+1. The program was meant as an interpreter that could play classic LucasArts point-and-click adventure games such as Monkey Island , Sam & Max Hit the Road , and Day of the Tentacle in a virtual machine (VM). As for the name, "SCUMM" was the "Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion," itself a reference to the first LucasArts game that ...
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Zombie roleplaying game prompted NC campus alert

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:53:51 -0800
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The cause of a security alert at the North Carolina State University campus turns out to have been a live-action roleplaying game involving zombies.
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Report from the Arctic

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:56:36 -0800
Oh what fun we've had battling with computer technology.
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Road to the IGF: Die Gute Fabrik's J.S. Joust

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:44:46 -0800
PlayStation Move-controlled Johann Sebastian Joust is the sort of thing that truly needs to be played to be understood. The improvisational, highly-physical experience has captivated indie gaming fans worldwide -- chances are you've heard the flood of enthusiasm from those who have tried it. It's earned an honorable mention in the Excellence in Design category for this year's Independent Games ...
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Please allow me to introduce myself...

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:39:30 -0800
Hello Opposable Thumbs readers. I'm Kyle Orland, and by now you've probably heard that I'll be taking over Ars Technica's gaming section from the storied Ben Kuchera . Ben has left some incredibly big shoes to fill, and I hope I'll live up to his legacy of providing exemplary gaming coverage of the kind you can't find elsewhere. A little bit on my background: I've been writing about games ...
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Road to the IGF: Expressive Intelligence Studio's Prom Week

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:20:07 -0800
Games like Facade are known for the ways they've quietly tried to push game narrative technology beyond what we've previously known, and Prom Week sees itself as a spiritual successor in the field of sophisticated social simulators. With its own AI engine called Comme il Faut (French for, loosely, "as is proper"), UC Santa Cruz's Expressive Intelligence Studio has led Prom Week to a nomination ...
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Resident Evil 6 announced, trailer reveals November 20 release date

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:08:50 -0800
The rumors were proven true today, as Capcom finally announced the long-awaited Resident Evil 6. And just as other rumors had hinted, it's taking place in China. The globetrotting adventure even features stars from the franchise's best games appearing together in the same title for the first time.
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