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GVU Showcase

Get ready for another year at the GVU Showcase on October 26th featuring work from: Mermaids MMOG Ellis Islands MMOG eStadium Mobile Games Project Harlem Renaissance Second Life Project More information to come!

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Art History of Games Afterparty: Indie Game Slam Open Mic, Sat. Feb 6, 7-10pm

Saturday, Februrary 6th, 7:00-10:00pm W Atlanta Midtown – Studio 1 188 14th Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30361 IGDA Atlanta and IndieCade invite you to come celebrate the conclusion of the Art History of Games with a fast-paced showcase of cutting … Continue reading

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Conventional Dress Screening: Sept. 10, 6pm, Skiles 002

Thursday, September 10th 6:00-7:00pm Skiles 002 The EGL is proud to present the premiere screening of Conventional Dress, a documentary on the cosplay experience at Dragon*Con. After the screening, Celia Pearce, Evan Barba, and Bobby Schweizer will discuss the project, … Continue reading

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Mads Haahr, April 27, 5pm, Skiles 002, Saving the Dead Girl: Emotion and Gender in Ant Attack and ICO

Mads Haahr, Trinity College Dublin April 27, 5pm, Skiles 002 Title: Saving the Dead Girl: Emotion and Gender in Ant Attack and ICO Abstract: This talk is concerned with two games, Ant Attack (1983) and ICO (2001), which despite differences … Continue reading

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Interactive Narrative Group

An interactive narrative group lead by Hank Blumenthal will be meeting in the EGL every other Friday at 3:30pm starting May 6th. If you would like more info email Hank at ( hankblumenthal at gmail dot com)

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Behind the Curtain An Insider's View of the Making of Fusion Fall

Monday, March 9 3:00 – 4:30 Skiles 002 Join us for a roundtable discussion with the designers of the FusionFall MMOG as they discuss how this complex game, merging a variety of diverse cartoon properties was developed by a multi-national … Continue reading

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GDX at SCAD Atlanta

If you are in the Atlanta Area, it’s worth checking out this years Game Developers Exchange conference. It’s hosted by Savannah College of Art and Design and this years speaker list looks great. Georgia Tech students can register for only … Continue reading

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Playology Monday February 25, 4:30pm Topic – Game Developers Conference Debriefing

Playology The EGL’s Weekly Game Salon Monday February 25, 4:30pm Experimental Game Lab/Skiles 354 Topic: Game Developers Conference Debriefing Join GaTech & EGL faculty and students for a debriefing on GDC08. If you went to GDC, please come and share … Continue reading

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Living Game Worlds IV – Interplay: NEW DATES – December 1-2, 2008

Living Game Worlds IV will focus on the theme of networked play and engage dialogues on the rapidly growing domain of multiplayer games and virtual worlds, including online networked entertainment as well as pervasive, mobile and tangible gaming. The symposium … Continue reading

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Playology December 3rd at 6pm in EGL: music games

This week playology will be discussing and playing music games. With the recent release of Rock Band, and the popularity of the Guitar Hero, music games have spent much time in the spotlight recently. The music genre of games presents … Continue reading

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