Smithsonian (blog)
Maps of the Future
Smithsonian (blog)
They used to be the only game in town. But the 2000s (the aughts? have we named that decade yet?) saw a radical shift in the way that befuddled drivers could figure out how to get from point A to point B. Suddenly, global positioning systems (GPS) ...

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GameIndustry.com
Happy Golden Week, Japan!
GameIndustry.com
And because everyone's on holiday, the leisure industries, including games, experience a spike in sales. So now it has become tradition in Japan's gaming world to release lots of exciting news, games, and host events during Golden Week.

5 Nosey Questions for Christopher Sherman, Founder and CEO of Engage Digital
Examiner.com
His confabs often cover animation and its cousin . . . video games. The recent Digital Kids Conference in LA – the largest assemblage of online and mobile pros targeting the youth market – is the brainchild of Sherman and his team.

A Filipino drummer at 'The Greatest Show on Earth'
Philippine Star
I played with a lot of guitar students at ACM and was frequently asked to jam with them. Describe your current band and your music projects, apart from the Olympics 2012 assignment. I helped form the band called The Beautiful Game in 2008.

Toronto Star
Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan takes NBA message to China
Toronto Star
... NBAers in Guangzhou taking part in NBA China Jam Live, a six-day showcase to increase the league's imprint on that country. On Saturday, DeRozan and the Milwaukee Bucks' Brandon Jennings will also act as “celebrity coaches” for an exhibition game.

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HipHopDX
Graditude: The Impact Of MCA And The Beastie Boys
HipHopDX
From their seamless music and cultural fusion of Hip Hop with Rock, the integral part they played in Def Jam's formative years (despite only releasing one album on the label) and the way they brought the issue of race to Hip Hop's doorstep without ...

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Latest Indie Royale bundle is the All-Charity Lightning Pack
Joystiq
In addition to the games, the All-Charity Lightning Pack also tosses in a trio of chiptunes albums should you pony up $7 or more: Level by Disasterpeace, IN1ep by 6955, and FX4 by Jake "virt" Kaufman. Cruise past the break for some video previews of ...

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MCV Pacific
World's first stealth game jam to kick off in Sydney
The Verge
By Tracey Lien on May 16, 2012 11:25 pm 2Comments We've had global game jams inspired by single themes, we've seen Molyjam – a game jam inspired by the ideas of Twitter parody account Peter Molydeux, and now the Australian city of Sydney brings us ...
Sneaky Bastards and AIE to host world's first Stealth JamMCV Pacific

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Gamasutra
Indie Royale debuts its first All-Charity Bundle
Gamasutra
The bundle's generous developers have each hand-picked a charity for their game, including UNICEF's Haiti aid, vital human rights work from Amnesty International, free speech and privacy advocacy from the EFF, and the global poverty programs of ...

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SAP Plays Social Collaboration Game By Own Rules
InformationWeek
However, in terms of getting work done inside an organization, SAP says it is playing a whole different game. "We're in the second inning of social software," said Sameer Patel, global VP and general manager, enterprise social and collaborative ...

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MCV Pacific
New game design / audio specialist studio forms
MCV Pacific
... in Melbourne with the assistance of the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme from the Depertment of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, and is basing its first game of one of the titles created during this year's 48 hour Global Game Jam.

Rapper Shyne Talks Diddy, The New 'Gangland' Street Album, Entrepreneurship ...
Huffington Post
Over two years since completing his prison stint stemming from the much publicized 1999 Club New York shootings, Sean "Diddy" Combs' former protégé Shyne is now focused on investing into global technology. The rapper turned Belize Goodwill ambassador ...

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Pop 'til you drop with Zynga's newest game, Bubble Safari
Easier (press release)
Zynga, social game services, has announced the global launch of Bubble Safari, an innovative and social bubble shooter game adding fun, new twists to a class of arcade games that players know and love. Led by game veteran, Zynga senior creative ...

Universal seeks more than 1000 workers
Orlando Sentinel
By Jason Garcia and Sara K. Clarke, Orlando Sentinel Three weeks after the grand opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, guests jam the attraction, shortly after the Islands of Adventure park opening, Friday morning, July 9, 2010, at Universal ...

Pop 'Til You Drop With Zynga's Newest Game, Bubble Safari
GlobeNewsWire (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zynga (Nasdaq:ZNGA) the world's leading provider of social game services, today announced the global launch of Bubble Safari, an innovative and social bubble shooter game adding fun, new twists to a class ...

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Launch of Video Game Design and Audio Production Studio - Soundplay Interactive!
Gamasutra
... for their projects” - Trevor Dikes While the company has only just launched, Soundplay Interactive is currently developing a debut mobile game based on a 48-hour prototype that was created at the Melbourne Global Game Jam in January, 2012.

Nokia Lumia drives further ecosystem momentum with new app partnerships ...
Reuters
EA - bringing leading game titles to Nokia Lumia and Windows Phone consumers Electronic Arts (EA) will continue to deliver leading game titles to Nokia Lumia and Windows Phone consumers, including FIFA, Madden NFL, NBA Jam, Tiger Woods PGA TOURR ...

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World's first global stealth-based gamejam coming soon!
Atomic
It's also got some pretty big plans for this yaer, in the shape of a world first - a global game-jam event that's focused wholly on stealth-based gaming! We love stealth, and want to see stealth gameplay explored more! Stealth is about so much more ...

RIT Students' Video Game Listed Among '20 Best'
PressZoom (press release)
Fade has been the work of a student project team at Rochester Institute of Technology led by undergraduates Daniel Sternfield and Benjamin Saxe since the 2011 Global Game Jam. At the event, sponsored by Albany chapter of the International Game ...

Salon
Partisan death jam
Salon
At a time when we're facing serious national and global problems, they write, “The country is squandering its economic future and putting itself at risk because of an inability to govern effectively.” But there's hope. Mann and Ornstein dedicate the ...

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