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Here are links to a few of the many online resources for video games. Let your teacher know if any of these is blocked by iPrism.
Magazines and similar sites:
Conventions and related:
- February, Las Vegas - D.I.C.E.
- February, San Francisco - Game Developer Conference
- May, Kent WA - VisFest competition: It's local!
- May, International - Foundations of Digital Games
- June, Las Angeles - E3 Expo
- August, Seattle - PAX
- October, San Francisco - Game Sound Conference
- November, Seattle - ifest Independent Games Festival
- Lists of events: here, here
- Monthly - MAGS is a monthly competition for all amateur adventure game makers
Specific articles and sites of interest:
- Largest study of video games and violence
- Example of a good corporate game
- Example of a Kickstarter campaign for a video game
- Gamers doing science
- Article in defense of casuals
- Article on marketing indie games - how to get out there
- Using games to teach financial concepts
- Think you're not old enough to make a game?
- Massive VG trivia site
- Good reasons not to pirate games: Who knew?
- Keeping old games on life support
- Security and safety for online gamers: a game, of course
- Psychology and good video game design
- Battle of Hastings 1066 - The video game
- Pac Man AI - The ghost in the ghost in the machine
- Touhou - Ultimate sidescroller games
- Cow Clicker - Funny stuff
- Tutorial levels - How to not drive the players away
- Write Games, Not Engines
- Today in Computing History
- Where to publish your indie game
- A video on why playing video games may actually be a good thing
- When gaming is good for you
- Perspective on violence in games
- The best way to find information online - Eric Raymond on "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way"
- Betty's Net Etiquette - How not to come off badly online
- Perspective on students and technology
Sample games for inspiration
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