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The rise of eSports

April 29, 2014by rossdunham

The growth of electronic sports — better known as eSports — has been rapid over the last two years. The term eSports is an umbrella that describes the competitive gaming community […]

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Stumbling into News Games

April 16, 2014by rossdunham

Heading into college, I was all about sports and that’s the main reason why my career path is dedicated to sports journalism. I lived football, breathed baseball, and thought about […]

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News Games

The Storytelling Series: Narrative Mechanics in The Last of Us

December 12, 2013by aecope 1 Comment

This is the second post in a series on narrative in videogames. If you have not yet read the introduction to the series, we recommend you do so here. Discussions […]

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Game Design, Game Mechanics, Narrative

Made for Teams: Design for Cooperative Play in Guild Wars 2, Part 1

December 2, 2013by katecleaveland

Released in August 2012, ArenaNet’s Guild Wars 2 is a relative newcomer to the growing world of MMOs. An MMO, ormassively-multiplayer online game, is an internet-driven adventure populated by an […]

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Review of Madden 25

November 25, 2013by rossdunham

Electronic Arts Sports and NFL Hall of Fame coach John Madden teamed up in 1988 to bring the first John Madden Football video game. That version was only available on the […]

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The Storytelling Series: Why the Video Game?

November 5, 2013by Rebecca Fay 1 Comment

From simple beginnings, stories have been created throughout time to fulfill particular niche roles: inspiring us to follow moral paths, maintaining our histories and our cultures, entertaining us, and helping […]

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Game Design, Narrative

The Cake is a Lie: Easter Eggs in Video Games

October 30, 2013by benrpincus

What is an Easter egg? I finally understood what all the fuss was about. In addition to finally playing through Portal, I finally understood the reference to “the cake is […]

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Opening the Lab

August 16, 2013by aingramg

The Innovation Lab has been “in the works” now for most of a year. During this time the vision has continued to evolve in relation to the activity at the […]

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