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Noxious: A Free, Student-Made Dead Space Clone

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12:30PM February 4, 2012 | Logan Booker

It looks like an extremely early build of Visceral’s Dead Space, but it’s not. The clip above is a full play-through of Noxious, the final project for the Game Development/Art class at Full Sail University in Florida. If you want try it for yourself, it’s available as a free download. More »


Mobile

NSW Universities Rejigging Degrees To Include App And Games Development

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12:30PM December 4, 2011 | Logan Booker

At the two developers I’ve worked for, there’s always been a strong demand for talented programmers. You honestly can’t get enough of them. It looks like NSW’s educational facilities have recognised the growing need for developers and has realigned a number of courses to be more in tune with the current state of the interactive industry. Namely, iPhone and Android app development. More »


In Real Life

Video Games Promote Creativity In Kids

7:20AM November 5, 2011 | Mike Fahey

I was under the impression that it took a creative person to fully appreciate everything video games have to offer. According to recent research conducted at Michigan State University, I may have had that backwards. Does playing video games make you more creative? More »


PC

MinecraftEdu Distributes The Building Blocks Of Games-Based Education To Classrooms Everywhere

2:50AM November 5, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Joel Levin at the Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in the US used popular indie block building game Minecraft as a learning tool for his second grade computer class. Now he’s a part of the newly-launched MinecraftEdu, a program dedicated to spreading Minecraft-based learning to classrooms around the world. More »


News

You Might Be Able To Finish High School In Just A Single Year

6:30PM September 9, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Sounds like an email spam subject line, I know, but it’s actually a claim made by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. More »


Mobile

The Best Apps For Turning Your iPad Into An iPre-School

2:00AM August 12, 2011 | Mike Epstein

Kids and iPads are a better fit than you’d think — as long as those little hands are clean. More »


News

Gabe Newell Is Bringing Portal 2 To The Classroom

6:20AM June 23, 2011 | Mike Epstein

During his talk at the Games for Change festival today, Valve chief Gabe Newell mentioned that the company has begun working with schools to build a curriculum based on Portal 2. Check out our liveblog of the event for more.


In Real Life

Learn Physics The Angry Birds Way

8:20AM June 21, 2011 | Brian Crecente

I’m a bit of a physics hobbyist. That doesn’t mean that I understand or can even converse in the language of motion, but I love reading about it. More »


In Real Life

Kinectimals Creator Sets His Sights On Building The $25 PC

1:30PM May 6, 2011 | Owen Good

David Braben, whose Frontier Developments studio has delivered Elite, Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, LostWinds and, yes, Kinectimals, has now created Raspberry Pi. It’s not a game, it’s a working, Linux-based PC on something not much larger than a standard USB memory stick. More »


News

Study Finds 1980s Gamers Less Likely To Be University Graduates

11:30AM April 9, 2011 | Owen Good

A researcher at Oxford University queried adults who were 16 years old in 1986 and found a correlation between an interest in video gaming and a lower likelihood of going on to university. More »