academics
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With Activision Blizzard Under New Management, What’s Going To Change?
6In 1979, a group of disgruntled Atari employees decided to quit and create their own company. Activision was the world’s first “third-party” game development company, producing and publishing titles for other companies’ platforms.
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This University Cares About What Truly Matters: Being Good At Gaming
Starting next year, if you are really, really good at video games, you can use your gaming skills to get into one of South Korea’s best universities — just like being a talented football or basketball player can help your admissions odds.
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Do Video Games Need To Be Fun?
Roughly a week ago, I wrote a piece called I Like Games, which discussed my preference for games with set mechanics, games that are fundamentally fun. Some people agreed, some didn’t, but it seemed like a topic worth exploring, so I gathered up a group of the best Australian academics writing about video games to…