Game Career Guide for the week of March 5, 2009

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The Aesthetics of Play Control: The Role of User Interfaces Discussion
of Games as Art by Daniel Gronsky
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Daniel Gronsky, adjunct professor of Media Studies at Pine Manor
College, delivers this look at the connection between the aesthetics
of a game and its play control -- refined from discussions originally
taking place at PAX.

GDC Tips For Students by Grant Shonkwiler
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Planning to attend next week's GDC as a student? Two-year veteran of
the show and developer Grant Shonkwiler, who attended in 2008 as a
student, shares his tips on how to maximize the show.

Student Postmortem: Devil�s Tuning Fork by Richard Kossak,Matt
Lazar,Jason Pecho
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Student developers discuss the creation of Devil's Tuning Fork, in
which "some things were done right from the beginning and some things
just never seemed to come together."

Game Design Challenge: Romance by GameCareerGuide.com staff
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In our latest Game Design Challenge, we invite competitors to try and
figure out what sort of romance game might appeal to Western tastes...
a task that may even be impossible!

Results from Game Design Challenge: A New Vision by
GameCareerGuide.com staff
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Our latest challenge asked readers to re-envision a game that was too
ahead of its time to be properly appreciated when it was first
released; what makes the grade?

What Are Game Designers Trying to Do? by Lewis Pulsipher
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Educator Lewis Pulsipher offers an analytical breakdown of the
possible aims designers have in mind when creating games.

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[03.04.10]
AIAS Establishes Scholarship Honoring Capcom's Mark Beaumont
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[03.03.10]
Future Play To Return In May 2010, Calls For Speakers
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Pre-GDC: Career Pavilion Hints & Tips For Success
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[03.02.10]
THQ Opens Major Testing Facility At SMU's Guildhall
http://inside.gamasutra.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBXrN0SbCVt0Sim0HeA50EZ


[03.01.10]
Princeton Review Names USC Top Game Design School
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[02.26.10]
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of February 28
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[02.25.10]
'Dare to be Digital' Competition Expands to Scandinavia
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[02.24.10]
GDC 2010 Adds Civilization V, Hecker, Harmonix Talks
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[02.23.10]
Ludwigsburg Institute Accepting Applications for Technical Director
Graduate Program
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Gamasutra Parent Acquires Game Advertising Online Network
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[02.22.10]
Carmack Gets Lifetime Achievement Honor At 2010 Choice Awards
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[02.19.10]
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of February 19
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[02.18.10]
VisionFest Animation Festival Now Accepting Competition Entries
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[02.16.10]
GDC Adds Blizzard, Shadow Complex, PS3 Motion Controller Talks
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[02.12.10]
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of February 12
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Game Designer Don Daglow Assists NCHEG As Historian And Consultant
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Empyreal Nocturne is a third-person aerial action game in which you
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