Local Developer Impact Games opens Public Beta for "Play the News"
Impact Games, a local games studio on the South Side, has recently opened their new game, "Play The News" to public beta.
"Play the News", in the tradition of Impact Games' well known PeaceMaker game, takes a unique approach to both games and social issues.
You can find the first partner created minigames for Play the News at ReadWriteWeb: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/play_the_news_google_app_engine.php
Check it out!
Posted by PittsburghIGDA on April 13, 2008 09:05 AM
Local Game Symposiums
Next week (March 31-April 4) there are two different conferences at CMU that PIGDA members might find interesting.
The first is the Art of Play symposium (Mon-Tues), that explores the relationship between games and art.
Read about it here: http://www.theartofplay.com/
Free to the public
The second is the Interactive Technologies for Peace conference, much of which centers on games. Info is here:
http://www.etc.cmu.edu/peace2008/
$75 registration fee
Posted by PittsburghIGDA on March 24, 2008 12:37 PM