{"id":9348,"date":"2012-04-15T16:30:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T21:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=9348"},"modified":"2012-07-30T20:14:02","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T01:14:02","slug":"media-arts-and-game-development-expo-april-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/9348","title":{"rendered":"Media Arts and Game Development Expo April 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Media Arts and Game Development (MAGD) Expo<\/a> will take place on Mon., Apr. 16, in the University Center.<\/strong> April 16th is also Foursquare Day<\/a> (4sqDay), a social media holiday, so everyone is encouraged to check in at as many university locations as possible during the day!<\/p>\n

Attendees will be able to test games and view 2- and 3-dimensional art, and listen to speakers from the game industry: Neil Glancy, vice president and creative director of the Fun Machine<\/a> game studio, and Matthew Rathbone, lead engineer for Foursquare<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in learning more about video games, Andersen Library has resources! <\/p>\n

\"coverSearch Andersen Library’s catalog<\/a> to find books about the technology of game design, the history of gaming, or social and educational aspects of video games. Among the titles you could find are: Replay: The history of video games<\/em> (3rd-floor Main Collection, GV1469.3 .D66 2010), Video games and learning: Teaching and participatory culture in the digital age<\/em> (3rd-floor Main Collection, GV1469.3 .S76 2011), and Video game spaces: Image, play, and structure in 3D game worlds<\/em> (3rd-floor Main Collection, GV1469.3 .N58 2008).<\/p>\n

Andersen Library also has consoles (Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii and Nintendo 3DS) and a collection of video games (browse the 2nd-floor collection or search the catalog to find titles, e.g., xbox titles<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Search article databases<\/a> for articles such as “Designing social videogames for educational uses<\/a>” (Computers & Education<\/em>, 2012, vol.58:no.1, pp.250-262, doi:10.1016\/j.compedu.2011.08.014) and “Integrating dynamic full-body motion devices in interactive 3D entertainment<\/a>” (IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications<\/em>, 2002, vol.22:no.4, pp.76-86), and “Bringing VR and spatial 3D interaction to the masses through video games<\/a>” (IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications<\/em>, 2008, vol.28:no.5, pp.10-15). <\/p>\n

Please ask a librarian<\/a> for assistance with finding materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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