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December 14, 2012

Video of our game

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This is a video taken on the game demo day!!

— Parth, Salil, Prashasti

December 13, 2012

PhD in game addiction anyone?

Well, seems bizarre, but yes, there is a PhD available in game addiction!! Now, how many of us would like to do that?!
http://gamepolitics.com/2010/11/16/world%E2%80%99s-first-phd-game-addiction

December 13, 2012

Games reduce stress

We all know that games reduce stress. Perhaps now, with exams and projects and deadlines, this article might help you understand how games actually reduce stress and help concentrate better..
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/news/newsstory.cfm?ID=1344

December 5, 2012

The most innovative games!

I was randomly browsing the internet and came across this really cool video. It documents the top 10 games of all time in under 8 minutes and trust me, its pretty 

December 5, 2012

How games are impacting social causes

This is a very cool initiative, where the company makes games to deal with social causes. An example was to unite social, racial, cultural, gender, and economic gaps in Macon, GA at the beginning of this year. 
You can learn more about them at: http://www.gamesforchange.org/about/

December 4, 2012

Evolution of games!

From the MS DOS version of Prince of Persia, to the massively multiplayer version of DOTA, games have evolved a LOT.

Check this blog out for a very detailed overview of the gaming landscape over the years..

December 4, 2012

How becoming a game designer works!

I read an interesting blog post about how to become a video game designer. The article was by Tim Crossby of HowStuffWroks.com…

Check it out here

December 4, 2012

Our 1 minute video

This is our one minute video on the papers discussed in class..

Contributors: Parth Vaishnav, Salil Apte, Saie Deshpande

December 4, 2012

Poster..

Hi

Check out our show and tell poster.

Contributors: Salil Apte, Parth Vaishnav, Prashasti Baid.

— Poster

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October 18, 2012

Sixth Sense Technology!

Ever wondered if a “Minority Report” kind of a super awesome human computer interface could ever be conceived??? Watch this video on the Sixth Sense Technology by Pranav Mistry on TED..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXWcKmnKLzs

 

–Author: Parth Vaishnav