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		<title>Game Jam 2012 + Game Jam Junior</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two things to do this summer: Game Jam Sydney 2012 The first (actually the second) is Game Jam Sydney 2012. It&#8217;s a 48 hour game-building hothouse with 100 designers, developers, artists, musicians getting together to jam and make games. The Jam runs from 5pm Fri January 27th to 5pm Sunday 29th. There are two locations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=comp4431.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8377917&amp;post=1076&amp;subd=comp4431&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs: Internships at PLANE</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PLANE (Pathways for Learning Anywhere, Anytime: A Network for Educators) is an initiative of the NSW Department of Education and Training to develop &#8220;a suite of on-line learning experiences&#8221; to help train teachers in innovative learning methods including games based learning. To practise what they preach, they are working to develop a game that introduces [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=comp4431.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8377917&amp;post=1073&amp;subd=comp4431&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year the Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards includes a category for Interactive Gaming. The winner will receive a trip to SXSW in Texas USA plus a year&#8217;s mentorship from our friends at Soap Creative and $5000 cash. This is an awesome opportunity for anyone looking to get into games. I&#8217;d encourage you all to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=comp4431.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8377917&amp;post=1070&amp;subd=comp4431&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Venture Incubator Space</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to get serious about starting your own game company? Perhaps this is the place to start: UNSW CSE has just announced the establishment of a new Venture Incubator Space &#8211; &#8220;a subsidised-cost space available to approved UNSW students and alumni who wish to develop ideas into business models, products or services.&#8221;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=comp4431.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8377917&amp;post=1068&amp;subd=comp4431&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Extra Credits: Games and Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a host of recent Extra Credits episodes relevant to your final serious games assignment. Games and learning: Tangential Learning Gamification Gamifying Education Games and society: Facing controversy Game Addiction Part 1 and Part 2 Propaganda games Call of Juarez: The Cartel<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=comp4431.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8377917&amp;post=1064&amp;subd=comp4431&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs: Smart Sparrow</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smart Sparrow is a start-up here at UNSW targetted at making games and simulations for online learning. They are looking for developers. The blurb is below. If you&#8217;re interested, please contact Dror Ben-Naim at dror@smartsparrow.com. Smart Sparrow is a venture capital backed start-up company recently spun out of, and co-located in, the School of Computer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=comp4431.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8377917&amp;post=1062&amp;subd=comp4431&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Going further&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some thoughts on how you can take game design further at UNSW and abroad. Honours projects I am happy to supervise honours projects for good students (I would expect a reasonably high WAM and a good mark in COMP4431). We have a happy community of research students in the Games Lab and I&#8217;m always looking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=comp4431.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8377917&amp;post=1047&amp;subd=comp4431&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tutorial: Addiction game</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, today&#8217;s tutorial is a tough one. We&#8217;re going to design a game with a message. I want you to brainstorm a game about drugs and addiction (based on the drug of your choice including alcohol, tobacco, caffeine or WoW). The message you present is up to you, but I want you to take the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=comp4431.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8377917&amp;post=1052&amp;subd=comp4431&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Design: Self-control</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your final game design challenge is to consider the problem of gaming addiction and how you could design a system which allowed a gamer to regulate how much time they spent gaming. The challenge is to make a time-limiter that people would actually pay attention to and comply with, rather than one that they resented [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=comp4431.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8377917&amp;post=1050&amp;subd=comp4431&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Journal: What did you learn?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As your final journal entry, I want you to look back to what you wrote in week 1 for the &#8220;Why are you here?&#8221; question and reflect on what you have learnt and how you have changed. Did you discover something that you didn&#8217;t expect? Do you have a new perspective on games or game [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=comp4431.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8377917&amp;post=1044&amp;subd=comp4431&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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