Henry Jenkins, a Professor for Communications and Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, advocates for the “YouTube Generation” and is a proponent of utilizing technology in and outside of the classroom to enhance learning. Specific to educational game design, Jenkins has regularly collaborated with game designers and fellow scholars to push initiatives that [...]

Working on the blog entry for this month I came across a number of professional organizations and conferences related to gaming.  One of the professional organizations was the International Game Developers Association is a non-profit organization that serves video game creators.  The organization provides a number of benefits and services to its members.    IGDA has [...]

From November 2nd-4th, the 15th annual International Conference on Computer Games will be held at the University of Alicante in Alicante, Spain.  The conference is one of the leading research conferences devoted towards the advancement theory and practice of game development.  The organizer of the conference is the University of Wolverhampton in England.  The conference includes topics such [...]