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Criteria for IGDA Scholarships 2012, to three industry related events, dealine Jan 20, 2012, (GDC 2012, SXSW, PAX East,) full time college students in game programs and members of IGDA

(Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit,15th annual Interactive Achievement Awards on February 9, 2012,

Study of leadership principles revealed in multiplayer games which can inform future game design

Games for Health Salon by Gaming with a purpose On December 1, 2011 the Association ‘Gaming with a Purpose’ organized a Salon on ‘Games for Health’ in Vienna. Local experts explained and discussed Games for Health.(features videos and presentation slides)

2nd entry mentions Massachusetts Digital Games Institute's funding for game development college students to attend PAX East (Penny Arcade Expo)

From the abstract: "This paper presents a framework for evaluating and designing game design patterns commonly called as "achievements". The results are based on empirical studies of a variety of popular achievement systems. The results, along with the framework for analyzing and designing achievements, present two definitions of game achievements. From the perspective of the achievement system, an achievement appears as a challenge consisting of a signifying element, rewards and completion logics whose fulfilment conditions are defined through events in other systems (usually games). From the perspective of a single game, an achievement appears as an optional challenge provided by a meta-game that is independent of a single game session and yields possible reward(s)." Presented at DiGRA 2011 Conference: Think Design Play.

Consideration of how Massachusetts will attract video game companies in light of the PAX East announcement and 38 Studios high profile departure to Rhode Island in 2010

"April 17 in San Francisco, CA at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. AOL's Digital Prophet David Shing will be the Marketing Keynote speaker and Electronic Arts Digital EVP Kristian Segerstrale will be the Innovation Keynote speaker. Additionally, Activision Publishing, Inc. Vice President John Coyne and LifeCourse Associates Founding Partner and President Neil Howe will be among a number of highlight speakers at the Game Marketing Summit, a full day event that brings together the leading companies and industry brand and marketing executives for discussion, deliberation and debate around the issues and opportunities in the video game entertainment industry."

Inspired by ScienceOnline 12 conference and gamification, a proposal for an environmental awareness game based on Thomas Friedman's Hot Flat and Crowded

"The Games for Change Festival highlights world-class presenters and speakers from various communities and brings them together to share their work, stories and knowledge all on the same stage."

Getting afflicted kids to do breathing exercises using game technology, with successful outcomes, demonstrated by a researcher from the University of Vermont at the Pediatric Academic Societies Conference in Denver

For additional commentary , see press release on ScienceDaily http://t.co/h38L73R

A 10-year old tinkering with the device's clock exposed security holes

Announced at the New Game Conference on Wednesday, a library of sound files to help improve problems with web games