Rebel Monkey, a Manhattan-based entertainment company best known for CampFu, a browser-based Casual MMO community, announced that the site has reached in excess of 100,000 registered players since its late February 2009 launch, demonstrating swift growth and market traction.

In a recent op-ed for the New York Times, Mark C. Taylor, the chairman of the religion department at Columbia, calls for a change in university practices.  One way, he argues, would be to accept disserations in alternative formats, such as video games...

LaidOffCamp, which was put together by volunteers, is coming to New York City.  If you are unemployed or nontraditionally employed as a freelancer, entrepreneur, or in a start-up in digital media, advertising, publishing, technology or financial service, think about participating in this two-day ad-hoc gathering.

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The New York Times recently published an article about Large Animal Game's testing program. The company finds their testers via Craigslist and opts to pays them $25 dollars per 45 minute session...

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Join us the day before the start of the 6th Annual Games for Change Conference for a day of discussion and networking with educational game designers, developers, evaluators and users as we consider the current landscape of games for learning and fuse new collaborations to empirically develop design patterns for effective educational games.

It's back! Demo Night returns on May 28th. The Ninth in the Demo Night series promises to be better than ever, as local game companies give the IGDA community an inside look into their development process.

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Although the adult brain is far from being fixed, the types of experience that promote learning and brain plasticity in adulthood are still poorly understood. This talk with Daphne Bavelier will explore how the very act of playing action video games appears to lead to widespread enhancements in visual skills in young adults.

Local developer Sande Chen recently contributed to the IGDA Writer's SIG penned “Writing for Video Game Genres: From FPS to RPG.”  This book delivers practical advice from seasoned veterans on the special challenges of writing for different game genres.

This talk will deal with how video games can organize deep conceptual understanding, as well as a variety of 21st Century skills not often on offer in our schools today.

GameLab is having an one-day office sale on Wednesday, April 29 from 10 AM to 6 PM at Gamelab's office space, 19 West 24th street, between 5th and 6th avenues, on the 12th floor.  Come for great deals on furniture, computer equipment, games, and much more!