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Inspiring Future Game Writers

I attended a lecture by Roland Cox, Community Director at Bioware Mythic in Fairfax, Va. He was speaking in order to inspire future game developers or writers, to give them advice and first-hand knowledge on what a job in the … Continue reading

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Mid-Core Gamer

The blurring of the lines between casual and hardcore gamers has created a new type of gamer, the so called “Mid-Core Gamer”. As Wikipedia defines “A core or mid-core gamer is a player with a wide range of interests and enthusiast toward creative and … Continue reading

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“You Can’t Hum A Video Game”

Clive Davis, president of Arista Records, wrote an editorial in Billboard in 1982 titled, “You Can’t Hum A Video Game.” The article was in response to a growing fear in the music industry that video games would render music obsolete. Davis refuted … Continue reading

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