ETC student Lisa Elkin sent this article on team URSA’s experience at Games for Change, thanks Lisa! Games for Change challenged team Ursa from the ETC to create a large outdoor game to be played in Washington Square Park as part of the Games for Change Festival in April 2014. The team decided to tackle... Read more »
Full Article“Shipbreakers” a film by Paul Goodman, ETC assistant teaching professor Ralph Vituccio and Tom Clancey was recently screened at the 11th edition of the Green Film Festival. The festival in Seoul has been the one and only environmental film festival in Korea and the biggest one in Asia and dedicated to introduce and promote environmentally... Read more »
Full ArticleThe game Way, made in the fall 2010 semester by Chris Bell, Cynthia (Zhixin) Jiang. Hugo Shih, Katherine Rubenstein, Walt Destler and Paulwei Wang is now being used to teach social skills. “Way is an interesting experimental game that makes collaboration and communication crucial to success. In the game, pairs of students guide watch other... Read more »
Full ArticleDrew Davidson is giving the opening keynote at the 10th annual Games+Learning+Society Conference in Madison, WI. It’s an interesting time to look back to see what has been done with games and education and the impact we’ve had in society, but even more, it’s important to look forward and challenge ourselves on what we... Read more »
Full ArticleThe ETC Faculty have selected Goksu Ugur and Etaba Assigana as the recipients of the E.A. ETC Fellowship for the 2014-2015 academic year. Recipients of the fellowship receive a stipend for the academic year to help support their graduate studies. The E.A. ETC Fellowship was established in 2005 by Electronic Arts to encourage diversity in the... Read more »
Full ArticleWe’re excited to announce that Heather Kelley is joining the ETC faculty as an Assistant Teaching Professor. She is an internationally renowned veteran game designer, digital artist, and media curator, who brings a wealth of diverse creative expertise in experimental game design, artistic interactive installations and playful aesthetic experiences. In 2013, Inc. magazine named Heather... Read more »
Full ArticleTeam Ursa is developing a live outdoor game experience to be played by a large group of people at the Games for Change Festival being held in New York City in spring 2014. Games for Change as an organization has been dedicated to catalyzing social impact through games since 2004. The festival provides a great... Read more »
Full ArticlePITTSBURGH – On April 10-12, the students behind the ETC pitch project Locanimals will be at Carnegie Mellon’s Spring Carnival to introduce the game’s new quest feature. Locanimals combines a creature battling game with a check-in system, so that where the player goes in the world affects the world of the game. The new quest... Read more »
Full ArticleThe spring 2013 student project Stardust, the 3D animated movie short “Where’s Miss Merry?” was awarded two Silver Telly Awards, the first one in the Student Category and the second one in the Sound/Sound Design category. Congratulations to the Stardust team: alumni Colin Tan (13), Noah Alzayer (13), Ricardo Merchan (13), and current students Chenxin... Read more »
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