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Michael Stephens place 2nd in latest Game Career Guide Design Challenge "Speak Up," his 4th of the year!
jbowditch 2012.01.22

Game Career Guide, a publication of Game Developer Magazine, announced that Michael Stephens (@mstephens on Nebula), a sophomore majoring in Digital Media at Ohio University, won 2nd place in the “Speak Up” Design Contest!

This is Michael’s 4th winning entry of the academic year (3 winning entries in Fall).

To learn more about the competition and to see winning entries: Game Career Guide

Read Michael’s desi


IGDA's Scholarship Application Cutoff Date for the 2012 Game Developer Conference is January 20th, 2012
jbowditch 2012.01.05

CLick this to link to Qualifications and to Apply

Qualifications & Scholarship Details

  • You are eligible for a scholarship if your application and corresponding event is in before the cutoff date listed above.
  • Only full-time college (or similar) students are eligible, and must be 18 years of age or older as of the date of the event.
  • Applicant must be an IGDA Student Member in good standing. If you are not currently a Student Member, you must join the IGDA before applying for the scholarship. All applications will be verified.
  • Students are responsible for all travel arrangements, housing and other related costs.
  • Scholarship applications will be judged by a panel of game industry professionals.
  • Each scholarship recipient will be paired with an industry mentor.
  • Scholarship recipients will participate in a local studio visit and orientation session.
  • Each scholarship recipient will receive a free pass to the participating event.


Lightborne Lore releases Perpetua on iTunes App Store
jbowditch 2011.12.29

Lightborne Lore has officially released their first game, Perpetua!

They would love to hear feedback from the GRID Lab community!

To get the game, go here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/perpetua/id479534643

Lightborne Lore Homepage: http://www.lightbornelore.com/perpetua

Congrats to our Alums: Kyle Perkins, Michael Blohm, and David Young as well as some of our current students: Samantha Williams, Lena Goodnough, Doug Trein, and Jay Chaffin!


OU Neurolinguistics Laboratory Research Project: Video Production Editing and Web (Job Posting)
jbowditch 2011.12.21

Research Assistant Position: Video production/editing and web site design

Winter quarter 2012

One position at 20 hours per week plus another for fewer hours (negotiable)

Work on grant-funded projects related to neurological communication disorders in the Ohio University Neurolinguistics Laboratory

Duties: Web site development, web site maintenance training (for sustainability), video production, video editing.


MDIA student earns recognition a third time for game design

jbowditch 2011.12.20

Reposted from Scripps College of Communication’s “In the News”

MDIA student earns recognition a third time for game design

By Erin Roberts, roberte1@ohio.edu

ATHENS, Ohio (Dec. 15, 2011)—Michael Stephens, a sophomore majoring in Digital Media at Ohio University, won 2nd place in the Game Career Guide “Location, Location, Location” Design Contest in mid-November, marking the third time during Fall Quarter he placed in the challenge series, a record for any student at Ohio University.

Stephens, a Columbus native, says the challenges are a good way to put skills into practice and gain experience.

“It’s a great opportunity to practice designing things and to have them judged by people you don’t know,” Stephens said. “It’s great to get feedback on your design.”


Michael Stephens place 2nd in Game Career Guide Design Challenge
jbowditch 2011.11.20

Game Career Guide, a publication of Game Developer Magazine, announced that Michael Stephens (@mstephens on Nebula), a sophomore majoring in Digital Media at Ohio University, won 2nd place in the “Location, Location, Location” Design Contest!

This is Michael’s 3rd winning entry of the quarter, a new Digital Media record!

Read the article on: Game Career Guide

Read Michael’s “One Button Control:” Concept description


Four Years (http://fouryears.com/): Web Developer/Programmer Intern (Job Posting)
jbowditch 2011.11.18

Internships available at Athens-based “Four Years.”

Contact Ryan Verner, CEO of Four Years if you are interested. rverner@fouryears.com

Company Info:

www.fouryears.com

FourYears was built in PHP on the Joomla platform using VirtueMart to manage the book buying. It is heavily customized so anyone who wants to work on this must really understand PHP, Joomla, and how the core components work.


Tech Heads covers local Call of Duty: MW3 Midnight launch
jbowditch 2011.11.10


OUGDA Child's Play Charity Fundraiser Event
jbowditch 2011.10.11

OUGDA (Ohio University Game Developers Association, a student International Game Developers Association (IGDA) chapter will be holding a charity fundraiser for the Child’s Play Charity.

OUGDA members plan on raising money for the charity by providing viewers with tons of laughs and screams as we force ourselves to play through Amnesia: The Dark Decent, along with other horror games, and stream the whole event live on the web Friday, October 21st.

The Streaming URL will be posted closer to the date of the event.

If you would like to donate to the Child’s Play Charity event, please visit: http://screamsforgames.chipin.com/childs-play-charity

For more information, please contact Benjamin Holschuh - benjaminh22@gmail.com


Game Center Upgrades
jbowditch 2011.09.20

Over the next several weeks, parts of the Game Center may be offline or inaccessible. We are installing all new HDTV’s including a 3DTV. We are also installing new consoles that will require some rewiring.

In addition to the new hardware, we will also be installing new software including the Autodesk Entertainment Suite 2012, Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 with After Effects, E-on Software Vue 9.5, Final Cut Pro X, and Pixologic ZBrush 4.X. Stay tuned for more details and please work around the inaccessible areas the next few weeks.


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