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IG Magazine (Book reference)

IG Magazine is a journal, issued every 2 months, with a format that is half-way between a book and a regular journal. Each issue comes with more than 250 pages dedicated to the current trends, the economy, the culture and the history of videogames. IG magazine was published between March 2009 and July 2013, for a total of 27 regular issues and 10 additional "special issues." It was an excellent journal, the only french journal that was able to talk about current videogames topics while [...]

Keywords : journal, news, economy, culture, history, analysis

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"Serious games": the video games reach societies (Broacasting our studies)

A Wii near the coffe machine? To play PES in order to animate a meeting? Business stratgies elaborated thanks to Advance Wars? Not at all, we're going to talk about "serious games"...Read the article (french).

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Rétro SG : Consoles et Serious Games (Broacasting our studies)

Article dedicated to Retro Serious Games. Pix'N Love #7 (pages 90 to 97).    

Keywords : Serious Games, Retro SG, Retro Serious Games

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La Bible PC Engine - volume 1 : les HuCARDs (Book reference)

This bible is dedicated to the PC Engine home console (also known as TurboGrafx 16). This first volume starts by telling you the story of the birth of this console, and also presents all the different models and accessories available. But the main part of the book is a full listing of every game ever released for this console on the HuCARDs format (more that 300 games). Each game is presented with a screenshot alongside with a small text describing it. A reference book for anyone interested by t [...]

Keywords : bible, pc engine, turbografx 16, hucards, history

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LCI, Plein Ecran of january the 31th of 2009: The video game is serious. (Broacasting our studies)

"This week, it's serious! The Serious Gaming is a new market of the video game industry dedicated to the learning, advertising, political... areas. A world market of 50 billions USD."   Journalist :Cédric Ingrand  Speakers : Jean-Claude La Rue (SELL), Sébastien Beck (DAESIGN) et Julian Alvarez (Orange Labs/ Ludoscience).       Podcast

Keywords : Serious Games, LCI, Plein Ecran, Market, Video games, Serious Gaming

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Inspiration For The Interactive Generation (Book reference)

Who said that you had to be famous in order to write down your own autobiography? In this book, Mat Dickie, an indie video game creator, tells us about his personal life alongside with the various games he created during his 10 years career. While we can smile at the fact that the oversized ego of this unknown author led him to write such a book, it's a quite interesting book for the videogame history specialists. It tells us the life of a British kid born in the 80's, fan of videogames, who sta [...]

Keywords : mat dickie, biography, indie, wrestling, religion

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Fiber Zero (Student project)

A fast-paced racing game taking place inside a fiber wire. You play as a data packet, and must make your way from one computer to another while avoiding fiber imperfections. Use either "UDP" and "TCP" communication modes to manage your speed and TTL in order to reach your destination. 

Keywords : serious game, telecommunication, racing

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Geek Communication (Student project)

A series of minigames starring a geek boy who must overcome his communication-related problems in order to get out with a nice girl. 

Keywords : serious game, telecommunication, minigames

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Quizz Telecom (Student project)

A series of quiz-based games aimed to extend your knowledge related to telecommunications. One of these games is relying on the MSN Messenger interface. 

Keywords : serious game, telecommunication, quizz

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Telecom Attack (Student project)

A strategy game where you'll have to set up a telecommunication device between two buildings by using various technologies (fiber wire, wi-fi spots...) according to avaible money and natural obstacles.  

Keywords : serious game, telecommunication, strategy

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