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by Rob Lewis
on Fri, March 5, 2010 12:01 PM
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The Vancouver Film School recently announced that they will be presenting a $30,000 Women in Games Scholarship for the second straight year. The Women in Games Scholarship covers the full tuition for a female aspiring game designer to attend VFS’s acclaimed one-year Game Design program.
With International Women’s Day on March...
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by Rob Lewis
on Wed, February 24, 2010 6:00 AM
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This Friday, February 26th Interactive Ontario (IO) is hosting version 8.03 of their iLunch series - Capital Ideas. In its 8th season, iLunch tackles the challenges and opportunities at the convergence of film, television and interactive platforms which will define the Future of Screen.
Bootstrapping. Venture dollars. Tax credits. Public funding....
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by Rob Lewis
on Mon, February 15, 2010 10:32 AM
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Canada will celebrate its world-class video game and digital art developers at the 1st Annual Canadian Video Game and Digital Arts Awards ceremony to take place in Vancouver on May 5, 2010 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
The inaugural awards will be launched during the second annual Game Developers Conference (GDC...
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by Karim Kanji
on Fri, February 5, 2010 10:37 AM
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On Wednesday, February 4th, Scott Stratten (@Unmarketing) presented to a jam-packed Refresh Events session as part of Social Media Week in Toronto (#SMWTO). At Function 13, Scott gave a passionate and energized talk entitled "Social (UN)Media: Where do we go from here?" Scott broke down his thoughts into...
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by Adrian Crook
on Wed, February 3, 2010 4:57 PM
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Some good news came across the wire today. The BC government, after much consultation with industry, has proposed a labour tax credit package for the interactive digital media sector (as well as some increases to existing film, digital animation and VFX credits).
The proposed interactive digital media tax credit is set...
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by Karim Kanji
on Thu, January 21, 2010 1:50 PM
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One of the more exciting and interactive sessions during EPIC's EpCon 2010 conference in Waterloo was its Fireside Chat on Friday afternoon. Featuring Shobeir Shobeiri, Kevin Li, and Anish Achariya the panel discussed many interesting aspects of social gaming. If you're not familiar with these 3 personalities , here's a...
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by Karim Kanji
on Sat, January 16, 2010 8:53 PM
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This past weekend at EPIC's EpCon 2010 conference I had a chance to corner Plug & Play's Shobeir Shobeiri. As part of his mandate as the Business Relationship Manager, he focuses on early stage web, mobile, and gaming startups with funding and business development.
Here are a few of his thoughts...
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by Karim Kanji
on Fri, January 8, 2010 9:04 AM
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According to Venture Law Lines, Toronto-based Social Game Universe has recently launched Facebook editions of their popular social games, Avastar and Hollywood Tycoon. Nathon Gunn and his team have been pursuing their own vision of social gaming for several years now, and the review of their latest products are yielding...
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by Rob Lewis
on Mon, December 21, 2009 1:07 PM
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Stanley Cup Champion Sidney Crosby put Nova Scotia back on the map in the hockey world and hockey Dad and Coach Dean Dachyshyn intends to keep it there. Metro News tells the story of Dachyshyn and three fellow hockey Dads who have come up with a unique product called QuickStickz...
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on Mon, December 21, 2009 7:52 AM
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Game Developer Research has compiled the results of its third annual Game Developer Census, tallying game development and publishing companies working in North America.
The report reveals that the United States videogame industry employee count is essentially flat year-over-year, rising slightly from 44,400 to 44,806. The small rise in North American...
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