January 2011
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Games from the 2011 Global Games Jam
Another Great Global Game Jam comes to an End! What a crazy weekend! 48 hours, 44 countries, 170 locations, 6500 participants, almost 1500 games, one weekend, one theme (“Extinction”). Once again we broke our own record for the single largest game jam ever! Thank You to all the participants and organizers for making it so great. We hope to be even better next year. Now there...
Jan 31st
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Global Games Jam Photo's from our Flickr
Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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Global Games Jam 2011 - Creeping into the last...
And so it is, the final stretch. There’s 11 projects posted up so far, in various states of completion - I think the hardest task is still to come, where the teams are really going to have the reel in amibitious projects. the Veterans know this, and their thinking accordingly, the newbies seem blissfully unaware… It’s tools down at 3pm - presentations at 4pm and then home for...
Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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Details of Games & Jammers →
This Years Theme is Extinction
Jan 28th
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Videos from Global Games Jam 2011 - Hoorah!
Jan 28th
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Global Games Jams 2011 - Spotify playlist →
It’s an open play list, so feel free to add things to make us listen to. We found out last year our most productive period coincided with the 80’s soft rock anthems…
Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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Global Games Jams 2011 - #1
So, it’s that time of year again - gone quick hasn’t it. We’ve grown a bit since last year - at the moment we’ve got about 70 students, in 10 teams. Static photos are here on our flickr - videos will be up on youtube at some point tomorrow and we’ll be tweeting every so often. oh and blogging, and having fun, and making some games etc etc.. 
Jan 28th
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The Feed from Games Game 2011 (hopefully)
Jan 28th
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BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium: Thursday 14th April...
This annual one-day event is open to all undergraduate AND taught postgraduate women in computing and related disciplines across the UK, and beyond. The day comprises a poster competition for students, speakers from industry and academia, and concludes with a social event. The event is named after Ada Lovelace (pictured left), a computing pioneer and often considered to be the first programmer. ...
Jan 20th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 14th
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Get a team together for Dare 2011
Now that we have bid a fond farewell to 2010, gather your thoughts together, put your thinking caps on and start planning your entry to Dare to be Digital 2011. If you want to apply this year, now is the right time to be putting your team together.  If you are having trouble finding people for your team, go to our facebook discussion board and tell people what you are looking for. Or, if you are...
Jan 12th
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TIGJAM UK 4 - 4-Feb-2011 to 7-Feb-2011 - CB2...
TIGJAM UK 4 Date: 4-Feb-2011 to 7-Feb-2011 Venue: CB2 Bistro, Cambridge. A weekend of making games. Everyone’s welcome to come and make games, regardless of experience or background :) Get tickets here: http://tigjamuk4.eventbrite.com £5 each, which will go towards goodies! Official forum thread See CB2 here: http://www.cb2bistro.com/ You’ll be expected to buy food and drink at the venue. ...
Jan 1st