Sadly, this year's Women in Games Conference has been cancelled due to low delegate numbers. All currently registered attendees will be refunded in full as soon as possible.
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Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how.
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As part of the promotion for their upcoming title, True Crime, Activision threw a party transforming an area of the W Hotel into a seedy club from the game during the Game Developers Conference.
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Game designer Brenda Brathwaite has turned her attention from video games to some rather controversial board games meant to stir up complicated emotions. Her latest creation is a game called Trains which surprises players by revealing that "winning" entails sending people to concentration camps.
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Market analyst Wanda Meloni talks about the significant impact that girls and women are having on the growth and shift in the gaming industry.
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A 3 year old girl fatally shot herself after confusing a gun for a Wii controller. Her father had accidentally left it out on the coffee table after investigating a possible prowler the night before.
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