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Video Games and Hollyweird Storm Vancouver

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2008-02-23 22:55:07 by Stephany in Gaming Today
...Vancouver International Games Summit will take place May 21 to 22 and many a gaming company will be present for the second annual event. The gaming development industry is booming in Canada with not only the larger corporations but smaller animation houses as well. Vancouver is also starting to see film and television productions returning...
 
Tags: vancouver, video games, vancouver sun, mutant storm empire, vancouver police, video games sales, video gamers alike, gamers, uefa euro
 
 
 
 
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GDC Canada Hits Vancouver In 2009

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2008-09-25 12:00:22 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...Vancouver. Which is neat, because both Canada and the Pacific Northwest are pretty hot for development of late. Here's the official announce Game Developers Conference organizer Think Services Game Group (also owners of Gamasutra and GSW) has announced that is partnering with Reboot Communications to create GDC Canada, with the first event to...
 
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Don't taze me bro: Megaman machinima scolds Vancouver airport security

2008-01-03 10:46:00 by Destructoid.com in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
 
...Vancouver airport security shitstorm. You may vaguely recall the incident: A Polish immigrant and airport authorities had a failure to communicate which resulted in good old fashioned problem solving ... they all ganged up and killed him. Its good to see that Canada is more like New Jersey every day! Film director Mike Greenway had this to...
 
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Travel channel's Bourdain hits EA Vancouver studio, lands role in Boll's Far Cry

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2008-01-26 00:00:00 by Griffin McElroy in Joystiq
...Vancouver -- he's a special guest in EA Sports' FIFA Street 3 , and and extra in Uwe Boll's next box office train wreck, "Far Cry Yes, during his trip to the Great White North, Bourdain not only had the opportunity to have a (hideous) character modeled after him at EA Vancouver's swanky headquarters, he also got to drop by the Far Cry set...
 
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Rock Band competition sponsoring Make-A-Wish in Vancouver

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2008-09-05 02:00:00 by Alexander Sliwinski in Joystiq
...Vancouver, Canada, starting Oct. 4. The $100 entry fee, along with pre-purchase tickets for the finals at the Roxy Nightclub, go straight to the Make-A-Wish foundation. The first round of the competition will be held at the EA studios located right outside of Vancouver in Burnaby . From that event, the five finalist bands from each of the...
 
Tags: competition, rock band competition, roxy nightclub, event, cool charity event, vancouver, make-a-wish foundation, finalist bands, entry fee
 
 
 
 
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Wright To Go KRAZY!, Kurate Game Space In New Exhibition

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2008-03-05 16:00:32 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...Vancouver-based exhibition , with the game part of it being curated by Will Wright and including an apparently playable version of Spore Looks like Mario, Civilization and Pac-Man might be shown there too, judging by the list of contributors at the end - and the exhibit will hit New York (destination as yet unrevealed!) in 2009. Anyhow,...
 
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Hothead Games to Publish Ron Gilbert's DeathSpank

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2008-01-12 18:20:54 by Stephany in Gaming Today
...Vancouver as our Creative Director is an excellent fit For the full dose of Rons unusual but fantastic humor, you can view the full press release after the break, or head on over to Grumpy Gamer for his take on this soul chilling news The Great White North (January 9, 2008) In a move that may upset the balance of the universe (or at least...
 
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Will Wright - Video Games Close To 'Cambrian Explosion' Of Possibilities

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2008-06-09 16:00:30 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...Vancouver talk - with notes from James Huck and article formation from Chris Remo. It's particularly neat because it appears to be a largely custom lecture for the event. And here it is Spore is anticipated as much as James Joyce's Ulysses was in the 1900's With that introduction, quoting The New Yorker, Gerry Sinclair of Vancouver's Emily...
 
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2009 GDC Canada Announces Dates, Calls For Submissions

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2008-11-19 20:00:55 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...Vancouver Convention and Exposition Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada The organizers have also opened the call for proposals on lectures, roundtables, and panel sessions, and will accept submissions through midnight, Friday, November 28, 2008 GDC Canada, which has an extensive local advisory board including representation from...
 
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