Friday, April 1, 2016
GI Member, Elise Vist, Wins Three Minute Thesis in the Arts Faculty
Elise Vist wins Three Minute Thesis competition for Arts Faculty
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016
The Games Institute Co-op student, Emily West, wins Co-op Student of the Year
Emily West, our dedicated member, wins Co-op Student of the Year for the Faculty of Arts
Monday, February 29, 2016
SumuZ - New game published on Play Store and Appstore
SumuZ - New game is now published on both Apple Appstore and Google Play Store
Victor Cheung, a student member of The Games Institute has launched his game on both the Apple and the Google mobile app platforms. He created this game during the Waterloo Game Jam.
Want to play a game that looks cool while improving your dexterity and speed of doing math? You've found the right game!
Friday, February 26, 2016
GI Member Alexandra Orlando Featured on 570 News
GI Member Alexandra Orlando Featured on 570 News
The Games Institute's very own Alexandra Orlando was on 570 News this past Friday addressing how eSports is a growing trend in Waterloo region, but also worldwide. She discusses at length the emergence of eSports as a source for large-scale competitions and discusses what she sees as the future for eSport competitors.
Click here to be directed to the original news article.
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
The Games Institute Showcase Event, March 10th 2016!
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Director Neil Randall featured in Discussion of Loyalty Programs and Gamification
Director of The Games Institute, Dr. Neil Randall, was recently featured in an article discussing credit card loyalty programs and gamification. The article written by Aaron Broverman was originally published on November 12th, 2015.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Neil Randall in 'Canadian Business': Turning Investing into a Video Game
Director of The Games Institute, Neil Randall, has been featured in a recent article published by Canadian Business entitled "Should we really be turning investing into a video game?" by Bryan Borzykowski.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
GI Showcase Participants to Pitch their Games
For those of you who have kept up to date on our GI events, I would like to give you an exciting update regarding Jennifer Whitson's GBDA 302 class who were involved in our GI Showcase event in March.
Today is the final day for the GBDA 302 project class, and the students will be presenting their games to their Jamaican partners - eMedia Interactive - this afternoon from 1:30PM-3PM.
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Presentation: 'Creating a Better Life Experience with Video Gaming'
Join us in supporting her on Wednesday, March 25th from 2PM-3PM in LHN room 2703 on the University of Waterloo campus.
Sunday, March 1, 2015
CBC Radio broadcast Spark with Director Neil Randall
This week The Games Institute Director Neil Randall sat down with the CBC Radio broadcast Spark for the segment 'Room escape games’ are putting a new spin on immersive gaming.'
The program originally aired this Sunday afternoon and is scheduled to air again on Wednesday at 2:05 PM. Full broadcast and podcast details are also on the CBC website.