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Baltimore ComicCon 2010 – Comics, Costumes and Games

By Michael Kotey | Published: August 30, 2010
Yet again the Baltimore Convention Center was the focus downtown at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, but this time it was for Baltimore Comic Con. This was the 11th year that this event was held at the convention center and it was packed as ever but this year as they were only in one of the larger [...]
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Breakaway Games is 4srs: How Breakaway is developing alternative video games for the workforce

By Katharine Star | Published: August 14, 2010
It has been long touted by leaders in education that the more interactive a lesson is the greater the impact upon the student. “Hands on” learning is nothing new; from dissections in a biology class or a visit to the local government offices for a history class the interactive lesson is king. For the last [...]
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Companies You Do Not Know Exist: Broken Switch Studios

By Gabriel Pendleton | Published: August 3, 2010
This short write up is the beginning of what should be a great series of articles and interviews with on the rise Companies You Do Not Know Exist. Sitting home late one night, I had trouble thinking of something to write about. While I was playing some games and browsing the web for anything interesting, it just [...]
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Otakon 2010: Game Tournaments, Anime, Music and Breakdancing

By Michael Kotey | Published: August 2, 2010
It was that time of the year again, when Baltimore is host to the largest Anime/Manga convention on the East Coasts. People of all ages came from all over the country to participate in the many things the convention had to offer from Gaming to cosplaying (dressing up like characters) to collecting of domestic and [...]
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Otakon 2010: Gaming, Fire Alarms, and Naughty Tetris – Oh My!

By Sarah Barrett | Published: August 2, 2010
“Please do not monopolize the games,” barked signs posted around every television in Otakon 2010’s massive gaming room. They dictate that winner stays and loser moves on – but with so much variety in gaming, being the loser might be best. BlazBlue looked positively stunning on HD, widescreen televisions. Fans of the game wore expressions of [...]
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