Category Archives: Features

Game Design Career: Get a Degree – Part 1: Picking the School

By Gabriel Pendleton | Published: February 21, 2010
Are you sitting at home playing games? Have you thought about how fun it would be to make that great game you are playing? Do you want a job that you will love and never want to give up? If you have answered “Yes!” to all three questions than maybe you should look into a [...]
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Maryland Gazette Talks Game Jam, SNATCH and More!

By Gabriel Pendleton | Published: February 6, 2010
Jeremy Arias, staff writer for the local Gazette in Silver Spring talked with Carrington Dennis who was part of our team this past Game Jam. Here are a few quotes from the article, and a link to the full article included! Boxes of pizza sat on the table and Red Bull was the drink of choice [...]
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Global Game Jam: Disappointment, Frustration, Satisfaction

By Gabriel Pendleton | Published: February 5, 2010
In a turn of events late Sunday, each team was informed that no judging will be available at our location. This was very disappointing at first because the three teams that showed wanted to have their game crowned as “The Best Game”. The moods of the Jammers did not change. We all took comfort in [...]
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Global Game Jam: Who Needs Sleep?

By Gabriel Pendleton | Published: January 30, 2010
Today was the first day of the Global Game Jam, kicking off at 5pm. At first, BaltimoreGamer’s staff plan was to just cover the event. But I Gabriel Pendleton, your BaltimoreGamer site President decided that was not enough. To give you an in-dept experience of the hard work, loss of sleep, and crazy obstacles put [...]
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MAGFest 8: Interview with The Megas

By Gabriel Pendleton | Published: January 24, 2010
On day 3 of MAGFest 8, we interviewed Greg, Josh, and Eric from The Megas. They are a video game music band who play Mega Man songs and add their own original lyrics. We ask them about the band history, their influences, the fans, Eric’s recent engagement, their upcoming albums, and more! [...]
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