Author Archives: Katharine Star

BitGen-Every Nerd’s Musical Paradise: A Recap

If you’re like me and have Zelda’s “Dungeon Theme” playing on a loop on Youytube all day, then BitGen may your musical dream-come-true.
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The Official Protomen Documentary

“In a bleak future, mankind searches daily for the hope to survive to the next tomorrow.  Whether they realize it or not, their saviors are out there, and they call themselves the Protomen.  Ten warriors risking their lives (in a fearsome death machine they call the Skyhammer), they traverse the continent and instill the world [...]
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Video Games Live Comes to Maryland

On Saturday, February 26 2011 video game music lovers of all ages can see 2pm and 8 pm performances of Video Games Live, a mixing of symphonic and rock sounds to bring VGM alive for audiences.
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An Afternoon of Video Game Music with the GSO

December 11, 2010: Yesterday at the College Park campus of the University of Maryland the almost 5-years-old Gamer Symphony Orchestra, or GSO, performed 11 pieces for the enjoyment of video game and music fans alike.
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Recap: The Protomen in New York

The ride up to Brooklyn, New York to see The Protomen was not nearly as adventurous as the show itself, despite a detour into New Jersey and a non-game of follow-the-leader with cars. We were behaving in true mega-fan fashion, driving hours to see a video game based rock show that would ultimately be shorter [...]
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Games Workshop’s “North American Games Day 2010” to be held in Baltimore

From Games Workshop, the company that brought you tabletop fun like Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and more, comes “Games Day”, an event held by the company sometimes as many as 5 times a year.  For this year’s premier production, The North American Games Day of 2010, the organization picked Baltimore, MD. Happening at the Baltimore Convention [...]
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Breakaway Games is 4srs: How Breakaway is developing alternative video games for the workforce

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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