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Chicago for Child’s Play Charitable and Fun

By GBGames, on December 11th, 2008%

A few days ago I attended Chicago for Child’s Play, sponsored by Dawdle.com and Midway Games. If you’re not familiar with Child’s Play, it describes itself as a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in their network of over 40 hospitals worldwide.

There was an . . . → Read More: Chicago for Child’s Play Charitable and Fun

Chicago for Child’s Play Charity

By GBGames, on December 2nd, 2008%

I thought I would pass this information along since it doesn’t seem like most people know about it.

From http://www.childsplaycharity.org/events.php:

December 9th 2008

Chicago, IL. (Plan B Chicago, 1635 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647) Dawdle.com and Midway Games are sponsoring the first-ever Child’s Play fundraiser in Chicago! Join us for gaming, booze, and prizes! . . . → Read More: Chicago for Child’s Play Charity

Happy Independence Day!

By GBGames, on July 4th, 2008%

July 4th is the day that Americans celebrate independence from England and the decision for the United States to find its own way in the world.

For revenge, GirlFlash decided to host Mini LD48 #2. also, sorry if I am interrupting anybodies Independence day plans, but I’m English and this is how I get . . . → Read More: Happy Independence Day!

Game Design for the Color Blind Player

By GBGames, on April 25th, 2008%

Thanks to ButtonMashing.com, I found Gaming While Color Blind, a post at the Amazon Game Room’s blog. The author talked about the problems he had playing the beta for Battlefield: Bad Company:

Starting out by the blue people, I saw a green guy, and shot him… minus 10 points for killing a team member. I . . . → Read More: Game Design for the Color Blind Player

LD#11: Minimal Sunday Breakfast

By GBGames, on April 20th, 2008%

Today’s breakfast was minimal:

That’s orange juice with extra pulp right there. Mmm, hmm!

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