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Stephen Jacobs's Blog
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Stephen Jacobs is an RIT Associate Professor in the Department of Interactive Games and Media, and the Director of the Lab for Technological Literacy at RIT. He is also a Game Writer/Designer for Ratatoskr Entertainment, Inc.
For the past several years he has been on the Executive Committees for The IGDA Writers and Educators SIGs and has been a presenter at GDC faculty for the several years. His resume also includes: Museum Exhibit Designer, Bench Tech for Crazy Eddie's, Sign Language Interpreter for Deaf Street Gangs and Paramount Pictures, Educational Filmmaker, and Technology Journalist.
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Expert Blogs
Dayenu, a different kind of GDC party.  |
| Posted by Stephen Jacobs on Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:50:00 EDT in
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| During GDC Tuesday night over 70 American and Israeli game industry members, friends and family sat down last night to celebrate the Jewish Holiday of Passover with a Seder. |
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Come to the Game Industry Seder in San Francisco during GDC |
| Posted by Stephen Jacobs on Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:47:00 EST in
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| This year the dates for the Annual Game Developers Conference fall during Passover. Members of the industry are sponsoring a seder for those away from home for the holiday |
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New Commercial Studio/Academic Research Hybrid Announced at RIT today! |
| Posted by Stephen Jacobs on Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:41:00 EST in
Business/Marketing,
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| Game Profs often have to struggle with conflicting requirements of the Ivory Tower and Industry. Today RIT is launching a dual-headed new entity called MAGIC (Media Arts Games Interactivity Creativity)that will allow us to have our cake and eat it too. |
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IGDA Elections! |
| Posted by Stephen Jacobs on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:24:00 EST in
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| My picks for the new International Game Developers Association elections. |
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Class Acts: IGDA, Why Spend the $50? |
| Posted by Stephen Jacobs on Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:54:00 EDT in
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| Negatives always draw attention. We know that one nut case who plays games and decides to go out with a splash gets more visibility than any of the positives about games. So it is with controversy and the IGDA. Time to accentuate the positives of the IGDA |
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Class Acts: Or Not. The IGDA, Langdell, Capps and "Policing" the Board. |
| Posted by Stephen Jacobs on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:06:00 EDT in
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| How Responsible is the IGDA for the ethics and practices of their Board Members? |
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Stephen Jacobs's Comments
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Comment In: Class Acts: IGDA, Why Spend the $50? [Blog - 06/20/2009 - 10:54]
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Thanks for your comment. Emailed ... Thanks for your comment. Emailed response to me has been positive. I welcome all opinions here, natch. I expect to see a lot of positive change once the new director is in place. I'd be happy to have you post information on other simillarly-sized associAtions with simillar dues structures to ... |
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Comment In: Class Acts: Or Not. The IGDA, Langdell, Capps and "Policing" the Board. [Blog - 06/01/2009 - 04:06]
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Martin, ask Simon :- An, ... Martin, ask Simon :- An, hit that IGDA forum link for more. SJ |
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Comment In: What I Learned from a Cooking Contest [Blog - 03/04/2009 - 08:04]
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As an Iron Chef Fan, ... As an Iron Chef Fan, a game Prof and a Developer I can say this was chock full of tasty bits of goodness :- WIll be sending the link to my students. Looking forward to catching up at GDC. SJ |
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