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Student Rates for the New York Games Conference

The New York Games Conference is offering discounted rates and volunteering opportunities to students!

The NYGC kicks off this this Thursday, September 22nd. Over 300+ publishers, developers, and executives will be gathering to engage with the leading minds in the NYC games industry. Nicole Leffel, guest writer for the Will Work for XP series, will be live-blogging the event.

Featured Keynotes and Special Presentations include Philip Rosenberg, SVP of Business Development for Sony Computer Entertainment America; David Merrill, President and Co-Founder of Sifteo; and Dan Porter, CEO of OMGPOP. Other top companies with speakers in attendance include OnLive, EA Sports, GameHouse, GameStop, Hasbro, Majesco Entertainment, Tapjoy, Samsung Electronics, HSN and many more.

» To receive a special $75 student rate, register here with code NYGCSTU
» To learn more about volunteering or live-blogging, contact Duan Li at duan@digitalmediawire.com

This is a great opportunity to experience a professional games industry event. Attend the NYGC to learn about industry trends, network with leading studios, and keep Nicole company!

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Permalink | September 20th, 2011

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Game Center MFA

The Game Center MFA is a 2-year Masters of Fine Arts degree that explores the design and development of games as a creative practice.

Established in 2008, the NYU Game Center is part of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. We celebrate games as a creative practice, and offer courses and public programs on the design, production, and study of games as an aesthetic and cultural form. It is part of our mission to establish New York City as a center of innovation in this important field.
Contact us at gamecenter@nyu.edu or 212-998-1973
We are located at 721 Broadway 9th Floor, New York, New York 10003.

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Open Library

The Open Library serves as a location where students of all colleges within the university can gather to experience first hand the enormous range of artistic expression available in games. Its purpose is to provide access to digital games within a context of critical analysis and discussion. The Open Library currently catalogues nearly 1,000 titles between 14 systems.

The Open Library is also a community center for the Game Center, hosting events including the NYU PLAY! Club, student librarian curation events, tournaments, and more.

The Open Library is open Monday-Friday, 12pm-8pm in 721 Broadway, Lower Level.

Click here to see our collection of games.