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SUGAR RUSH: "Part story, part game, part puzzle": Alternate reality games are on the rise.


DOWN TO A TEESIDE: Why are these gaming grads staying put in Middlesborough? Ella Davies investigates...


SERIOUS GAMING: Video: Blood, guts and quick thinking - not the latest edition of GTA, but the new gaming technologies saving lives.


GAMECITY FESTIVAL 2006: Audio: Highlights from the inaugural GameCity Interactive Entertainment Festival 2006.


TAKING THE RACING LINE: As SEGA's Racing Studio prepares to release its first title, we ask if next-gen consoles are a big player's game.


GAMING GROUND: We've grown up with games. From your old Atari to the latest handhelds, no longer confined to a chunky box, games are mobile, in schools, a learning tool. They've even got games for your granny to stop her going simple.


YOOSTAR: With so many popular titles devoted to football, fast cars and fighting, it's unsurprising that women video gamers remain in the minority.


THE EDUTAINERS: Taking the playground to the classroom with game-based learning.


REMOTE CONTROL: Long hours slaving over a hot video games console tend to slash rather than stiffen job prospects, but Fraser MacInnes turned high scores into hard cash, by putting his skill with a joypad (and a keyboard) into freelance Internet video games journalism.




Games development


TITS OR GTFO: In the online multiplayer gaming industry repelling talented women with sexual bullying?


DARE TO BE DIGITAL: Video: The summer break... these students from London and South East universities can forget about a leisurely vacation as they've got to knock up a fully functioning video game prototype for Dare to be Digital.
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DUCK AND DIVE: The frontier days of console gaming may belong in the mists of time... but in the online gaming world, pioneers like Robotduck are marking their territory in cyberspace.


RULES OF PLAY: Gamers - could you be the next king of the mods?


GAMES PRODUCTION: Video: Know your Wii from your PS3? Whether you're a 3D artist, musician or programmer, games developers need you. Meet some of the industry's leading practitioners at our Belfast Masterclass in games production and be inspired to pursue your own path in the field.
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DARE DIARY: Video: Dozens of students plunge into a 10-week whirlwind of intense activity designing and building a fully functioning prototype video game.


DARE TO BE DIGITAL: Video: Dare to be Digital is a video games development competition for extremely talented students at Universities and Colleges of Art.


PEACE GAMES: Video: After graduating from North West Institute's Interactive Computer Entertainment course, four games enthusiasts from Derry set up Phooka Entertainment.


BUILDING BLOCKS: We catch up with Germ winner Ben Cusack, to talk about video games, the inspiration for KooZac and how Germ has affected his life.


DON'T HAVE TO BE A GEEK: The games industry's full of boob-worshipping, car-racing, metal-listening nerds right? Ella Davies speaks to four women working to break down barriers...




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