News
Articles, Radio & TV coverage
Indie Video Games, The Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU Radio, NPR News Station (panel discussion with guests Deborah Solomon, James Portnow, and Keith Shepherd) 1/10/12
WaterLife: Serious Science Games (Presentation by Peg Steffen about MC/NOAA games at NOAA Games & Simulation Summit, January 2011)
"Using Games to Teach Ocean Awareness", Learning & Leading with Technology Magazine, March/April 2011
USG Hosts Game Creators Competition, Rockville Patch, 2/1/11
Secrets of Video Game Developers, Gazette, 2/2/11
The Brave New World of Video Games, The Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU Radio, NPR News Station (panel discussion with guests Deborah Solomon, Mike Musgrove, and Jesse Schell) 12/21/10
Video Games Are Not Only for Entertainment, Voice of America TV 4/21/10
NOAA Launches Online Game to Encourage Loggerhead Turtle Conservation (7/8/2010) (NOAA Press Release)
(publication of press release at Ocean Leadership, Newsvine, and various blogs)
About the MC/NOAA partnerships, the WaterLife game and educational games (Presentation by Peg Steffen, Education Coordinator, NOAA National Ocean Service at National Marine Educators Conference 7/09). Abstract & Citation.
NOAA Launches Online Game that Encourages Students to Learn About Estuaries, Envirolib 3/16/10
Computer gaming program’s popularity reflects industry boom, Gazette 6/4/08
Students play with career options in gaming, WTOP 5/2/08
Fox 5 News 4/30/08
Channel 9 News, 4/30/08
Washington Post 6/17/07 (mention)
Gazette "Update on Technology" (p10) 5/28/07
Video game designers call Maryland home, DC Examiner 4/25/07
Gaming the System, Washington Post Magazine 8/6/06
Voice of America TV 8/10/06 (with video)
Video Gaming 101, Channel 9 TV News 7/6/06
Baltimore Sun 5/5/06
Corridor, Inc.11/07
USC Game Competition Awards 5/8/06
MC students win Second Place in International Gaming Competition
View a video about the game (created by student machinima artist, Jen Tonon)
Additional Press about the contest:
Wash. Business Journal 1/14/05
Gazette
newspaper (3/04, Montgomery College Today insert)
MC News & Videos:
Movie about MC's Game & Simulation Program & our partnership with NOAA (youtube)
Congratulations to MC's Dan Rankin for winning a local Emmy Award for this movie!!
MC Today 5/08
Inside MC Online 5/5/08
Inside MC Online 4/16/08
Campus Conversations
MC's YouTube Channel
Video of award winning Game "Hydro Hijinks"
Game Day "Live Action Games":
Press Releases:
Game & Web Developers Conference 2011:
Conference Poster (pdf)
Program Agenda (doc)
Press Release
MC/NOAA "Waterlife" Game Series and Podcasts Featured in Web Article, Inside MC Online, 12/6/10
Montgomery College Students, NOAA Create Online Video Game, Inside MC Online 7/30/10
Inside MC Online 5/5/08
Game Day 2008 - Donkey Kong Game Press Release
Game Day 2008 - Donkey Kong Game Media Advisory
From Inside MC Online 4/1/2008:
Game Day 2005 - Pac MC press release
MC Holds Second Annual Game Expo Day
Thanks for making our Game Expo Day a huge success! A large crowd
turned out and packed the room -- there was standing room only.
Students enjoyed the informative and lively presentations by Lucien
Parsons from Breakaway, Tim Lamb from Bethesda Softworks and Kathleen
Harmeyer from the University of Baltimore, as well as the superb
student demos of class work in Flash, Unreal, Second Life, 3D Studio
Max and Maya.
Bethesda gave away copies of their hit game Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion to two lucky students (the Zelda project managers).
The life-size Zelda
game by CA190 students also drew a large and
enthusiastic crowd, and the makeup and prosthetics donated by Roger
Riggle helped bring the characters to life -- thanks Roger!
view video here
Health Video Games:
MC Adds New "Exergaming" Class
View
a video about health games
This new class will cover the cutting-edge topic of health and
fitness games, from movement games like Dance Dance Revolution
and Kinetic that can counter childhood obesity, to games that reduce
pain for cancer patients, help kids manage diabetes, treat autism
and ADHD, train doctors and nurses, and educate patients about
topics like drug addiction, AIDS prevention, immunology and nutrition.
You'll not only experience many of these games, but you'll also
develop and document your own creative ideas about entrepreneurial
new games to address health needs.
This will be a learning community where you can get credit
for both CA190 and HE109, fulfilling both the CA190 and the health
credit requirements for the Game Degree. The class will be part
online and part on campus. The on campus portion is currently scheduled
for Monday afternoons.
You need to have basic computer and internet skills in order to
take this class. The prerequisite for CA190 (CA106 or CA172) can
be waived for students who can demonstrate those skills.
Email Prof. Solomon for more details:
deborah.solomon@montgomerycollege.edu
New Class Added: CA195 Level Design
CA195 focuses on level design and modding using existing game
engines. (The prerequisite is CA190). Learn more about CA190 and CA195.
MC and UB Sign New Transfer Agreement
'2+2' Path Leads to Bachelor’s in Gaming
Montgomery College
and the University of Baltimore (UB) signed new transfer agreement
on March 3, 2006.
Read
more
MC Approves New Gaming Degree
The new gaming degree was approved by the Montgomery College Board
of Trustees on June 20, 2005. This is an A.A.
degree with three
tracks: game programming, game production and game graphic
design.
MC Holds First Annual Game Expo
A
life-size Pac-Man game was played by CA190 students
during our First Annual Game Expo on May 2, 2005. Visit www.pac-mc.com for
more info.
and view video here
