Tag: video games
May. 27, 2016
Drexel team designs first video game for visually impaired
The ability to see is something that many people inadvertently take for granted. Activities such as video games, which often require the player to rely…
Apr. 14, 2016
Featured this week: HIGH SCORE! Student-designed game crushes competition
A team of Drexel University students took home first prize at the University Games Showcase competition of the Intel Game Developers Conference (GDC) for their…
Feb. 25, 2016
Featured this week: Playing the feminist game – Anita Sarkeesian talks on gender in video game culture at ExCITe Center
In the world of video game journalism and review, there is one name that everyone knows: Anita Sarkeesian. She became famous in 2012, when she…
Jan. 16, 2015
Polygon names Frank Lee one of 2014’s Most Admirable Gaming People
Video game news website Polygon recognized Drexel University professor Frank Lee on its list of the “50 Most Admirable Gaming People of 2014” Dec. 30.…
Jul. 25, 2014
Study explores brain injury recovery
Joshua Jacobs, an assistant professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, will join a $22.5 million, four-year research project titled “Restoring…
May. 16, 2014
Lana Del Rey plays the Mann Center’s Skyline Stage
Lana Del Rey came to the Mann Center for the Performing Arts’ Skyline Stage and delivered a knock-out performance May 11. Del Rey, known for…
Feb. 22, 2013
Student to present ‘Journey’ thesis
A Drexel graduate student in the digital media program discovered Feb. 11 that he has been accepted to present his narrative review at the Game…
Sep. 28, 2012
Fall video game releases see returning favorites, new action
Video game season, the most wonderful time of the year, has finally arrived! Let’s take a look at a few of the games that will…
Feb. 3, 2012
Del Rey debuts with ‘Born to Die’
Under the stage name Lana Del Rey, indie pop’s new princess Elizabeth Grant has been all the buzz over the Internet in the past few…
Nov. 4, 2011
Rocketcat’s new iOS RPG
Few developers have found repeated success in a genre the way Rocketcat Games has with their “Hook” trilogy: Hook Champ, Super QuickHook and Hook Worlds.…