
In addition, the IGF student finalists will also compete for the IGF Best Student Game Award. All teams in the IGF Student Showcase will also be eligible to receive an enhanced $1,000 cash prize. This year, the show will select a total of eight student teams, all of which will receive the opportunity to show off their games at the IGF Pavilion at GDC 2013 in March. The longest-running and highest-profile independent video game festival, summit and showcase will continue to accept student entries until 11.59pm PT on October 31st, and finalists in both the Main Competition and Student Competition will be announced in January 2013. With record Main Competition submissions for IGF 2013 announced, organizers are reminding that student submissions for this year's GDC co-located festival are closing on Wednesday. For more information on any of the sessions in the show's growing lineup, check out the " Announced Sessions" page on the show's official website. Koster's talk joins numerous other sessions already announced for GDC China.

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Online registration is now open on the GDC China website, and the show itself will take place November 17-19 at the Shanghai Convention Center in Shanghai, China.

This keynote will be open to GDC China's All Access and Main Conference pass holders. We live in a world that has always been shaped by the media we consume, and with video games growing more popular by the day, their influence is only getting stronger.Īnd at next month's GDC China in Shanghai, Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies veteran Raph Koster will examine that very topic, noting how games not only affect the world we live in, but also the way we think.Īs Koster sees it, video games inherently support certain ways of thinking, and by playing these games, we end up viewing the world through their unique lens, which ultimately affects the society we live in.ĭuring his keynote, "How Games Think," the Playdom VP will examine how games are changing the world, how they influence the way we think, and what that means for our future.
