29 Jan
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Global Game Jam 2018 : “Transmission”

This past weekend thousands from around the globe gathered either local or remotely in one unified goal: To make games! Weather video game, board game, card game or somethign else related to all things gaming, you have 48 hours to bring something to life. Friday night we were at one of our local jam sites with Portland Indie Game  Squad (PIGSquad) at Art Institute of Portland. We all watched the keynote and waited for the theme reveal at the end”...

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03 Jan
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Gamers for Good transition

With the new year come lots of changes for Gamers for Good. First off, we relocated to WA,  right outside Portland. So we will be getting move involved with PIGsquad and the Portland dev community.We will be adding service opportunities this week so watch for those. We are also just 3 hours from Seattle, so we will be able to do more there for PAX too. We will have new activites starting soon with Gamer Hub, G4G Twitch channel...

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13 Sep
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Gamers for Good donates $30K Thousand dollars and puts gamers on a quest @ PAX West 2017

PAX West – We donated $30K Thousand Dollars!!!! I was lucky enough to get invited to not just 1 panel at PAX West but 2. So I got to speak on both busy weekend days Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning (was shocked at numbers that came out so early after so many parties Sat night). I spoke Saturday in the Play it Forward panel about how gamers can get involved and take action with charity in the game...

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15 Mar
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GDC 2017: What I expected, what I didn’t

GDC 2017 in my mind was going to be so much less stress than 2016 since NO BOOTH! I expected to get to meet so many people at a leisurely pace and take in so many more sessions. Did those things happen? How did my GDC17 unfurl? 2 main topics: learning and networking. Starting with learning, did this happen? Yes, my god yes. I went to many fantastic sessions. I was both inspired and driven to connect with so many...

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