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The Laboratory for Recreational Computing was established
in 1993
to conduct and promote research and education
in game programming. We offer classes in game programming leading to the Certificate in Game Programming, and the degrees of Bachelor of Science,
Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science &
Engineering.
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LARC NEWS
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LARC Alumnus Cesar Stastny
(Posted 4/10/2009)
LARC alumnus
Cesar Stastny released Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1 for the PC today.
Nazi Zombies are loose in the asylum!
Cesar is currently employed as Director of Tools & Libraries
at Treyarch (Activision).
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50th Alumnus in the Game Industry
(Posted 4/6/2009)
With the news this month that Christopher Jantze landed a game
programming job at Zynga
developing games for Facebook and Myspace,
LARC now has had 50 alumni
get jobs in the game industry.
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Graduate Game Programming Class Approved by COE
(Posted 3/28/2009)
The Graduate Curriculum Committee of UNT's
College
of Engineering approved
a new graduate level class on Advanced Topics
in Game Development, which must now go up to the
University level Graduate Curriculum Committee.
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Graduate Track in Game Programming Approved
(Posted 2/25/2009)
The Graduate Committee of UNT's Department
of Computer Science & Engineering approved a Master's level track in
game programming. Details of the track are available on the department's
web page.
The committee also approved a new graduate level class on Advanced Topics
in Game Development, which must now go up to the
College of Engineering Graduate Curriculum Committee.
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Ian Parberry Named Associate Editor
(Posted 2/2/2009)
LARC Director Ian Parberry
was recently named Associate Editor of two new academic journals,
Entertainment Computing
and IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games.
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LARC Team Writes Reviews for ICFGD 2009
(Posted 1/22/2009)
A team of graduate students consisting of John Doran, Joshua Taylor, Vincent Liguori, and
Faisal Rabbani held an evening revewing session in which they refereed 13 papers for
the 2009 International Conference on the Foundations of Game Development for content and style.
Graduate students in LARC participate in all aspects of research, including publishing
and refereeing.
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LARC Alum at Sony Online Entertainment
(Posted 1/16/2009) Art Griffith, LARC alumnus,
became a game programmer working on mobile games for Octopi Media Labs in 2004.
Octopi was recently pleased to announce that it is now officially
Sony Online Entertainment Tucson.
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IMPORTANT DATES
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1/19
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MLK Day, no classes
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3/16 - 3/20
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Spring Break, no classes
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4/27 - 5/1
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Ian Parberry out of town at ICFDG 2009
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5/4
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CSCE 4220 Game contest
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5/11 - 5/15
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Finals week,
CSCE 4220 Project presentations
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