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Baltimore unWIREd tackles the city’s social ills

Photo: devanwells.blogspot.com While The Wire has been referred to by critics as “the greatest TV drama of all time,” its portrayal of Baltimore isn’t exactly an all-encompassing one.  Because...

Posted: August 13, 2012, 9:07 AM

3rd annual Intervention, a celebration of digital media

          Question: What’s one part new media, one part gaming, and one part nerd party? Answer: It’s Intervention, Maryland’s only “Internet convention.” For the third year in a...

Posted: July 30, 2012, 3:00 PM

Baltimore Hackathon: meet people, build stuff, have fun

The Second Baltimore Hackathon will be held this weekend, starting at 6:00pm Friday June 8 and ending at 6:00pm Sunday. At a hackathon people get together to build a hardware or software project...

Posted: June 6, 2012, 5:22 PM

Smithsonian Explores The Art of Video Games

photo courtesy Nintendo What do The Legend of Zelda, Halo 2, and Super Mario World have in common? They're all featured video games in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's latest exhibition...

Posted: April 30, 2012, 11:09 AM

UMBC Digital Entertainment Conference, 10-4 Sat 4/28, LH1

The Sixth UMBC Digital Entertainment Conference (DEC) will be held this Saturday, April 28 from 10:00am to 4:00pm in LH1 in the Biological Sciences building. Every year since 2007 the students...

Posted: April 25, 2012, 1:17 AM