{"332481":{"#nid":"332481","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Game On!","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s burgeoning Game Studio is emerging as a leading hub of video game research and development under the direction of professors Ian Bogost and Blair MacIntyre. The dynamic duo started the Studio two years ago to explore the myriad ways gaming can be a critical tool for teaching and training, in addition to its existing role as a popular mode of entertainment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMake no mistake: Mass-market video games are big money. Last September, Grand Theft Auto V, the latest in the popular franchise from Rockstar Games, sold $800 million worldwide in 24 hours\u2014the most successful launch of any entertainment property ever. That includes movies, records, you name it. For comparison, it took four weekends for this summer\u2019s Transformers movie to hit $800 million. To put it simply, video game revenues dwarf the box office and most other forms of entertainment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBased on the immensity and longevity of the gaming industry, it makes perfect sense for two of the industry\u2019s leading researchers to set up shop at one of the world\u2019s top research universities and try to push the medium forward. And that\u2019s exactly what Bogost and MacIntyre aim to do.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re really interested in stopping and thinking about where gaming is today,\u201d Bogost says. \u201cIt\u2019s important to look back historically at where gaming has come from, and then look forward to see where it might go in the future. All kinds of new opportunities exist for video games.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumnimag.com\/2014\/09\/game-on\/\u0022\u003ERead the full story at gtalumnimag.com.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Students learn that to make video games you have to study them, too."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Students learn that to make video games you have to study them, too.\u0026nbsp;","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students learn that to make video games you have to study them, too."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2014-10-09 07:17:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:15","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"332491":{"id":"332491","type":"image","title":"Game Studio","body":null,"created":"1449245114","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:05:14","changed":"1475895044","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:44","alt":"Game Studio","file":{"fid":"200393","name":"gamestudio.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gamestudio_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gamestudio_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":40847,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gamestudio_0.jpg?itok=sdFagEUy"}}},"media_ids":["332491"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumnimag.com\/2014\/09\/game-on\/","title":"Read the full story"},{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumnimag.com\/","title":"Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"8271","name":"alumni magazine"},{"id":"1600","name":"Blair MacIntrye"},{"id":"105861","name":"game studio"},{"id":"2356","name":"gaming"},{"id":"3663","name":"Ian Bogost"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:roger.slavens@alumni.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERoger Slavens\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Alumni Magazine\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}