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ACM Studio makes game design accessible to all students

While some college students might enjoy playing video games, the ones in ACM Studio enjoy making them. The student-run organization specializes in game development as a subset of the UCLA chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery, said fourth-year cognitive science student Faustine Wang, a senior advisor for ACM Studio. Read more...

Photo: Shown are three students smiling at a laptop. ACM Studio is a student organization that aims to teach skills related to video game development. (Courtesy of ACM Studio)




Second Take: School phone bans, Instagram Teen Accounts both imperfect solutions

Teenagers are caught in a battle for the future of their feeds. Instagram announced its novel Teen Accounts feature Sept. 17, outlining how users under 18 would soon discover content and messaging restrictions imposed on their accounts. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is a graphic from Meta’s introduction of Instagram Teen Accounts. The feature, which is intended to make the social media platform safer for users under the age of 18, was announced Sept. 17. (Courtesy of Meta)


Academics host 24-hour reading of Palestinian writer Edward Said’s ‘Out of Place’

This post was updated Oct. 3 at 8:15 p.m. It’s not every day one can listen to a book reading for 24 hours straight. Twenty-seven UCLA departments and units collaborated to host a 24-hour reading of Edward Said’s 1999 memoir “Out of Place” from Tuesday to Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is a man standing at a podium reading a book in UCLA’s Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden. The event featuredd a reading of Edward Said’s 1999 memoir, “Out of Place.” (Darlene Sanzon/Assistant Photo editor)


Video game preview: New releases this fall to bring excitement with remakes, series continuations

This post was updated Oct. 3 at 8:22 p.m. With the crispness of autumn settling in, the season’s top video games are ripe for discovery. As the leaves turn and the air cools, this harvest season brings a variety of immersive stories and nostalgic comforts. Read more...

Photo: (Clockwise from top left: Courtesy of Sony, Courtesy of Saber Interactive, Courtesy of Meta, Courtesy of Nintendo, Courtesy of Konami)




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