In a medium of such rapid technological change as the video game, 12 years is a very long time. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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August 26, 10:24 pm
Game Review: “StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty”
Arts, Photo Archives
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August 26, 10:14 pm
Gaming Up A Storm
The first major hit Blizzard Entertainment created, "Warcraft" is a real-time strategy game set in the world of Azeroth. Since the release of "Warcraft" in 1994, Blizzard has produced "Warcraft II," "Warcraft III" and"World of Warcraft." The games pushed the limits of multiplayer RTS games. Read more...
Arts, Lifestyle
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August 26, 10:00 pm
Venice set for Art Crawl
Like its refined Italian Renaissance sister city, Venice Beach is an arts haven "“ just with a slightly more eclectic sense of style and a touch of Californian flair. Read more...
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UCLA alumna Nancy Louise Jones, a professional artist, is participating in the first monthly Venice Art Crawl. Jones’ monotype painting “Go” is pictured above. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Louise Jones)
Arts, Film & TV
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August 26, 8:59 pm
Alum are stars of gaming world
It began with three UCLA graduates, $20,000 and a 600-square-foot office in Irvine. Three young entrepreneurs started working on video games just months after receiving their undergraduate degrees from UCLA using computers brought from home, and even some borrowed equipment. Silicon & Synapse, the small company Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce started nearly 20 years ago, is now Blizzard Entertainment. Read more...
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Initially developed in 1996, Battle.net is an online game service that allows users to connect via Blizzard games. Users can purchase and download games and access their respective accounts from different computers without losing progress. (Photo courtesy of Blizzard Entertainment)
Arts, Lifestyle
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August 16, 8:34 pm
Yoga lovers flock to Fowler Museum at UCLA for ‘Sunset Yoga’
As the sun begins to set behind the dorms, 60 or so students, faculty and museum visitors on brightly colored mats laid out across the Fowler Museum's red brick terrace begin their salutations to the sun. After two weeks on furlough, the Fowler Museum at UCLA is playing host to a free, hour-long yoga class every Thursday evening during the month of August. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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August 16, 8:31 pm
Audience to judge film contest at Hammer Museum’s Open Projector Night
Not all movies leave the audience blown away, or even content, for that matter. But Tuesday, the UCLA Hammer Museum's Open Projector Night will provide a comedic and audience-centered solution to displeasure with films. Read more...
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August 16, 8:29 pm
James Bridges Theater to feature Bag It!, a film festival about the effects of single-use plastics
A plastic grocery bag blows through the wind, almost dancing as the breeze pulls it in every direction. Read more...