Tuesday, August 13, 2013

A night at the museum: how a Canadian institution is using games to lure visitors


The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto is home to the Tomb of General Zu Dashou, one of the largest collections of Korean art in the Western world, and a 90-foot-long barosaurus skeleton named Gordo. But for three days in August, it also played host to a few dozen game developers during the institution's first ever game jam. The event was a collaboration between the museum, the University of Toronto, and local gaming festival Gamercamp, and was billed as a way to "animate the exhibits in the museum." And for an institution that will soon be celebrating its 100th birthday, it could help bring a building filled with ancient artifacts into the modern day.


For the developers, it was both a chance to spend a few days working in a cool...


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