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[Originally posted on BIT Blog]

48 hours of gaming-ness is finally upon us and BIT (because it is so amazing) is the Global Game Jam 2010 Ottawa chapter host. Students are being brought together the world over during a 48 hour time-frame where they find out the theme of this year’s competition on the Friday night and by Sunday they have produced a fully functioning video game to be submitted and judged. This is the second year that we are hosting the event and it looks like it may be a full house, with a waiting list of participants even traveling from Montreal just to participate and judges from all disciplines of the gaming world we can’t wait to see the results. If you’re not participating in GGJ (ie: in the event itself, being a volunteer, etc) hopefully the live tweets (with #GGJOttawa) and final results will inspire you to get involved next year at least. Stay tuned for the results!

I volunteered for this event last year and thought it was the coolest thing! Despite my lack of so-called ‘gaming’ abilities I will be participating this year primarily to do 3D and graphics. Be sure to follow me (@amandaemmanuel) or BIT Degree (@BITDegree), the host of the Ottawa chapter, for live tweets on the weekend long event.