Why the wide diversity in game playing preferences?
"It's hard to find a game that excels equally in all areas of graphics,
gameplay and storyline. It's visually
beautiful and the game play is simple and extremely fun ," says Maresco. Halloween accounts for 30% of all sales by party stores, and
you'll find Halloween merchandise in virtually every retail sector.
The show's colorful and exciting displays will offer attendees a large
dose of fun in addition to valuable business contacts and professional
enrichment .

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Those preferences may have something to do
with how they themselves would design or animate those games," says Sherrod. For more
information visit The Art Institutes website
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The Academy of Interactive Arts
and Sciences' 8th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards recently honored Half-
Life 2 as both its "Game of the Year" and "Computer Game of the Year.
That's not to say that the students polled don't enjoy best-selling
computer and video games, "It's just that there are many games out there, and
we found that our students often prefer games that may fly below the
traditional game-playing radar. "Adult costumes -- including
some that are risque -- are increasing in popularity," Thaler said.

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However, once the results came in, "We realized that, like movies or
television shows, everybody has their favorites, and in the case of our game
and animation students, those choices were widely varied," he said. For Nick Maresco, his
game of choice is Darwinia.
Other survey results reported that Art Institutes ' students spend some 12
hours a week playing games with 44 percent naming PlayStation 2 as their
Favorite Game Console."
A Friday evening fashion show, headlined by Halloween icon Elvira , will
feature costumes for adults, children and pets.

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PITTSBURGH, In its first national student survey
on video game preferences, The Art Institutes system of schools recently
polled over 1 ,000 Game Art + Design, Animation and Visual + Game Programming
students from throughout its 31 schools on everything from favorite computer
and console games to game purchasing behavior.

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"Halloween is HUGE!" exclaimed Joe Thaler, CEO of TransWorld Exhibits,
producer of the show.

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Similarly, the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) gave Half-Life
2 and Halo 2 top honors at its recent 2005 Game Developers Choice Awards.
In addition to Elvira, those appearing at the show include WWE wrestler
"Mankind" (Mick Foley), Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) of Van Helsing fame and
the original Eddie Munster, Butch Patrick.

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Game Art + Design students at The Art Institute of Atlanta concur in their
choice of playing games outside big blockbuster titles.edu/surveyresults .

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The results of the student poll reflect several similarities to recent
awards handed out by the game industry itself.

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For these students -- many of whom hope to make a career in the 30 billion
dollar a year global software entertainment industry -- participating in a
national poll on game play preferences was an opportunity to weigh in on a
field where they hope to make a significant impact. "When we first decided on the
poll questions, we assumed that the big name titles like Final Fantasy and
World of Warcraft would do well -- after all, their game makers spend millions
of dollars advertising, promoting and creating a demand for those products,"
said Sherrod. "I just recently found this game and I have been
totally addicted ever since. "Final Fantasy 9
is a massive online community of gamers from all over the world .

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The Art Institutes system of 31 education institutions is located
throughout North America , providing an important source of design, media arts,
fashion and culinary professionals.

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"We found that only 11 percent of our students named Halo 2 as their
overall Favorite Video Game .artinstitutes.
More than 1,700 exhibitor booths filling nearly one million square feet of
space will display the latest in costumes, decorations, seasonal and party
goods sure to be in hot demand come October."
Of course, it wouldn't be Halloween without a cast of scary characters.

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More than 10,000 retail executives and buyers from 38 nations will attend
the show to see the latest products and place orders to fill store shelves for
sale this fall.

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The results were surprising, according to Marc Sherrod, Academic Director
of Game Art + Design for The Art Institute of California -- San Francisco and
spokesperson for the national survey results.
Raycheal Risdal, a Game Art + Design student also from The Art Institute
of Atlanta, says her new favorite title is Final Fantasy 9. The Art Institutes system of schools has
provided career-oriented education programs for 40 years. "It's the second largest retail buying season, trailing
only Christmas. "With live
demonstrations, vendors in costumes, and the use of special effects , everyone
wants to see the ideas that will be hot next fall. "Many
lingerie manufacturers have added adult costumes to their product lines.

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I enjoy RPG-
based games, but I also enjoy playing games where I can interact with a large
diversity of individuals, who have the same interest as me ," she says. Nearly half -- 46 percent -- said they did not own a
portable gaming device., For five days beginning March 4,
2005, Chicago will become the Halloween and party capital of the world as the
TransWorld Halloween, Costume and Party Show convenes at the Donald E. The National Haunted Attractions
Show, running concurrently, will feature costuming, makeup and special effects
for haunted houses and similar attractions. "This show is so much fun that we have trouble limiting
attendance to industry professionals," Thaler noted.

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World of Warcraft took Favorite Computer Game,
also with only 11 percent of the votes," said Sherrod. Halo 2 and Half-Life 2
captured Best Video Graphics and Best Computer Graphics, but with the
relatively low 14 percent and 17 percent of votes, respectively . "I've started playing more niche games in simulation
and action adventure this past year because they've become more accessible
from other countries," said Anthony Ruelas, 28, a Game Art + Design student at
The Art Institute of California -- San Francisco.

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