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Philadelphia, PA, United States

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What if you could instantly see visitor reactions when you explored the Philadelphia Museum of Art?

That's one of the projects being created by participants of the PMA’s second hackathon, where one winning team will get $2000. Watch the demos this Wednesday. → Read More

8 Philly-made games to play on this Saturday’s International Tabletop Day

Plus: Head out to Redcap's Corner this weekend. Fifteen local game designers will be on tap to help you “start your descent into the deep caves of tabletop games.” → Read More

This Twitch streamer is playing a Philly-made game every day for April

Twitch, the video streaming platform that gamers in particular have found a home on, has been a place for all kinds of creators to find and interact with engaged audiences. Even YouTube’s biggest content creator, Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg, recently announced that he would be starting a weekly live show on Twitch. The Philly scene has been pretty into Twitch as well, like Dj CUTMAN’s “This Week… → Read More

This Twitch streamer is playing a Philly-made game every day for April

Amber Gohns aka “elliface” presents “Indie April.” → Read More

This Twitch streamer is playing a Philly-made game every day for April

Twitch, the video streaming platform that gamers in particular have found a home on, has been a place for all kinds of creators to find and interact with engaged audiences. Even YouTube’s biggest content creator, Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg, recently announced that he would be starting a weekly live show on Twitch. The Philly scene has been pretty into Twitch as well, like Dj CUTMAN’s “This Week… → Read More

Solve a whodunit and 'dispel the fog' at this immersive exhibit at the Free Library

Experimental theatre company New Paradise Laboratories is behind “GUMSHOE” and we highly recommend it. → Read More

Albert Hong - Technical.ly Philly

Albert Hong is a contributing reporter for Generocity and has been contributing to Technical.ly since May 2015. He was formerly the Lifestyle editor for Temple's student-run newspaper, The Temple News, where he wrote a column about local geek culture. If he's not brushing up on his Korean via his favorite Korean shows, he's playing "The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker." → Read More

An ambitious new game publisher might just keep Cipher Prime in Philadelphia

As much as they love it, Will Stallwood and Dain Saint say the city is not the best place to run their game studio. Enter THE_LABEL. → Read More

This Peirce College IT program lets you earn a bachelor's degree on your own time

The Center City college developed the program in response to the amount of tech professionals who lack a degree yet need one to advance in their career. → Read More

This Peirce College IT program lets you earn a bachelor's degree on your own time

The Center City college developed the program in response to the amount of tech professionals who lack a degree yet need one to advance in their career. → Read More

The state has some tips for saving energy this winter

Let’s not continue the global trend of “hottest year on record.” → Read More

A Temple prof is archiving LGBTQ content in video games from the '80s to now

And what she found might surprise you. “There’s been an increase in the number of examples, but there’s not really an increase in the kind or the quality of those examples.” → Read More

iStrategyLabs' Johnny Ray Austin almost became an aerospace engineer

The technologist on the lives he lived before he became iStrategyLabs' director of technology. Plus, his backyard BBQ prowess. → Read More

Why Scott Case believes in the startup potential of DC

He had a lot to say on the topic in a recent LinkedIn post. → Read More

‘Lack of diversity hurts everyone’ in the tech community

That's what developer Courtney Wilburn said during a panel at #techInColor’s annual Philly Tech Week event, where technologists and entrepreneurs who are underrepresented in the tech sector shared their experiences. → Read More

Drexel game designers win $10K top prize at Intel University Showcase

The team of eight students accepted the award at the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. → Read More

How Drexel's MySTEPs serves those who served their country

A new web service translates military experience into HR-friendly language — and connects prospective students to Drexel Online programs. → Read More