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What the heck was Denuo doing at GDC? That’s the question you may be asking yourself. Well, we love a lot of things at Denuo. If you click the refresh button on your browser you’ll see our website header cycle through some of them. One of those things is an intense passion for games. And (our logic goes) what better place to learn about games than the conference for those folks who have spent their lives MAKING them.

For the 25th edition of the conference, this logic held. Denuo did have a place at GDC. What was most surprising, perhaps, was how much of an opportunity marketers truly have in the games space.

In this week’s Reflecteur, we highlight two games (Zombie Streetview
Apocalypse & Famous Objects from Classic Movies) to help you waste
oodles of time and two popular photographic memes (Looking Into the
Past Photos, and Young Me/Now Me) that you just might go out and try
yourself.

We’ve also included some recently popular tumblrs under Top Reflecteur
Links… in case you have a few more hours to burn.

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Conference season continues courtesy SXSW, where a group of female Denuologists and one (1) Dan Buczaczer will partake in all things interactive, film and music. Aside from ordering appletinis and talking menstrual cycles to further aggravate Dan’s insecurities, we’re all excited to attend for our own selfish, nerdy, pseudo-work-related reasons.

Below, you’ll find each of our personal SXSW must-see sessions / prime stalking grounds. ( links included for your onslaught of judgment.) See you in Austin.

As the coolest guy at Denuo, I have some shocking news that will likely upset you.  I have a super huge nerdy side.  I know.  You thought I was different.  You thought I would never get locked in a debate between who is better, Thor or Longshot. Don’t worry, that’s still true.  But the nerd side does exist.  And he exists for sports analytics. While I won’t debate blonde dudes in comic books, I will get into a debate about whether Adam Dunn was more valuable to the Nationals than Derek Jeter was to the Yankees in 2010 (Hint: Dunn’s WAR was 1.4 points higher than Jeter’s).

And with that, I shall be releasing Nerd Durbin (Nerbin for short) at the Sloan Sports Analytics conference this weekend in Boston.  It’s a great event put on the by the MIT Sloan School of Management. It’s not just for people who love sports analytics, but also want an inside view into the world of sports business.

I will be on the Twitters, tweetering during the conference (@jdurbin and #ssac).  If you want to follow along, they will be streaming the panels here. For the agenda click here.

Don’t know what panels to check out?  Well lucky you.  Here are my recommendations (note that I did not list everything):