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A Force More Powerful For PC    
 
December 11th, 2008
Gainesville, Florida - READ the National Defense article about A Force More Powerful.
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December 10th, 2008
Gainesville, Florida - FIVE new-and-long-overdue editions of The Genuine Article are now available for your reading enjoyment at The Genuine Article!
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December 9th, 2008
Gainesville, Florida - The Scharf family wishes everyone Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Year for 2009!
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October 12th, 2008
Gainesville, Florida - The first edition of the Genuine Article is here!  Check out the new Genuine Article section of this site for more details.
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September 20th, 2008
Gainesville, Florida - The Genuine Article will be a regular column displayed here at emscharf.com, written by Eric M. Scharf, and covering a variety of topics.  Stay tuned for the first edition!
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September 10th, 2008
Gainesville, Florida - The FAQ section of this site has been updated with new information.
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September 1st, 2008
Gainesville, Florida - Eric M. Scharf's mission with Ignition Entertainment has concluded, and Eric has resumed his focus on Scharf Creative Services, in the role of Creative Producer and Consultant, providing in-depth managerial, outsource, production, and development services to clients throughout the greater computer software industry.
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August 30th, 2008
Gainesville, Florida - The Background History section of this site has been updated with new information.
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Norton Fighter
 
June 15th, 2008
Gainesville, Florida - Eric has completed his outsource contract with Vince Ota and Y.K. Script, delivering the goods for one of Vince's latest product campaigns, Norton Fighter, developed for Symantec Corporation.  This international campaign theme is being utilized for all Symantec software products in Japan, and, further down the line, Norton Fighter will begin appearing in the European and U.S. markets.  Special thanks to Eric's teammates back in Los Angeles for a job well done!
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April 2nd, 2007
Owings Mills, Maryland - Eric will be parting ways with MedStar Health / SiTEL towards the end of this month to become the Executive Producer for Ignition Entertainment's U.S. game development studio, located in Gainesville, Florida.  Eric will be partnering with a talented team, using Epic's Unreal 3 game engine technology, and producing an unannounced title for simultaneous release on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
 
Eric wishes the MedStar Health / SiTEL group nothing but success as they continue with the development of their groundbreaking burn patient management training simulator.
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January 23rd, 2008
Owings Mills, Maryland - Eric's MedStar Health / SiTEL serious games team has moved up in the world, from the clinical environs of Washington Hospital Center to the executive surroundings of the Intelsat building, bordering the D.C. and Chevy Chase areas.  If you look closely, Intelsat, which was designed after the Saturn V rocket, very much resembles an FPS game environment.
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January 2nd, 2008
Owings Mills, Maryland - Eric has agreed to team up with an old CalArts colleague and friend, Vince Ota, and his company, Y.K. Script, based out of Tokyo, Japan, to provide outsource project management expertise and 3D art assets for his latest product campaign.  Eric will also be supported by a few reliable-and-trusted west coast teammates for delivery of the art assets.  Stay tuned for more details!