Over the weekend, MTV's Stephen Totilo checked out the "Mobile Game Mosh" at New York's Parsons School of Design. The Glu Mobile and Atari-sponsored design contest challenged college and grad students to churn out a Nokia compatible cell phone game in 24 hours. Contracts, Totilo reports, signed by the participants forfitted game rights to Atari and Glu Mobile. Yuck.

Each of the teams were given envelopes that contained four different verbs, two of which had to be incorporated into the game. Glu Mobile's Robert Nashak said, "We eliminated anything that sounds like a video game, like 'fight.'" As teams worked against the clock, pro game designers stopped by to offer advice. The contest began to take its toll on the teams. "My eyes aren't drooping," said one contestant, "but my body wants to turn off." Call it training for when these students graduate.

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