Career
More recently, Della Rocca cofounded a hybrid incubator/accelerator for independent mobile game startups called Execution laboratories In the summer of 2013 he was appointed to the advisory board for the Information and communications technology practice of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada"s foreign and trade ministry. Della Rocca is a well-known figure within the game development community and was honored for his industry building efforts with the inaugural Ambassador Award at the 8th annual Game Developers Choice Awards.
Della Rocca was also named to Game Developer Magazine"s 2009 "The Game Developer 50", a list which profiles 50 of the most important contributors to the current state of the game industry.
Della Rocca used the phrase "massacre chaser" in response to an inquiry from Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company reporter Winda Benedetti discussing Jack Thompson"s quick blaming of video games as the root of the Virginia Technical massacre. Documentary Movie Interview: Playing Columbine 2008
Documentary Movie Interview: Moral Kombat 2007
CTV Interview: Dawson College shooting (15 September 2006)
Panel Discussion: Video Games: Content and Responsibility (2 August 2006)
Panel Discussion: Murder, Sex and Censorship: Debating the Morals of Creative Freedom (23 March 2006)
Panel Discussion: Got (Too Much) Game? (18 August 2005).