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12 . 23 . 07
12 . 23 . 07
Retirement Home Wii
The Nintendo Wii has been out for some months now, so you may have heard about the phenomenon of the Wii and the elderly. Yes, the elderly and the Wii. If you need a refresher, take a look at this article. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by andyl in Education, Games in the News, Popular Culture | No Comments »
12 . 14 . 07
Portal as a Feminist Statement
Generally, first-person shooter games are considered “masculine.” The weapon of choice is an obvious stand-in for the phallus, and the game usually puts the hero in a “search, kill, conquer” situation. But the game Portal, which was released on PlayStation 3 this past week, seems to be made of something different. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by andyl in Games in the News, Gender Politics, Popular Culture | 1 Comment »
12 . 11 . 07
ValuesAtPlay.org Heralds New Era in Game Design Research!
The Values at Play research project launched version 1.0 of its website, http://www.valuesatplay.org, which offers a wealth of game design ideas and scholarship about games and human values. Read the rest of this entry »
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12 . 09 . 07
Fun and Educational Games
A possible problem lurking in every “educational” video game is the game’s inherent unfunness. An entry on Slashdot examines this idea.
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12 . 09 . 07
Big Tetris
Now this is all levels of cool. There’s a project underway at the Tampere University of Technology in Finland that involves a giant game of Tetris. Read the rest of this entry »
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12 . 05 . 07
The Night Journey
A new project from USC based on the work of artist Bill Viola and headed by Tracy Fullerton is The Night Journey. According to the official site, the project is “based on the universal story of an individual mystic’s journey toward enlightenment.”
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