Month: February 2009

Playing Video Games: Motives, Responses, and Consequences (Lea’s Communication Series) by Peter Vorderer (Editor), Jennings Bryant (Editor) •    Games are in every culture of human society •    Animals use play to learn skills for survival •    Traditionally, games are not required. People play because they want to. As games become activities, people can be required…

Game Design Workshop, Second Edition: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games (Gama Network Series) by Tracy Fullerton (Paperback – Feb 8, 2008) • Define a game o A closed formal system – when you take up a game, you set rules of life aside, and use the rules of the game. When game is…

The Denver Twestival (#denvertwestival) was a blast tonight. Got to go hang out with Aimee and Amy and we had a great time meeting all the IRL versions of the online personas we know so well. I’d name a bunch of them, but if I did, I’m sure I’d accidentally leave someone out. For that…

Not socks, SHOCKS. Although socks would be cool too. What a great idea! Those MIT kids are a smart bunch. Link to article. Part of article: *** A team of students at MIT have invented a shock absorber that harnesses energy from small bumps in the road, generating electricity while it smooths the ride more…

I read an article here about Facebook and the future and mobile devices and how great location based apps are going to be. And I agree. Location based apps on a mobile device are going to be HUGE. And so are online identities. And that is where things are going to collide, and I’m not…

The cycle repeats over and over. You embrace something new to make your life simpler, and it works that way for a little while, but then it basically leaves you in the same spot you were in before. For example, cell phones. I got one once so that if I needed to call someone, I…