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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Game Developers Conference next week
I’ll be attending the GDC next week, specifically the Serious Games portion of the conference (mon/tues). If anyone knows any ‘must see’ places in San Francisco that are under the tourist radar, that’d be awesome. I tend to avoid the … Continue reading
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Just when I thought Twitter was getting interesting…
…the technology gets in the way. After toying with Twitter for a few weeks, I was just starting to commit more of my time to the experience, when the technology decided it was going to do everything possible to stop … Continue reading
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Google Getting into Virtual Worlds
Google recently acquired AdScape, one of the few companies focusing on advertising in virtual worlds. I’m not a big fan of ads in games. Many play games to escape from reality for a short time (or long time, depending on … Continue reading
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Serious Game Initiatives: Benchmarking
I’ve been asked to sit-in on some meetings regarding a possible initiative at Penn State revolving around Serious Games. I took some time today and brain-dumped a lot of information into a Word Document. One of the pieces of the … Continue reading
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To Twitter or Blog…
The Twitter experiment continues. I still don’t get it completely, but it’s making a little more sense. One thing I struggle with is what to blog vs. what to twitter? Obviously, I could do both, but that’s inefficient. Obviously, with … Continue reading
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Why Game Designers are Better Instructional Designers
Well, maybe not, but some of the things game designers have figured out are things instructional designers have struggled with for much longer, and still haven’t solved. Over the next week or two, I’ll be posting some thoughts relating to … Continue reading
Sun Microsystems and SL
Came across this article today, which provides some insight into Sun’s thoughts on Second Life, gaming technology, and their role in the big picture. And how does one go about obtaining a job like Chris Melissinos? He’s listed as Chief … Continue reading
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Sony’s Station Exchange
Via TerraNova, Sony recently released its Station Exchange data. For those in the dark, Station Exchange is a service for SOE games such as Everquest where people can pay real money for virtual goods. Something the MMO publishers have frowned … Continue reading
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To Twitter or not to Twitter…
So I’ve been following Cole’s twitter adventures and commentary, and I must say…I still don’t get it. I guess I kind of understand his perspective from his recent post, but it still doesn’t make much sense for me. I just … Continue reading
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The Name Game
I always get a chuckle (although I should take it more seriously) when raging debates occur on what to name this emerging, game-based learning field. Ben Sawyer and the Sloan foundation use the term “Serious Games” to define their conferences … Continue reading
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