I, video game (2/2)
I didn’t have any inkling that such childhood experiences in digital games would someday be a part of a collective engagement with technology that would be critically studied, and will …
View ArticleGuitar hero nights
Our drinks are on the table. The little sofa has been moved against the wall to make some room for our mini-gig. We’ve chosen our set list. We do a …
View ArticleAugmented reality virtual pet on the iphone
“This is a first peek at an augmented reality virtual pet game being developed for the iPhone in the GVU Center’s Augmented Environments Lab at Georgia Tech.” As a game, …
View ArticleGameplay today: social, multi-platform and integrated
It seems there are two major developments that have been steadily spreading across the gaming landscape: While video and web games are increasingly becoming social, functionality and solutions are...
View ArticleAugmented reality: will it also enrich our understanding of the world?
Note: I am no augmented/mixed realities expert, but I have a big crush on it. The musings in this post were born in a train to Amsterdam, as I looked …
View ArticleUser experience insight from a 5-yr. old
My “inaanak” (Filipino for “godson”), Egbert, had his birthday party last Saturday. He’s turning 5 on Aug. 10. I got him a rubber dinosaur and a portable game gadget (the …
View ArticleSecond Life avatars break through the real world
As my 4 year old nephew would exclaim: This is pure awesomeness! This guys used Second Life as a platform for augmented reality. They’ve demonstrated the power of Massively Multiplayer …
View ArticleLet’s ask Farmville to lend a helping hand to storm victims in the Philippines
via insidesocialgames.com Filipinos are crazy about Farmville. For the longest time, I tried to stay its lure, but eventually I succumbed to its calling. During the first 4 days of …
View ArticleEve Online’s new expansion: Dominion
Eve Online is huge. And I don’t only mean the universe it has spawned, but the waves it created that now reverberate loudly through the spaces of massively multiplayer online …
View ArticleResilience and the gamer
Gamers are many things but this they all are: resilient. Resilience is relishing the fight - even the failure - as much as the victory. Gaming for life is what video game designer Jane McGonigal does...
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