Pinboard: bookmarks for technogoggles tagged 'gaming'

"UK consumers are expected to spend £4.64bn on video games in 2008 - an increase of 42% - with music and video sales accounting for a total of £4.46bn, analysts from Verdict Research told the BBC. "

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november 2008 by technogoggles

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Study Links Violent Video Games, Hostility - washingtonpost.com

video games causes violent behaviour in children. apparently. there is a correlation but i don't think it's causation.

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november 2008 by technogoggles

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Gamer's Radical Realization: I Prefer Playing With Myself

Clive Thompson on why he prefers playing on his own. transactional costs in playing with others can be too high. it's not necessarily the explicit playing with each other, but just knowing that people are there and being part of something big

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november 2008 by technogoggles

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The Unfinished Swan

aha! some inventiveness in the games world. a "hotter" / "colder" type game for mobile maps would be a neat extension of this...

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october 2008 by technogoggles

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Playfish Gets $17 Million More For Social Games

"Playfish now has over 10 million monthly active users on Facebook (around 1.5 million daily) and two billion monthly minutes of play time in under a year." cripes! games must be getting far more attention than tv...

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october 2008 by technogoggles

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Red Cross uses online games to entice supporters | Society | guardian.co.uk

red cross have created a simulation humanitarian game...fun.

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october 2008 by technogoggles

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ELSPA: Press Office: Press Releases: UK Console Numbers More than Double Within A Year

by the end of 2008, the installed base of consoles in the uk is expected to reach 21 million. there are currently 3.6 milion wii users. cripes!

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october 2008 by technogoggles

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The bedroom Mourinho | Sport | The Observer

one of those home truths... strikes a chord with so many teenage boys (back in the day...)

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october 2008 by technogoggles

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Welcome - Playful: Game Design London, 31st October 2008

toby does a sterling job of pulling together a good cast and an event that feels timely and right

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october 2008 by technogoggles

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Girls [And Women] Got Game | Ypulse

Research that shows that long held stereotypes about girls and gaming are no longer relevant...

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september 2008 by technogoggles

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dConstruct round up | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Aleks K on three systems that games designers put into game development.

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september 2008 by technogoggles

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Gamasutra - New Study Dispels Asocial Online Gamer Myth

"three quarters of online role-playing gamers make good friends with the people they meet in their virtual worlds, with almost half meeting in real-life situations and one in ten going on to develop physical relationships." Unofruntately struggling to believe this...

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september 2008 by technogoggles

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Inside Social Games

Reputation systems can build community inside social games - Tracking the convergence of games and social networks

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september 2008 by technogoggles

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The Video Game Revolution: "Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked" by Henry Jenkins | PBS

8 myths about video games, contrary to popular opinion...

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september 2008 by technogoggles

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Browsing and gaming meet online

Building games through existing ways of doing, making browsing more 'social' and making it easier to play. That's PMOG, Rocket On and Web Wars Eve

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september 2008 by technogoggles

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Remember 'go outside and play?' - Los Angeles Times

In the USA, kids are losing the ability to go out and 'play' - hence MySpace. Not the other way round.

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august 2008 by technogoggles

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Infovore » Playing Together: What Games Can Learn from Social Software

good piece by tom armitage. like the idea that games are full of social objects - experiences and incidents in games that we create meanings from - and that these should be exportable to the wider net, or wherever we want to put it.

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august 2008 by technogoggles

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Can 'World of Warcraft' make you smarter? - Science- msnbc.com

"The younger kids are focusing more on their planning and problem solving while they are actually playing the game, while adolescents are focusing less on their planning and strategizing and more on the here and now," Interesting. Thought it would be the other way round.

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august 2008 by technogoggles

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Swinxs, the toy that's active and fun

"Swinxs is a high-tech games console, sustainably designed for active games you can play inside or outdoors"

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august 2008 by technogoggles

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Wii Fit regains top spot in UK chart // News // GamesIndustry.biz

'Casual games' dominating the UK gaming charts this month.

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august 2008 by technogoggles

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Inside Social Games’ - Top 25 Social Games for August 3, 2008

Top 25 social games on Facebook. For reference.

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august 2008 by technogoggles

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Hawkins goes after the 'Omni Media Gamer' | Games | guardian.co.uk

Gaming is everyware.

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july 2008 by technogoggles

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Xbox sets sights on communities

social gaming mania from the E3 games show in LA. xbox to introduce wii style 'miis'. the plan is for the xbox to be the centre of every living room. not quite sure what mum and dad will think of that.

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july 2008 by technogoggles

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Gamasutra - Microsoft's Greenberg: Wii Customers May 'Graduate' To Xbox 360

Microsoft think the Wii is a novelty. Wii has definitely attracted a new audience to gaming (which is now such a broad and worthless term), but it would be interesting to see if Wii acts as a stepping stone to more serious involvment with games.

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july 2008 by technogoggles

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“Asynchronous Games on Social Networks”

1) supporting multiple players playing in sequence, 2) requiring persistent state that affects all players, 3) breaks are the organizing principle, 4) asynchronous need not be the defining characteristic of the game.

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july 2008 by technogoggles

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Gamasutra - Headshift's Armitage: Games Must Relinquish Control To Players

Tom Armitage on the clunky way that big consoles and platforms try and deal with the social web. Games need to stop being so insular and the user needs to be given more freedom over what they can do with all their data

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july 2008 by technogoggles

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Amy Jo Kim - Putting the Fun in Functional

Great presentation from etech06 about applying gaming mechanics to wider context of the net.

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july 2008 by technogoggles

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Interview with Nicole Lazzaro: Social Forces Impact Online Gaming - ION Nexus

Good summary of what makes social media and games appealing, with particular reference to WoW.

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july 2008 by technogoggles

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XEODesign - 17 Game design principles

Not particularly inventive, this. I mean "Support short session times of 10-15 minutes as well as longer. " Useful...

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july 2008 by technogoggles

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Gamasutra - The Chemistry Of Game Design

"Every time I sit down with a finely crafted title such as Tetris or Super Mario Brothers, I catch hints of a concise and clearly defined structure behind the gameplay. It is my belief that a highly mechanical and predictable heart, built on the foundatio

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july 2008 by technogoggles

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Social Gaming Interactions, Part One: A History of Form

shannon on social gaming...

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july 2008 by technogoggles

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MIT Press Journals - The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning - Abstract

she argues: ambiguous game content stimulates massively collaborative game play that allows for a greater share of leadership and meaningful participation in large-scale player groups. i'm doubtful.

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july 2008 by technogoggles

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GameSetWatch - Opinion: How Can A Game Be Subversive?

can it?

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july 2008 by technogoggles

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Alternate Reality Game Meta Dashboard > Social Interaction, by Christy Dena

4 concepts for game design. all seems a tad dry.

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june 2008 by technogoggles

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MMOs as Conditioned Learning Engines - Massively

Positive reinforcement and operant conditioning in MMO are the reason why games like WoW are so addictive. i wonder how important 'stroking' and other more social means of interaction reinforce the interest in the gaming experience.

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june 2008 by technogoggles

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Quake done Quick

Great example of a performance space in gaming. Players show off their Quake skills by completing the game as quickly as possible and publishing their movie files on the site

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june 2008 by technogoggles

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Raph Koster's Home Page

Raph Koster's slides from a talk given at Games Developers Conference in 2007. Where games meet the web. Some interesting design thoughts, but need the audio to accompany it...

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june 2008 by technogoggles

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PS3 gets Xbox Live style features | Games | guardian.co.uk

Good to see the PS3 following XBOX by ntroducing more sociality into gaming. Plugging existing social networks into the gaming architecture is going to be more and more widespread i think

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june 2008 by technogoggles

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Social Interactions in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Gamers

"The study showed MMORPGs can be extremely social games, with high percentages of gamers making life-long friends and partners." v. interesting observation.

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june 2008 by technogoggles

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Wonderland: Something to chew on

Stats about MMOG usage. Playing with 'real' friends in MMOGs more widespread than strangers. Greatly heightens the experience and makes them far more interesting than TV

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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Terra Nova: Alone Together in World of Warcraft?

Much talked about piece. In summary, instrumental group play in the context of quests might not be an important source of social interactions in WoW. Guilds are also very sparse social networks. A society of the spectacle.

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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Players Who Suit MUDs

An old paper this, picked up via matt webb. needs to be read. explores the playing dynamics of MUDS, identifies 4 player types (achievers, explorers, socializers and killers) and offers food for design thought.

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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Nicolas Ducheneaut's Publications

Influential researcher and writer about the social life of virtual worlds. A list of his publications is here. Recommend "virtual third places..." (2007)

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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PlayOn

Blog by Nicholas Ducheneaut of PARC about the social dimensions of online gaming.

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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ROCKSTAR GAMES SOCIAL CLUB

Community website for rockstar games (incl GTA). Introduces 'social' metrics for gamplay: leader boards, stats and even mp3 sharing.

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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Gamasutra - GDC: Top 10 Video Game Research Findings.

Great stuff here; players wanting to communicate with each other but being bound by the in-game rules and player collaboration being key to generating a community. Adversarial contact on the other hand, "deperso

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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The Daedalus Project

The psychology of MMORPGS by Nick Yee

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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Social Interaction via MMORPGs - Wikipedia

Great article and resource for studies into MMORPGs.

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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Wonderland: SXSW: Will Wright Keynote 2007

An old keynote by Will Wright talking about Spore. Talks about game narratives, how people share content, tell stories through games and shared experieces.

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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COPE: James Wallis levels with you

James Wallis slatest ARGs. ARG fatigue. There's too many of them, too many to demand your attention and they are no longer mysterious. Still driven by a small hardcore of players. How do you make your ARG stand out from the crowd?

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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Games as team-building exercises? | Games | Guardian Unlimited

A nice example of real-world 'use' for MMOGs. Using MMOGS as team-building sessions instead of adventure weekends in the Pennines.

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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Gamestudies - understanding cooperation in multiplayer games

Conflict is often seen as the essence of gaming. However, this article puts the emphasis on co-operation and explains how player co-operation is a vital part of MMOGs.

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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BBC NEWS | Magazine | In defence of computer games

"Research carried out a few years ago found that moderate game players have a bigger circle of friends than non-game players," Interesting stat. How close are these 'friends' though? Important to define the strength of connection here. Cause and effect?

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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Futuresonic08: playing games with urban & social media - Guardian Unlimited

Aleks Krotski blogs about another inpromptu talk she did at Futuresonic08 about games involving urban and social media. Some useful links here.

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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Kongregate: social gaming

"By wrapping user-submitted Flash games with various community features, Kongregate’s site serves as a unique way for users to play great web-based games alongside friends”

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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plundr

Location based 'social' game played out using real world data. Going to check it out....now!

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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Cell Surfing 2008, by Buongiorno

Qual research study into mobile phone use of 18-30yr olds in the UK. Flash.

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may 2008 by technogoggles

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Online QDA - How and what to code

Coding and categorising as ways to analyse field notes and research data. Thorough overview.

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april 2008 by technogoggles

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Data analysis strategies for qualitative research - Research Corner

How to conduct coding and other methods for analysing large sets of qualitative research material such as interview transcripts, field notes etc. Bit of a brief summary but there are some useful external links supplied.

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april 2008 by technogoggles

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Digital Ethnography
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april 2008 by technogoggles

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Forming community in online games - Guardian Unlimited

Aleks Krotoski "To suggests that interaction in virtual worlds is somehow inferior to physically proximate interaction is to take a very backwards point of view." Interesting debate.

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april 2008 by technogoggles

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How Club Penguin turned 750,000 British kids into penguins - Times Online

Article from The Times about the success of SNS/MMOG Club Penguin especially amongst the younger 'tween' market.

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april 2008 by technogoggles

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Bryman, A (2004) Social Research Methods

Bryman's Bible. Very practical and extremely comprehensive text by Bryman on how to conduct social research. Relevant for both qual and quant and is very up to date.

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april 2008 by technogoggles

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Does gaming still have a stigma? | Games | Guardian Unlimited

Media headlines talk about 'gaming addicts' but the perception of gaming is changing. Are the Wii and the DS making gaming cool?

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april 2008 by technogoggles

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Channel 4 gets ready to educate - Guardian Unlimited

C4 Education as part of their revamp of their strategy are going to be moving their focus from tradition TV broadcast and begin commissioning cross-platform projects such as ARGs. This post is a good summary of where games fit in with education and 'info

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april 2008 by technogoggles

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Revelation

This looks interesting. A piece of software to help you better undertake qual research. Allows you to collect, analyse and feedback to research participants. Not quite sure how much it would cost though :)

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april 2008 by technogoggles

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Kotaku: Games Industry Affects Social Changes

Bit frustrating to see such an OTT headline. People have always played games with other people (yes including families!), it's not a social change! What Nintendo have done is realised that this need exists and has provided a more suitable and modern pla

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april 2008 by technogoggles

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