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Girls Tend to Avoid First Person Shooters and Circular Saws

By Sherol Chen | Published: August 21, 2009

In my experiences, many girls don’t seem eager to try new things if they cannot predict the consequences and are without someone to explain how the new thing is done.  This is especially true of things that they don’t see other girls doing.  In particular, I rarely see girls playing games such as first person […]

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Rationalization – a new game

By Mike Treanor | Published: August 14, 2009

I created a short game called Rationalization to help me think through some ideas. The game is very abstract and its message is primarily procedural.  I look forward to hearing any reactions you may have. _

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Learning from Games

By Teale Fristoe | Published: August 6, 2009

I don’t need to tell this audience about the momentum building behind educational games.  Even when I was an elementary student, going to the computer lab to play Math Blaster, Odell Down Under, or Oregon Trail was a special treat.  These days, kids grow up on video games: game consoles are nearly as common as […]

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Flash Game: You Only Live Once

By Chris Lewis | Published: August 2, 2009

I can’t get enough of games that parody game convention. Play You Only Live Once at Kongregate.

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What do Amnesia, Immortality, and Mind Control have to do with Game Design, Immersion, and Suspension of Disbelief?

By Sherol Chen | Published: July 11, 2009

What breaks your sense of presence in a story? The culture of video game playing has developed a tolerance for the common practices and limitations in designing and producing games.  We’ve stopped asking “why?” and have come to expect the typical input arrangements, the impermanence of death, and restrictions of our own free will.  Although […]

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Analog Corner #1: …aber bitte mit Sahne

By Ken | Published: July 10, 2009

(aka You Have to Divide the Pie) While there’s lots of great discussion of digital games here, I thought it would be nice to have some discussion of games of another kind: analog games, aka board games, card games, tabletop games, etc.  In particular, I’m a big fan of German-style board games and usually have […]

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