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Electing the Smart Guy

May 4, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

Ill Doctrine, of all people, got me wondering: can we fix our cultural hostility to electing smart people to office…

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Posted in: Teaching, Think Tank Filed under: intelligence, learning, politics, project, school

Valve’s Play-Testing Methodologies

April 30, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

I was incredibly excited to come across this presentation on Valve’s approach to play-testing.  For those who don’t want to…

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Posted in: Games, Lit Filed under: game design, research methods

The Click Economy and Other Farmville Thoughts

April 21, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

A.J. Liszkiewicz uses Farmville to reflect on the values of play.  He thinks Farmville is really problematic, because it embodies…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: cognitive theory, game design

Happy Ada Day!

March 24, 2010 Jess 1 Comment

Today’s the second Ada Lovelace Day, an international day of blogging to celebrate the achievements of women in science and…

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Posted in: Think Tank Filed under: gender, Research

GDC 2010 Report: Women in Games Edition

March 19, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

I’m involved in the Games2Girls project, which introduces middle school girls to careers in game development.  It’s a great project,…

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Posted in: Games2Girls Filed under: collaboration, gender

Reading List 2010 (6/34)

February 25, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

This week’s reading: The Believers, Zoe Heller Losing Your Parents, Finding Yourself, Victoria Secunda The Poet, Michael Connelly The Scarecrow,…

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Posted in: Reading List Filed under: books, gender

Robot Chefs Battle With Knives!

February 24, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

And do you really need to know more than that? Then, a month later in Nagoya, Japan, the Famen restaurant…

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Posted in: Think Tank Filed under: robots

Gorak!

February 23, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

A friend sent me this video about a game called Gorak, out of Brazil.  According to the video, they’re trying…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: emotion

Mashable on Social Gaming

February 17, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

Mashable has a nice piece on social gaming … except I’m a bit puzzled by how they’re using the term.…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: learning

Reading List 2010 (5/28)

February 11, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

Caught up! A Reliable Wife, Robert Goolrick Out of Our Heads, Alva Noe Selling Anxiety, Caryl Rivers Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth…

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Posted in: Reading List Filed under: books

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