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Reward That!

October 28, 2011 Jess 3 Comments

In third grade, I participated in the MS Readathon. Just like a Walkathon, the Readathon asked you to collect pledges…

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Posted in: Books, Games Filed under: motivation, reading, reward

Burn It Down!

July 22, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

I was terribly excited to read about Azmo the Dragon, an entry from Rice University students for the Imagine Cup.…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: asthma, breath

RTFM

July 15, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

I just came across a great study out of MIT about how game manuals get used – but not by…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: AI, learning, literacy, manuals

Fear Fails

June 24, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

I just came across a piece on the likely effectiveness of the new, gruesome cigarette warning labels developed by the…

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Posted in: Lit Filed under: affect, behavior change, smoking

My Health Month

June 21, 2011 Jess 3 Comments

A friend asked me this morning, “Does your post about playing nurse mean you think gamification is a bad idea?”…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: gamification, health

On Playing Nurse

June 17, 2011 Jess 1 Comment

I’ve been trying to pull together my thoughts on gamification, but I haven’t figured out how to pick out a…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: gamification, learning, life

The Thousand Year Game Design Challenge

April 12, 2011 Jess 6 Comments

Daniel Solis has issued a challenge: can you design a game that will still be played in a thousand years?…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: contest, game design

Strange Systems

March 11, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

There’s a fantastic article by Simon Strange in this month’s issue of Game Developer Magazine. He talks about how to…

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Posted in: Games, Teaching Filed under: game design, systems thinking

Match Three, Feel Better

February 22, 2011 Jess 1 Comment

I’ve been saying for a while that “games for mental health” are the next big frontier in serious games, ever…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: mental health, Research

Collegiality and Consequences

February 17, 2011 Jess 1 Comment

The thoughtful and courageous Courtney Stanton has recently gone from “very excellent” to “extraordinarily excellent” in my personal estimation. (Want to…

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Posted in: Games, Think Tank Filed under: academia, industry, mentoring

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