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Category: Games

Achievements, Distilled

February 15, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

Oh hell yes. Greg Barker has written an absolutely terrific article summarizing his insights on achievement design. He’s got some…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: achievements, games, gamification, project

Valentine’s Play

February 14, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

If you know me, you know that I’m in love. I wake up every day delighted to spend my life…

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Posted in: Games, Think Tank Filed under: coercion, feminism, love, play, relationships

And In Other News

January 28, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

Are they really doing serious games for the intelligence community? Why don’t they just make them all play Spy Party?…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: cognition, games

Why My Kinect Is Still In Its Box

January 27, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

For Chanukah, my fabulous husband bought me a Kinect. He has also proven to be an extremely patient husband, because…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: distributed cognition, games, technology

Not So Obvious

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I’ve noticed that I’ve recently spent a lot of time writing about race and gender, and not so much time…

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Posted in: Games, Think Tank Filed under: reflection

You Know, For Girls

January 13, 2011 Jess 2 Comments

Every time I see technology being marketed “for girls” I prepare myself to cringe. (Hello, Della.) I’m doubly cautious when…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: gender, technology

2010 Good Gift Games

December 8, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

I look forward to the Good Gift Games list every year. They’re not all my speed, but I really appreciate…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: review

Halo: Reach Firefight Mode

December 7, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

In other awesome-people news, Margaret Robertson has a brilliant piece on the Firefight mode of Halo: Reach. Unfortunately almost all…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: review

Not Conservative After All

December 1, 2010 Jess 9 Comments

As I’m reading up on the Modern Racism Scale, I came across a fabulous study looking at why people who…

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Posted in: Advance Filed under: racism, Research

Cyber Therapy

November 30, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

From the Times, a surprisingly good overview of what’s going on in this area. When people talk to me about…

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Posted in: Advance, Think Tank Filed under: discrimination, games, mental health

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