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Jane: Serious games at EducaRed in Spain

WriTerGuy wrote 2 months ago: Jane is Serious about Games WWO’s particular friend Jane McGonigal has announced a presentatio … more →

Tags: Conference, Game design, Gamers, world without oil, IFTF, ITVS, Superstruct

Reality is broken. Games are great. What do you dislike about games?

Jo Jordan wrote 3 months ago: Jane McGonigal, games designer extraordinaire, has long pointed out that games are better designed t … more →

Tags: Positive Psychology, Competence, Relationships, Values, Job design, Games - Design, autonomy, ARGs, Alternate Reality Games

WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN?

missingbullet wrote 4 months ago: Greetings fellow liberators of the pale and dull FPS! So you might be wondering what this title has … more →

Tags: 1861, bogost, Civil War, Fable 2, FPS, Freaky Flakes, Games, GPS, Greek

Penguicon countdown.

jrbooth wrote 7 months ago: How long until we hit the road for Penguicon? This long. I’m deep in the important preparation … more →

Tags: Fiction, Geek, Science, Web/Tech, writing, Books, film, Travel, Linux

Xeni Jardin video critique 7

adamantlee wrote 8 months ago: In my last video critique, Xeni Jardin talks to Jane McGonigal about how games can change emotions a … more →

Tags: Multimedia Critiques, Boing Boing, Critique, Xeni Jardin

Springing happily into games design3 comments

Jo Jordan wrote 8 months ago: Spring and new projects Today is the first working day of British Summer Time 2009. The daffodils ar … more →

Tags: economy & international relations, happiness, work psychology, Spring 2009, happiness engineering, happiness hacks, fungineering, Games - Design, Future Jobs

Pengui-psyched.

jrbooth wrote 8 months ago: Things are obviously a little weird around the Booth house of late, what with my newly-acquired Flyi … more →

Tags: Geek, Ohio, Science, Video Games, Web/Tech, Weblogs, writing, Current Affairs, Travel

** Original Research ** Analyzing Art Conservation Tools9 comments

RichardMcCoy wrote 10 months ago: Thanks, Daniel, for letting me be a guest blogger.  By way of introduction, I’m an objects con … more →

Tags: Conservation, Guest Bloggers, Heritage & Culture, Web 2.0, Art Conservation Tools, Because its like doing something, facebook, Guest Blogger, ima

Gaming and the Future of Museums2 comments

dancull wrote 10 months ago: The Center for the Future of Museums (CFM) webcast a lecture by Dr. Jane McGonigal, researcher and g … more →

Tags: Museums, Web 2.0, Institute for the Future of Museums, American Association of Museums, Gaming

I'm About to Get All Nerdy Up in Here1 comment

Curtis Honeycutt wrote 11 months ago: I realize this post is neither about justice nor desktop wallpaper. Forgive me. Continue reading if … more →

Tags: Desktop Wallpaper, alternate reality gaming, Bill Hybels, church, economy of engagement, Volunteering, World of Warcraft

Alternate reality gaming and happiness

ambermoreywu wrote 1 year ago: I just came across Jane McGonigal, who is the Lead Game Designer at the Institute for the Future.  S … more →

Tags: San Francisco, Gaming, Institute for the Future, happiness, alternate reality gaming, the lost ring, world without oil, Cruel 2 B Kind, I love bees

The revolution will be massively collaborative2 comments

WriTerGuy wrote 1 year ago: The change doesn't happen all at once Jane McGonigal blogged recently about “experience gr … more →

Tags: Education, Game design, Immersion gaming, immersive reality gaming, experience grenade, immersive reality games, sf0, Superstruct

Engines of creativity

themeda wrote 1 year ago: Jane McGonigal says that computer games aren’t just for escapist entertainment – they … more →

Tags: Online, Creativity, Institute for the Future, Superstruct

Video: Jane McGonigal and gaming's engines of creativity

WriTerGuy wrote 1 year ago: 5 questions in 5 min = a big +1 for Jane WWO’s own Participation Architect, Jane McGonigal, co … more →

Tags: Game design, press, Research, world without oil, Alternate Reality Games, Business Week, BusinessWeek, Reena Jana, Superstruct

Pixel Planning Conference 12 comments

Sebastian wrote 1 year ago: I really like the idea of a “pixel planning conference” from Tim, which he adopted from … more →

Tags: Planning, media, Culture, Pixel Planning Conference, Research, presentations, faris yakob, Helge Tenno, Tom Himpe

Pixel Planning Conference 12 comments

Sebastian wrote 1 year ago: I really like the idea of a “pixel planning conference” from Tim, which he adopted from … more →

Tags: Planning, media, Culture, Pixel Planning Conference, Research, presentations, faris yakob, Helge Tenno, Tom Himpe

Netsquared meetup - this is about Real Playing Games *warning* long post

Moh wrote 1 year ago: Today I went to the Net Squared meetup in San Francisco. It was a great event and I learned quite a … more →

Tags: Alternate Realty Games, Institute for the Future, Net Squared, Real Playing Games

Dream jobs during the slow recovery3 comments

Jo Jordan wrote 1 year ago:   Image via Wikipedia During the last general election in New Zealand, the National Party (cons … more →

Tags: economy & international relations, recession, Fun, Job design, credit crunch, Alternate Reality Game, New Zealand National Party, recovery, happiness engines

Games: Part II

Cayden wrote 1 year ago: Everyone from the ACLU to the NRA has easy forms you can use on their website to automate an email t … more →

Tags: Daily Nonsense, Intertubes, alternate reality gaming, limited fork, I love bees, world without oil, Gaming, Games, Chaotic Fiction


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