It seems appropriate that “Serious Games” advocate Ian Bogost should take a stab at the corporate food and beverage world, given its recent attempts (ie. McDonalds) to overshadow its own part in the growth (no pun intended) of childhood obesity by pointing fingers at ‘couch potato’ entertainment forms like video games.
Bogost’s Persuasive Games has released […]
I admit that I loved History class all through school. I’m a nerd like that and I’m comfortable in my nerdiness. Some folks though, just don’t care to learn history, and with the sometimes dry, dull and frankly lifeless details we’re expected to learn and rejoice at remembering, it’s not surprising. Why […]
It’s almost as though we’re asking for it; asking to be loathed and hated and regarded with general distatse by the ‘outsiders’. The gaming industry may not quite deserve the general pasting it has been receiving from lawyers and politicians, but with games like the following being made, it’s easy to tell why accusations […]
While Rockstar is wrestling with hookers and strip joints, and news about the latest in the political tap-dance on video games makes the rounds, this one is kind of a refreshing change of pace.
Serious games, or games that serve purposes in excess of pure entertainment, are garnering a lot of attention for their good guy […]
Remember the heart-rending sadness when one of your axles broke, causing your children to starve somewhere out in the mid-west and your oxen to keel over from heat exhaustion? Wasn’t that fun? Didn’t you learn things about proper management, the circle of life and how, no matter how hard you try and how […]
Play Girlz: Because guys aren't the only players.
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