How does it feel to get a story told around the campfire? So different from a 3D-IMAX movie experience? The warmth of the fire at your fingertips? What does really move us in a story somebody tells us? Are we alone in understanding them, acting on them, being inspired by them? Or is there an […]
Read MoreAre we simple individuals who meet and connect only because it is useful for survival and reproduction? Or is there more about our social behaviour which especially emerges when we act and think as a group or “hive”?
Read MoreAre YOU there, immersed, while you are walking through the streets in your town or village? Are you really there when you are playing a game and forget the time and where you actually are? What happens to your sense of NOW…
Read MoreHow to add to the prophetic notion of this short overview of the potential of video games for storytelling other than affirming it? “From the powerful cinematic experiences of mainstream gaming, to the hyper-personal environments of indie games, we are in the midst of an explosion of gaming activity that, as some predict, will continue […]
Read MoreTo be on the run can indeed be big fun. Sometimes it does not matter if you are the rabbit or the hunting dog. Sometimes it very much does. The scheme of “Catch Me If You Can” (see the movie with DiCaprio striking the same chord AND being based on a true story) gets already […]
Read MoreKatie Salen from New Learning Institute on Vimeo. The co-author and editor of the renowned classics of Game Design literature “Rules of Play” and “The Game Design Reader” (both MIT Press) is dealing with a quite practical issue in this prototype middle grade school: How do pupils form a worldview through gaming as well as […]
Read MoreA year has gone. 2010 F.R.O.G. was a descent and inspiring place to share positive ideas about gaming – fully compatible with the organisers`s incentive (Positveprädikatisierung von Computer & Konsolenspielen) and something you did not want to miss if you are somehow connected to games – and happen to live in Vienna. This year´s conference […]
Read MoreIf you ever thought about what Al Gore is producing besides saving the planet from becoming a CO2 Greenhouse then see the newest spawn “BAR KARMA”, a brave attempt to evolve TV with interactivity on his channel current.com. from http://current.com/shows/bar-karma/93002899_once-upon-a-timeline-bar-karma-sneak-peek.htm “A guy walks into a bar…” – what may sound like a the beginning of […]
Read MoreAbout making your own rules, if you need them…
Read More“Trust, like influence, is contextual. To answer the question: who do you trust? honestly, we’d probably need to say “it depends”. [...] It looks like in 2011, trust in academics and experts continues to be high, while trust in people like you has declined. Does that mean we trust the people who are humanizing brands […]
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