Serious games
I recently wrote about the Whosegame contest, in which users are requested to create a game on a specific subject (Learning by videogames, Become an eco-citizen, Fight against isolation). 11 games have...
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Advergames
Advergame is a videogame designed around a brand or product. Advergames are often a simple variation on a well-known format (e.g. car chase, "match three", space invaders,...) or a more elaborate...
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Serious Games contest
Can videogames be serious? Whosegame (by Orange.fr) is a publishing and sharing site for user-made videogames and they are running an interesting experiment about "Serious Games" (or, as Ian...
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User-generated Videogames
Will videogames play a role in the Id web, as one of the factors that contribute to the definition of a personal online identity? Or, reframing the question, how could users add their "gamer"...
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Veggie Thanksgiving
Do not expect me to become a vegetarian, but I have to acknowledge that this is cleverly done - and asking supporters to make pressure on Majesco to develop a vegetarian version of "cooking mama"...
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Farm state
According to the Communists of Petersburg website, two farms in northeastern Estonia have declared an independent "Soviet Republic" and are writing a proposal for a treaty with Russia to be submitted...
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I say Bertolli, you say…
Beer. No, really! At least, that's what the Bertolli brand appears to suggest to the globalized users of Brand Tags, a simple but elegant collective experiment in brand perception. The basic idea behind...
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Allegorical game
Jason Rohrer's Passage is a small example of what can be achieved with videogames, if the goal is communicating emotions instead of providing addictive gameplay. The best thing to do is to download (it's...
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Halo-lujah
Once upon a time, when I was a young boy, pinballs and table football (and the basketball playground on sunny days) were the top attractions at the oratorio (impossible to translate: it should be something...
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Steampunk fashion videogames
Wired has published an article about a small museum set up by two Russian geeks, who are restoring a collection of soviet arcade machines. Besides the aesthetic factor, it's an interesting show of fanciful...