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games to movies
I was watching the show “Dexter” this holiday break (and got the crap scared out of me). The first season is supremely gore-y, scary, and GOOD – so much so that I wanted to know more about it. So, of...
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Making life like Kindergarten
I loved kindergarten. I mean, who doesn’t? I had two years of kindergarten and it was awesome. No, it’s not because I failed kindergarten, it’s because I had a late birthday, so I just had two years of...
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Chess world in Ukraine
As a follow up to a previous post from September, “Checkmate. Armenia makes chess mandatory school subject,” Antratsyt Central Library of Ukraine organizes online chess tournaments opening the world to...
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Starcraft 2
Here is a interesting article about video games and cognitive science. Watch the video a little ways down, its amazing how fast/good these people are....
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Violence alters brain?
http://www.tgdaily.com/games-and-entertainment-brief/59926-report-violent-video-games-alter-brain-patterns From my experience (which is pretty non-existent with violent games) and the experience of...
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Bastion on sale for the next 15 hrs
http://store.steampowered.com/app/107100/ Filed under: About Games
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Making the Daily Grind a Game
I saw this article about a new(ish) augmented reality game. Every time you swipe your Oyster card on the London Underground, it tracks your movement and you get points for achieving certain things. I...
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Reflecting
Reflecting on why I originally chose to play Portal 2 has been an interesting experience. I found myself writing about always loving puzzle games, but I stopped half way through. Why do I like puzzle...
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And now for something completely different…
Ok, not completely different. So, this semester we’ve been talking about using videogames in classrooms, of course. What about just videos (no games)? Barry has of course used videos very effectively...
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All I Ever Really Need to Know I Learned from Starcraft II
[x-posted at HistoricLee Relevant] With the end of the semester comes reflection and reflection papers, and I’d like to share this little nugget from my final reflection paper for Dr. Fishman‘s...
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