What a long strange trip it’s been. First, video games were seen as nothing more than a waste of time, then they were said to be a scourge that was turning young, impressionable players into zombified serial killers or worse. More recently, thanks to the work of people like Jim Gee, the conversation has shifted [...]
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Using Game Mechanics to Power Your Business
There’s an excellent post by Shane Snow and Phin Barnes on Mashable called How to Use Game Mechanics to Power Your Business that’s an excellent primer on a topic many first-time game design clients struggle to understand. Whether you’re looking to leverage game mechanics to drive business or to make a product more compelling, this [...]
Gamestar Mechanic in the South Bronx
[Scroll down for update.] When I heard about eLine Media‘s planned beta test of Gamestar Mechanic I thought it would be a perfect match for the outreach programs organized by New York based NGO The LAMP to teach media literacy in under-served communities. It took less than an hour to reach a meeting of the [...]
Burning Through Summer
While the city’s sidewalks have been melting and even at the shore life under the boardwalk more appealing than being on the beach, our affiliate the Brooklyn Blogfather has been ripping up the web, building and launching six new sites this summer. Dr. Bruce Weinstein’s new site TheEthicsGuy.com features his Bloomberg BusinessWeek columns, CNN and [...]
Think, Play, Learn
Intentional Games is an initiative to develop and publish serious games and simulations for the personal growth, educational and professional training markets. We are building a long term product road map using original and re-purposed IP, leveraging strategic partnerships and creative financing to develop and bring our products to market. If you have a business, [...]
Brain Meets iPad
My post of a cat playing with an iPad was a placeholder until the initial hype died down and more reasoned reviews started coming in. Lee Wilson, President of PCI Education, wrote a very cogent post titled iPad for Education Revisited that praises the iPad’s value as a media consumption and media organization tool, with [...]
Cat Meets iPad
No way around it this is a silly cat video, but it’s worth it (thanks Ecks & Gizmodo). Backstory: I decided to wait for the initial product shakeout and a v2 release of the iPad before buying one. After seeing this I wish I’d gotten in line early and unless you’re allergic, I bet you [...]
