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PAUSE: A playground fit for Tony Hawk.
My new favorite blog is Playscapes which is all about playground design. These were designed by Danish playground design firm Kompan. –Jamin Warren [img]
Positive psychology, the future of games, and cinematic "Zoloft"
It is understood that not everything in art and entertainment falls into the same mold- that’s what makes every piece of work unique. But with a recent NY Times article talks about a Hollywood producer’s application of positive psychology to film, could such notions be applied to games as well? Thro
Lana Del Rey, pop, and video games: treading the uncanny valley.
What has bloggers abuzz about the internet phenomena Lana Del Rey nowadays isn’t so much her downbeat pop songs such as Video Games, but her real life storyor lack thereof. The internet has been up in arms at how she once took a far less successful stab at fame as Lizzy Grant, an entirely differen
How board games are adapting to the digital age.
Years ago when Facebook launched its apps, many of the first popular titles were board games. Scrabulous, of course, being the notable example and of course being a total knock-off of Scrabble. Anyway, I always thought that would be the direction that Facebook games would move in as the core problem
What can games learn about masculinity from Liam Neeson?
Eric Eisenberg of Cinemablend interviewed Liam Neeson about his role in upcoming film The Grey. Between preparing, shooting and acting, Neeson is charged with becoming a “man’s man” but as the interview reveals, he’s actually quite the opposite. The characters in these action movies you appear in ar
PAUSE: What Michael Scott and Counter-Strike now have in common.
Or, Dwight Schrute’s favorite map. – Lyndsey Edelman
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