narisa | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 04 2008 | news, mmo, games
narisa | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 02 2008 | jane mcgonigal, avantgame, games, psychology, game design, game, sxsw, gdc
Jane McGonigal is a game designer, researcher and ‘future forecaster’ at the Institute for the Future. She proclaims that games are the business of happiness, and that we can learn much from the new field of positive psychology.
About Jane McGonigal
Company: http://www.avantgame.com/
Blog : http://avantgame.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-i-spent-my-2007-year-in-review.html
Slideshows: Alternate Realities - A game designer's perspective on the future of happiness.
http://www.slideshare.net/avantgame/alternate-realities-jane-mcgonigal-keynote-sxsw-2008Positive Psychology
“Positive Psychology is a new branch of psychology which focuses on the empirical study of such things as positive emotions, strengths-based character, and healthy institutions. His research has demonstrated that it is possible to be happier — to feel more satisfied, to be more engaged with life, find more meaning, have higher hopes, and probably even laugh and smile more, regardless of one’s circumstances. Positive psychology interventions can also lastingly decrease depression symptoms.”
LINKS
U Penn - Authentic Happiness (Check out the Questionnaires! Can we use that research?)
http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspxU Penn - Readings and Videos on Positive Psychology
http://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu/publications.htmBBC - The science of happiness
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/happiness_formula/
narisa | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 03 2007 | games, music, business, news
narisa | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 29 2007 | article, news, webdev, web 2.0, games, nintendoOOh, yummy interaction design reference.
New Nintendo site looks a lot like apple.com
Quoted: Nintendo.com has relaunched, and a view source shows you that it now sports Dojo, Mootools, and much more script.
narisa | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 27 2007 | games, news
narisa | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 31 2007 | games, social, free, casualgaming, article
Quoted: The casual games industry, for better or worse, is beholden to game distribution websites known as portals (or ‘evil portals,’ depending on who you are). Each of the portals carries a large catalog of games that is fairly unique, but regardless of this fact, casual surveyors of the industry find the portals to be about as dissimilar as the games they carry -- which is to say, not very.
narisa | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 22 2007 | games, seattle, video
narisa | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 12 2007 | blog, event, games, social, social-networking, casual
Gleemax Alpha design Preview
Wizards is trying to use WOTC and Hasbro's audience and assets in a 'social networking' site for gamers of any kind. They claim to offer something for RPG, TCG, strategy, even board and casual gamers, but the design and marketing is aimed more towards a geekier crowd. The name "Gleemax" says it all.
Quoted: At Gen Con we are previewing the new Gleemax.com. We're aiming to create a gamer's social networking site.
narisa | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 31 2007 | video, funny, games, youtube
click to playBask in the full glory its geekiness!
Quoted: This is the story of Hitlers Downfall, his final defeat against Microsoft has now pushed him over the edge.
narisa | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 07 2007 | lego, diy, geek, gamesFully functional Guitar Hero controller made out of legos!!!
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