right on the heels of the news that barack obama spent 44000 on ads inside of video games this month gamasutra is examining the effects that video games have on the election process.
the gop has released games with both the 2004 and the 2008 elections. in 2004 it was a game called pork invaders featuring a mccain ship flying around shooting vetoes at pig aliens. in 2008 its a game called tax invad... [Show More]
enjoyment of advergames study researchers at the missouri school of journalism have published enjoyment of advergames and brand attitudes the impact of thematic relevance a study of how much people enjoy advergames in relation...... [Show More]
well were switching back to the gamesetlinksdump format for at least the next few days and possibly hiatusing it briefly since im off to japan and tokyo game show for a fairly whirlwind visit.
so expect some coverage of the keynotes show floor and sense of wonder night at tgs oh and feel free to ping me if youre at the show and would like to say hi.
in the meantime lets span interactive fic... [Show More]
campaign rush fail Post Source: trippenbach.com Posted: Oct 06 2008 12:25:25
well im a bit disappointed. ian bogost just launched campaign rush a flash game about the 2008 us presidential election.
you pick a ticket democrat or republican and then have to manage campaign workers in that partys war room. the phones are ringing the emails are coming in and your busy little campaign workers need to be kept properly caffeinated while answering all the media queries. it gets ... [Show More]
time to return with some timely gamesetlinks headed by tmachines adam martin discussing some of the realities or at least perceived realities of the current publisherdeveloper split in the game biz and exactly what to do about it.
yet also hanging out in here a v.disturbing andor silly newtonica iphone ad an original apple i a headsup on dr. phil going after games the u.s. army and schools snu... [Show More]
once again the u.s. armys training and recruitment toolvideo game americas army is making headlines. last year i wrote about how they came under fire for providing potential recruits with a sanitized view of violence and subsequent lyreleased a set of action figures. youll note at the bottom of that post that i blithely joked maybe they can arrange army play dates for 6 year olds never can start... [Show More]
free culture game Post Source: seriousgames.tumblr.com Posted: Sep 17 2008 03:59:19
free culture game take a look at molleindustrias fascinating free culture game. the game bills itself as a playable theory and the theory in question is a loose amalgam of critiques of knowledge capitalism the...... [Show More]
where are the educational games on consoles over at kotaku brian crecente notes the rerelease of math blasters for the ds and then wonders why more console makers dont introduce at least a few good educational games on their systems in...... [Show More]
audiopuzzler Post Source: seriousgames.tumblr.com Posted: Sep 08 2008 16:17:46
audiopuzzler heres an interesting example of what ive recently called a performative game audiopuzzler created by georgia tech phd student nick diakopoulos. the idea is this the game offers puzzles...... [Show More]
ah yes time for some accumulated gamesetlinks headed by ian bogosts everexcellent water cooler games teasing out a fun allegorical casual game about those look at me folks you love to hate but thats not all oh no.
also in here some more indie film musings alongside borut pfeifers discussions of the missing indie boutique game publisher market as well as classic tron game design documents univ... [Show More]
as we hit the slower weeks of summer take five minutes to play jason rohrers passage a contemplative art game created for last years gamma 256 competition in montreal which challenged indie designers to create games with tiny irregular aspect ratios of no more than 256256 pixels. in its halfyear of existence rohrers entry has become a micro sensation on its own garnering kudos in scads of the most... [Show More]
good lord i still have gamesetlinks left over from last weekend what a terrible embarrassment. fortunately most of them are obscure enough that you wont mind dear gsw reader starting with a chinese documentary criticizing world of warcraft.
also in here the pictured mike patton interviewed on his video game voice work the return of the yes men the epidemic of bloom in the game biz how much ... [Show More]
penny arcade has announced the 10 games to be showcased at this years pax august 29th. the games selected out of 80 total submissions are the amazing brain train audiosurf chronotron impulse the maw polarity project aftermath schizoid strange attractors 2 and sushi bar samurai. these games will be showcased at the expo and one of them will walk away with an audience choice award. details and li... [Show More]
necc program description
im interested to hear what jim brazell has to say about video games.a im sure im not going to cover this very well but hopefully will be able to identify some good points and resources.
todays games
whats different about todays gamesa visual fidelitythings look almost real we cant tell the difference .
procedur al fidelityvery robust simulations embedded in the gameslike... [Show More]
wow we are really starting to churn out pixels now weve managed to get over 4000 ads worth so far. its hard to imagine that less than a week ago we broke 1000000 pixels for the first time. its great to see so many people enjoying the game and supporting obama.
the 20 million is in large part due to hundreds of new players clicking for obama yesterday we owe a lot of our growth to our supporters w... [Show More]
msus meaningful play call for papers academia
michigan state university is hosting an interdisciplinary conference from october 911 called meaningful play exploring the potential of games to entertain inform educate and persuade in meaningful ways. theyre seeking submissions from a pretty wide swath of people submissions are sought from both researchers and practitioners in academia and ... [Show More]
play game combat malaria in africa serious games
while ethan allen makes mosquito nets look romantic living in a country where mosquito nets are purely utilitarian and totally necessary mine was a hideous blue color with an ugly flower pattern in the netting and was rigged up to the ceiling with fishing line no four poster beds to be found will dash any romantic ideas posthaste. april 25t... [Show More]
via water cooler games chris crawfords presentation yesterday at the game developers exchange in atlanta on his nine breakthroughs useful in developing storytron. good stuff...... [Show More]
alex galloway has put together a lovely digital adaptation of a chesslike game created by french marxist guy debord dubbed kriegspiel now the estate of debord is sending cease and desist letters to galloway claiming the digital version is infringing on the intellectual property rights of debord. reminiscent of the problem faced by the scrabulous creators galloway is insisting that the idea of a g... [Show More]
the irony of course is the estate of a dead marxist pursuing litigation over the exchange value of the name and image of its intellectual property. ian bogost the revolution will be litigated...... [Show More]
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