AVC at GDC '10, Day Three: Step into the Virtusphere This GDC report contains a good summary of Katherine Isbister's talk on the design of movement game interactions as well as a talk by Chris Hecker on the potential harmfulness of achievement systems. (tags: gamedesign gdc movement achievement)
I’m happy to say we have our fourth speaker confirmed for next Monday’s This happened. Here’s the blurb: Landscape architect Ronald Rietveld talks about Vacant NL. The installation challenges the Dutch government to use the enormous potential of inspiring, unused buildings from the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st century for creative entrepreneurship and innovation. [...]
Time is short (as seems mostly the case these days) so a quick rundown of what happened this week: Opened registration for This happened – Utrecht #7 and ‘sold out’ in 8 minutes. Joined my group of students on a field research trip to the island of Pampus. Worked with the PLAY Pilots website team [...]
Are Distractible People More Creative? | Wired Science | Wired.com "…the problem isn’t distractibility per se – the problem is distractibility coupled with a failure to curate our thoughts". Which is why I am adding this to Delicious and not just tweeting it. (tags: focus attention distraction creativity)
Lost Garden: Announcing Spry Fox (my happy new company) Daniel Cook's new studio shares some similarities with Hubbub. Both follow the contemporary film studio setup, with teams of free agents converging around projects. (tags: SpryFox LostGarden DanielCook games studios design business organizations networks work) Design With Intent: Change Observer: Design Observer I read these suggestions [...]
Kanye West, media cyborg " Snarkmarket "We’re all media cyborgs now." We might not be Kanye West but we can certainly employ media to expand our presence in the world, which is pretty crazy if you think about it. Via Tom. (tags: cyborgs media KanyeWest)
Fiona Raby once told me that the majority of her work with students at the RCA was about psychology. After a week like this, I can see where she’s coming from. Without going into too much detail, I had my work cut out for me with a new group of students who I will be [...]
Keita Takahashi of Katamari fame has designed a playground in Nottingham Wonderful. Seems like a natural transition from his games. (tags: games play playgrounds nottingham keitatakahashi katamaridamacy nobynobyboy)
After a bit of a long summer break Alexander, Ianus and I are back with another edition of This happened – Utrecht. Read about the program of the seventh edition below. We’ll add a fourth speaker to the roster soon. The event is scheduled for Monday 4 October at Theater Kikker in Utrecht. Doors open [...]
The Philosophy of Punk Rock Mathematics – Technoccult interviews Tom Henderson "This is the first serious long-term plan I’ve ever had. I figure, Shit, I’m a guy with long term plans now? I need to re-roll my character sheet." Totally enjoyable interview that all of a sudden has me itching to chew on some math. [...]
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