Tiltfactor's official foray into health games begins this spring. Our new board game and associated web based game are launching in March at the NH Immunization Conference. The game will be for sale on our newly designed website, launching also in March. Watch this space!...
Since the 1950s, games have been a part of the culture of scientific discovery. In 1951, The Nimrod was a special purpose computer built to play the game of Nim, for display at the Exhibition of Science during the 1951 Festival of Britain. In 1952,...
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="402" caption="Dartmouth student designer Max Seidman watches a playtest while MVHI Program Coordinator Edward Ihejirika plays "][/caption] Tiltfactor is finalizing a game with local public health group Mascoma Valley Health Initiative in New Hampshire on immunization. The game will players understand “herd” immunity...
Listen to an interview of our director on Resonance FM's October 2010 broadcast: Mary Flanagan discusses art, games, and activism. ...
Dartmouth's Tiltfactor is a partner in the Games for Learning Institute, centered at NYU. We're launching a game competition and invite you to participate!...
wow! from 2003, some fun quotes here from our lab Director, such as "I Love the Huge Pixels" -- worthy of t-shirts! ...
Isn't it interesting to get a reminder that even in carnie games, the American obsession with guns prevails? In the UK, the carnie game of choice is archery, as seen here in a vibrant Leicester Square. ...
and stereotypical, this recently spotted advert in London by Tiltfactor folks reminds us of some of the, ah, allegedly 'old school myths' about gender and computing. Holiday shopping is already in swing. For him, the Vanquish Game. For her, Stella McCartney Gift Set. ...
[caption id="attachment_1859" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="photo by Benedict Johnson."][/caption] Tiltfactor's Mary Flanagan is giving a talk this Wednesday in the UK at METAL, and participating in an arts pecha kucha this Thursday. METAL is the artist’s laboratory space set up by Jude Kelly OBE in 2002 to create...
Tiltfactor is interested in design and human values, and our influential research project begun in 2005 with Helen Nissenbaum and Mary Flanagan (PIs) with a group of diligent, introspective, and committed researchers called Values at Play has produced a strong body of research. Check...