Play vicariously with Ignacio R. @Igman05 and @RandomOutput Daniel and their friends (who are you guys?) as these guys from San Francisco rock the buffalo game! Not sure who is winning, but maybe they will comment and let us know!...
IndieCade 2012 was the most exciting yet-- great games, interesting talks, and an impressive crowd of makers and players. I met scores of new indie designers as well as old friends, and was impressed with the vision, energy, and enthusiasm of the folks I met....
We have a great talk on campus this Friday! Friday, 19th October 2012 4-5:30PM Photography, Plugged and Unplugged Dominic McIver Lopes Haldeman 041, with reception to follow From the moment of its invention, photography has been viewed as the contrary of drawing, with profound consequences for the epistemology and aesthetics...
Just to be clear, I don't condone gladiatorial fights (involving anyone) as a form of social control. That said, I believe the child gladiatorial fights in Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games trilogy have several poorly and lazily designed elements that make the games both feel...
If you're in or near the Santa Cruz area, come check out Critical Play, a panel discussion on Art, Games, & History. ...
10.3.2012 UPDATE: IndieCade is an international festival of independent games and Mary is one of the keynote speakers! Come see her speak at IndieCade and also play some of the latest games from Tiltfactor like buffalo and ZOMBIEPOX, which was part of the IndieCade Showcase...
The Presidential Scholars Program at Dartmouth enables juniors to work closely with faculty on research projects. During the 2011-12 school year, I was one of three Presidential Scholars working at Tiltfactor. This past winter and spring, I learned quite a bit about game design and...
Modeling health system dynamics with a game of tag about zombies? Sounds impossible, but the Tiltfactor team experimented with just such a wacky game on the Dartmouth Green! The human team runs away from the zombies, because if they get tagged then they have to...
Right after getting back from the crazy awesome that is Gen Con, the Tiltfactor team went into packing mode, as we are moving into a new building! Two years in the making, the Black Family Visual Arts Center at Dartmouth College is a state-of-the-art facility...
Greetings from GenCon! Our booth is a fantastic success and we're thankful to all of the many GenCon attendees who have stopped by to play and those who not only play but pick up their own copies of ZOMBIEPOX (sold out), Buffalo (nearing extinction too)...