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. ...
[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...
A recent article in the Washington Post discusses South Korea's world-leading gaming culture. Considered the world's most technologically integrated country, with high numbers of gamers and internet users, South Korea is the one to watch as far as gaming policies. Appx 95% of households have...
What happens to game designers when they don't know the "right" answers? This is especially important in situations where designers need to somehow verify crowdsourcing data. What data can we obtain with the resources we have? Well, what do we have? 1)...
A recent article highlights Dartmouth College's rather unusual approach to game design by basing the process in humanistic thinking. Influenced by Professor Mary Flanagan's commitment to social change design and human values through the Values at Play project, the students enrolled in Dartmouth's games courses...
We at Tiltfactor send out a tribute to Canadian game inventor Chris Haney, one of the designers of Trivial Pursuit. We'd also like to those who have come before us to enrich our games, especially those at Dartmouth: Thomas Kurtz and John G. Kemeny, inventors...
catch it all tomorrow with a Tiltfactor open house 3-6pm hosted by Digital Humanities Professor Mary Flanagan and her student design team in 304 North Fairbanks, Dartmouth College; followed by "Rebooting Our Democracy" a public lecture by Prof. Lawrence Lessig 7:00 p.m. Thursday, May 27, 2010 Filene Auditorium, Moore...
At Tiltfactor we're designing a suite of games that inspires users to tag photographs with “expert” data. Using their input, are building a searchable database of terms that users can explore to find the photographs they need. But how should such a database be constructed...
Stay tuned -- a new PLAYCUBE event at Dartmouth! Friday, May 7th: AREA+the Playcube present "This is my World" The Spring Student Art Exhibition Gallery opening from 5-7PM, with the Cube serenading the Top of the Hop Music + refreshments provided! (in the belly of the the CUBE=digital photography and short...