DiGRA 2011 – a first glimpse

I'll be following up with written thoughts, but here are a few video highlights courtesy of the Utrecht School of the Arts....

17 September, 2011

What's happening in Salzburg in September, you ask? The Salzburg Global Seminar Session #468 Innovating for Value in Health Care Delivery: Better cross-border learning, smarter adaptation and adoption [caption id="attachment_3856" align="alignleft" width="300"][/caption] Salzburg Global Seminars, a non-profit organization that holds seminars on a variety of worldwide obstacles for humanity,...

12 September, 2011

Tiltfactor's Mary Flanagan will be giving a keynote at this year's Digital Games Research Association Conference. "After Leveling Up in the Netherlands (2003), Changing Views in Canada (2005), Situated Play in Japan (2007) and Breaking New Ground in England (2009) the 5th DiGRA Conference returns...

10 September, 2011

Today is the last chance to get POX: SAVE THE PEOPLE at the preorder discount! So order today if you want to buy POX for $21.95, because tomorrow it will cost $25! Tomorrow if you have 'liked' our facebook page, then you'll have a chance...

31 August, 2011

We weathered the storm without mishap -- and even had some leftovers! Now, the group is gearing up for a fruitful fall production period. Thanks to everyone who pitched in to make sure Tilt folks stayed safe. Our hearts go out to those whose homes...

29 August, 2011

Tiltfactor at Dartmouth College readies the Lab for Hurricane Irene: Lab Director Mary Flanagan finds the fire-resistant suit and begins lab preparedness...

27 August, 2011

We want pox to spread everywhere, so Tiltfactor is announcing the POX:SAVE THE PEOPLE Outbreak Giveaway. Simply 'like' our facebook page for a chance to win a free copy of POX: SAVE THE PEOPLE! On 9/1 we will draw 2 names from everyone liking our facebook...

17 August, 2011

Thanks to everyone for the tremendous response we received at Gen Con! Because there was so much interest in POX: SAVE THE PEOPLE, we've decided to start shipping the second edition early! No need to wait until September. In fact, if you...

16 August, 2011

After reveling in the glow of Gen-Con (check out the photos on FB), our Lab director Mary Flanagan has just announced that starting this September, we are launching into a new project to develop games that explore nuanced aspects of stereotype threat and implicit bias!...

10 August, 2011
A variety of folks have been reacting to Ian Bogost's "Gamification is Bullshit" post today (with which, for the record, I largely concur.) This is one of my favorite responses. The whole essay is fantastic, but I want to take a second to point out something of an aside of Mr. Nelson's:
"...perhaps we could also read from the large body of research in areas like cognitive behavioral therapy, which includes a lot of thinking on quite relevant questions, such as how to use extrinsic interventions in a way that guides a user towards intrinsic motivation, rather than making them dependent on Skinner-box-like motivational approaches"
09 August, 2011
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