Dartmouth at Play = Awesome

[caption id="attachment_5545" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="(l to r): Sam Beattie, Oge Young, Dave Roberts, Michelle Favaloro, Justin Gary, and Tracy Hurley respond to provocative audience questions at Dartmouth at Play '12"][/caption] Held the Friday of Green Key weekend, one of the busiest times of the year on...

I will be speaking on behalf of my artistic practice and Tiltfactor with Christopher Robbins, of the Ghana Think Tank, at TransTalks: Practice Makes Practice, a series of conversations among invited speakers, the MFA students in the Parsons Transdisciplinary Design program, and the public dedicated...

The following is a response, or perhaps companion, piece to Olia Lialina's My Boyfriend Came Back from the War. I didn't go- none of us did. They thought we went, but we didn't. Here. We were here. They didn't think so, so they screamed at us and shot at us and wanted us...

Imagine that you could make a person suffer, and no one would ever know. Would you do so? Were you to pose that question in person, few if any would claim to exercise such a power. But wipe away any identifying factors, and give the...

When discussing the far reaches of the Worldwide Web it is easy to focus on the dark, dank corners- 4chan and its infamous /b/ board, Encyclopedia Dramatica, and those many, many shock sites. Misogyny, homophobia, and racism reign. Cruelty is the community standard, bullying is...

Wednesday January 18, 2012 4-7pm 304 North Fairbanks Come greet the new year with the folks behind Dartmouth's Game Research Lab for an open house! Play video games and board games! Meet our student designers, staff, and founder Mary Flanagan-- and play games! This time we will...

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...

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...

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...

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"