Gaming In Distress: My Bookmarks Is Your Bookmarks

For a white guy with dreads, Jaron Lanier is extremely productive. In the 1980s he coined the term “virtual reality” and among other things, established the idea of online personas through the use of avatars. The Encyclopaedia Britannica lists him as one of history’s greatest 300 inventors, and the film Lawnmower Man was partly based on him and his workshop (he was the one played by Pierce Brosnan). He’s also carved out a successful career as a jazz musician, playing alongside contemporary Monsters of Jazz like Ornette Coleman and George Clinton, and has amassed one of the world’s largest collections of rare Asian wind and string instruments. More recently Jaron set-up a little website called Second Life and now lectures at some of the world’s most prestigious universities. This year he released You Are Not a Gadget, a manifesto on why parts of the digital revolution are making us mean, bland, cultureless bastards. We basked in his mighty intelligence…

Civilization Fanatics' Forums

Fanatical coverage of Sid Meier's Civilization series.

Motherboard | Science. Technology. Design. Culture.

MOTHERBOARD.TV is an online video network and community focused on the exploration of the culture of technology, as viewed through the lenses of curated editorial content, community, and dialogue.

jrobichess.com - Blogging and Vlogging the Great Game of Chess!

jrobichess Chess Videos, Chess Grandmaster Study, Chess Endgame Study, Chess Openings, and more!

Chess | Learn, Practice, Play Chess for Free | The Chess Website

The Chess Website is the easiest place online to find everything you've ever wanted to know about chess. Whether you are looking for chess openings, chess traps, or chess strategy, the chess website is the place for you.

GeniusProphecy Chess - Free Chess Lessons

A chess website dedicated to writing free chess articles on a range of topics to help the average player improve.

'Movies' in the Mind Revealed by Brain Imaging | Science | Epoch Times

Scientists at the University of California (UC), Berkeley have successfully decoded, reconstructed and recorded movies from the human brain based on people’s "dynamic visual experiences."

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The Golden Baobab Prize

The Golden Baobab Prize is an African literary award established in 2007 to encourage the writing of African literature for children and young adults. It is administered through a literary competition that invites entries of unpublished short stories written by African citizens irrespective of age, race or geographical location. The Prize offers a monetary award and connects outstanding stories with an array of African and international publishers.

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Ball State University - Master of Arts in Telecommunications (Digital Storytelling Emphasis)

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NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study

John Dewey, Philosophy and Education

Dr. John Dewey Dead at 92; Philosopher a Noted Liberal

Penny Arcade - Extra Credits – Gamifying Education

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UNITY: Game List

Develop once, publish everywhere! Unity is the ultimate tool for video game development, architectural visualizations, and interactive media installations – publish to the web, Windows, OS X, Wii, Xbox 360, and iPhone with many more platforms to come.

Escape Plan - PlayStation Network, PSN game

Dice with death – and win – in this slapstick tale of survival.

Bots High — A Documentary on High School Combat Robots

Bots High is an exciting documentary following the adventures of three high school robotics teams battling for first place at the national robotics competition in Miami, Florida. It’s a no-holds-barred fight to the death with robot carnage everywhere you look.

Wintermute Engine

Alpha Polaris - Trailer - YouTube

Trailer for Alpha Polaris, a mystery adventure game for PC. More info at the website and you can buy it straight from the developer! http://www.turmoilgames.com

Level Design 2 | STASIS

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Visionaire in a web browser? - visionaire-studio.net

Hello!You know if there is any way to run a game created in Visionaire in a web browser? I guess not.It occurs to me to move the .e

Visionaire Studio - Adventure Game Engine

Easy Development of Adventure Games via the authoring software

Are We Failing Our Geniuses? - TIME

In U.S. schools, the highest achievers are too often challenged the least. Why that's hurting America — and how to fix it

3 Game Mechanics To Include In Learning Games | Upside Learning Blog

Post highlights 3 Game Mechanics To Include In Learning Games

Games Research Lab @ Teachers College :: EGGPLANT Home

Through an understanding of play, the Games Research Lab seeks to gain knowledge of human cognition, collaboration, media effects, modern culture, creativity, improvisation and other factors within games that have implications for education. Faculty and students involved with the Games Research Lab have broad-ranging interests, and the lab has resources allowing the study of video games, traditional board and card games, role-playing games, games for teaching and learning,

Brain science 101 with Sanjay and Sal Khan - 60 Minutes Overtime - CBS News

Neurosurgeon and 60 Minutes correspondent Sanjay Gupta attempts a third job: teaching. See Gupta make a Sal-Khan-style video lesson for the Khan Academy Read more by 60 Minutes Overtime Staff on CBS News' 60 Minutes Overtime.

Online interactive simulation 3D models

Online interactive 3D demo-models created with AnyLogic simulation tool

Brainy Gamer: The "Smart Game" Catalog

Brainy Gamer is a blog and podcast devoted to video games and the community of gamers. Your comments and feedback are always welcome.

Gamasutra: Chris Hildenbrand's Blog - 2D Game Art For Programmers - Part 1 [updated]

StoryBricks: The Future of User-Driven Narrative is At Stake | AiGameDev.com

StoryBricks is a fascinating project that aims to democratize traditional role-playing games, helping users easily specify behavior for living entities in the world, then share their creations with other players. As you may suspect, the AI challenges to pull this off are incredible — on the scale of a mainstream title like THE SIMS 3 with the risk of innovative indie games like FAÇADE.

Balance of Power (video game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Herzog Zwei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Introduction to the I Ching

What the I Ching is and its use as an oracle.

Book of Imaginary Beings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So you want to be a pixel artist? - Photoshop tutorials and Pixelart tutorials, smiles and pixelart - Gas13.ru

Photoshop tutorials and pixelart tutorials. Pixelart gallery and smiles. Free games for mobile phones

Peasant Prince

Video Games and Society (NEMLA 2013)

Wesch - Anthropology Program at Kansas State University

War Is Boring

The 13-year-old who has the world planting trees - Telegraph

At the age of nine, Felix Finkbeiner hatched a plan to plant a million trees in his native Germany. Now he's a global eco-superhero

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