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CityOne: IBM launches game on urban planning and sustainable development (yawn!)

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

So IBM has launched their "CityOne" online game, designed to teach regular folks "how to better cope with complex modern problems by showing them the forest of solutions that have to be brought to bear, ranging from technological wizardry like smart grids, to better IT, to smart environmental policy."  I wrote about CityOne briefly in…

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IBM’s CityOne Game: Solve Real World Problems in a Virtual City

Posted on May 4, 2010 by

CityOne, a new game being developed by IBM, combines the god-view SimCity experience with current urban development challenges like clean water, overcrowding and small business growth.  The goal of the game is "to teach laypeople how to better cope with complex modern problems by showing them the forest of solutions that have to be brought…

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EnerCities: first Facebook “serious game” on sustainable urban development

Posted on December 8, 2009 by

 Dylan Nagel of Paladin Studios sends out the news that the public beta version of EnerCities has been released, reportedly the first "serious game" to be hosted on Facebook. With support from the European Commission, the goal of our project is to raise energy awareness among young people around the world through the gameplay. I…

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Responsible, Sustainable Holiday Shopping in NYC

Posted on December 21, 2008 by

I just got home from hopefully the last round of shopping for holiday presents this year.  Yes, we are in a recession. But the stores and holiday markets are still packed with people busy stimulating the economy, as Mayor Bloomberg keeps telling us to do. I will be the first to admit that I probably…

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Freestyle to “Booty Swing” by Parov Stelar

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