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“Real Virtuality”: the Museum of the Moving Image Pixellates Reality with Mixed Results

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, is one of those New York cultural treasures that I've been hearing about for years and years and just never got around to visiting. First off, it's in Queens, which is still somewhat opaque and mysterious to me.  Secondly, uh, it's been a busy 15 years. And…

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Rik Rides the Train: Playing Dance Central for First Time! (video)

Posted on December 29, 2010 by

Here's a somewhat embarassing video of me playing "Dance Central" on the XBox 360 for the first time at Spud's place.  The song: "Com'n Ride It" by the Quad City DJs (1995.) The level: Medium.  The experience: AWESOME. Damn, I really want this game now.  

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Mini-review: Red Bull BC-One B-boy Game for iPhone / iPad / iTouch

Posted on November 26, 2010 by

Red Bull BC-One has in the past few years established itself as the gold standard of b-boy / breaking competitions, with top notch events, world class dancers, and film quality videos.  Now the BC-One folks have added gaming to their offerings, with games for the Nintendo-DS, online, and now for the iPhone / iPad /…

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First Dancer’s Review of “Dance Central” and Kinect for Xbox 360

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

My buddy Spuds posts to Yehoodi.com his review of the new XBox 360 game "Dance Central," the flagship dancing game of the new "Kinect" controller system. It's the first dancer's perspective review of "Dance Central" that I've seen on the web so far. Kinect is what might be a paradigm-changing system for interfacing with your…

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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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“Scott Pilgrim vs the World”: Musical, Martial-arts Love Story is Full of Win

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

Tonight I got to see a sneak preview of "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" at the BAM Rose Theater in Brooklyn with a couple hundred other excited fans. I won't get all spoiler-y, but suffice to say it is worthy of the tagline: "An Epic of Epic Epicness." Why should you see this film? Awesome…

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Global Kids Challenges NYC Teens to “Level Up” their Serious Gaming Skills this Summer

Posted on May 13, 2010 by

This July, Global Kids is holding our first serious gaming camp that we are calling "Level Up"! Designed for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors, this week-long summer intensive will train you in basic game design, global literacy, and how to combine the two into a serious game design addressing a critical social issue. It…

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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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Boy Scouts Create “Gaming Pin” around Consumerism, Fear and Regulation (updated)

Posted on April 30, 2010 by

" My organization Global Kids has been working in the field of serious games and games based learning for several years, directly with young people in New York City, and with several other institutions like the New York Public Library and the Field Museum of Chicago.  We love digital games and what they can afford…

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“Play”: A Mind-bending Short Film on Games and Reality

Posted on March 15, 2010 by

Check out this unpredictable, thought-provoking short film "Play."  The film examines what happens when digital game play becomes indistinguishable from reality. By David Kaplan (Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories, Year of the Fish) and game designer Eric Zimmerman (Gamelab, Rules of Play). (I personally find the First Date level extremely difficult to beat.)…

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