Comments on: Articles of Interest http://www.edery.org/2007/04/articles-of-interest-86/ For those interested in the business of making great video games. Entrepreneurial spirit a must. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: breath http://www.edery.org/2007/04/articles-of-interest-86/comment-page-1/#comment-60450 breath Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:17:20 +0000 http://www.edery.org/2007/04/articles-of-interest-86/#comment-60450 Speaking of laundry list, do you know any good developers looking for a shit-ton of interesting work? :-) Speaking of laundry list, do you know any good developers looking for a shit-ton of interesting work? :-)

]]> By: David J Edery http://www.edery.org/2007/04/articles-of-interest-86/comment-page-1/#comment-59683 David J Edery Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:40:21 +0000 http://www.edery.org/2007/04/articles-of-interest-86/#comment-59683 > sounds like something you’d do with a rubber hose and a Sharpie Never has a phrase more precisely walked the line between "LMAO" and "What?" :-) > Linden Lab does have a project in the pipes (any day now) to improve vehicle physics I was ****THIS**** close to spamming you with my laundry list of other requests/complaints. This remarkable display of restraint will need to be matched by an equally indulgent trip to the freezer for some chocolate ice cream. Balance must be restored to the universe somehow. > sounds like something you’d do with a rubber hose and a Sharpie

Never has a phrase more precisely walked the line between “LMAO” and “What?” :-)

> Linden Lab does have a project in the pipes (any day now) to improve vehicle physics

I was ****THIS**** close to spamming you with my laundry list of other requests/complaints. This remarkable display of restraint will need to be matched by an equally indulgent trip to the freezer for some chocolate ice cream. Balance must be restored to the universe somehow.

]]> By: breath http://www.edery.org/2007/04/articles-of-interest-86/comment-page-1/#comment-59665 breath Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:51:13 +0000 http://www.edery.org/2007/04/articles-of-interest-86/#comment-59665 God, I hate that word 'edutainment'. It sounds like something you'd do with a rubber hose and a Sharpie. Can we come up with something better? How about "smart play" or "feedback learning"? To be fair to Intel, Linden Lab does have a project in the pipes (any day now) to improve vehicle physics, so it's just "unintentionally forward-thinking". ;-) God, I hate that word ‘edutainment’. It sounds like something you’d do with a rubber hose and a Sharpie. Can we come up with something better? How about “smart play” or “feedback learning”?

To be fair to Intel, Linden Lab does have a project in the pipes (any day now) to improve vehicle physics, so it’s just “unintentionally forward-thinking”. ;-)

]]> By: Morgan Ramsay http://www.edery.org/2007/04/articles-of-interest-86/comment-page-1/#comment-59370 Morgan Ramsay Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:18:58 +0000 http://www.edery.org/2007/04/articles-of-interest-86/#comment-59370 <blockquote>A huge federal study concludes that current educational software has no impact on student performance. IMO, it’s time to stop deploying uninspired “learning tools” and start focusing on novel edutainment experiences that inspire children to learn more, on their own time, after they stop playing the game.</blockquote> <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20060703-9999-1m3fifth.html" rel="nofollow">Fifth Dimension</a> <a href="http://www.igda-sandiego.org/web/49" rel="nofollow">at</a> <a href="http://lchc.ucsd.edu/FifthDimension/" rel="nofollow">UCSD</a>.

A huge federal study concludes that current educational software has no impact on student performance. IMO, it’s time to stop deploying uninspired “learning tools” and start focusing on novel edutainment experiences that inspire children to learn more, on their own time, after they stop playing the game.

Fifth Dimension at UCSD.

]]> By: rmg http://www.edery.org/2007/04/articles-of-interest-86/comment-page-1/#comment-59245 rmg Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:55:33 +0000 http://www.edery.org/2007/04/articles-of-interest-86/#comment-59245 "Virgin Radio (UK) is streaming music to PS3 and Wii consoles via a Flash applet that can be accessed via the console web browsers." Thats nice, cant wait for them to do it on the 360.... oh wait, we dont have a web browser do we :*( Sort it out MS! “Virgin Radio (UK) is streaming music to PS3 and Wii consoles via a Flash applet that can be accessed via the console web browsers.”

Thats nice, cant wait for them to do it on the 360…. oh wait, we dont have a web browser do we :*( Sort it out MS!

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