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Ignite Your Feedback!

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Gigi

Feedback comes in lots of forms. Sometimes, we get feedback by watching how people respond to what we say. Sometimes, they might even tell us directly. And, sometimes, as is the case with games, we see something directly happen as … Continue reading →

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Siege 2011 – Gaming from Atlanta

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Gigi

I’m writing this post from my hotel room, down in Atlanta because I just attended the 2011 SIEGE Gaming Conference. I met some really great people who are moving the gaming industry forward down here and it made for a … Continue reading →

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Done-Done, the Wisdom of an Engineer

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Gigi

As a software engineer, it is unbelievably easy to get lost in the world of ‘least memory’, ‘most elegant solution’, or my all-time favorite, ‘fewest clock-cycles’. All of these ideas simply mean to maximize the performance of the code. This … Continue reading →

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Creating Flow, Motivation, and Fun in Learning Games

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Gigi

Direct Link To Paper: Creating Flow, Motivation, and Fun in Learning Games.  (PS – some external sites do not like direct links to a PDF format, so I used this blog post instead). In a 2010 Ted conference, Ali Car-Chellman … Continue reading →

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Why Games Work – The Science of Learning

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Gigi

Direct Link To Paper: Why Games Work – The Science of Learning. (PS – some external sites do not like direct links to a PDF format, so I used this blog post instead). A few months ago, I had a … Continue reading →

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