- -: +10 Points for Eating Cereal? Visions of the Gamepocalypse
August 13, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/27/Jesse_Schell_Visions_of_the_Gamepocalypse How many points can you rack up... Brushing your teeth? Commuting to work? Reading books? Jesse Schell, CEO and Creative Director of Schell Games, imagines a future where all aspects of our daily lives are int...
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- -: Does Social Activism Take the Fun Out of Video Games?
August 18, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/03/Games_for_Change_Producing_Transformational_Video_Games Gamelab CEO Eric Zimmerman debates Games for Change co-president Asi Burak about the potential of video games to encourage activism on social issues. Zimmerman warns that vast social problems can...
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- -: Can Video Games Make the World a Better Place?
November 19, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/16/Long_Conversation_with_Tiffany_Shlain_and_Jane_McGonigal Game designer Jane McGonigal and filmmaker Tiffany Schlain discuss how video games make people better, and can help change the world. McGonigal describes the "epic win," a special skill gamers d...
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- -: Kids Today: How Does 10,000 Hours of Video Games Affect Development?
December 14, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/06/Wonderfest_2010_Does_10k_Hours_of_Gaming_Have_Effects World-renowned game designer Jane McGonigal explores whether or not pro-social video games -- games that instruct players to help others -- are actually beneficial to the mental development of chil...
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- -: We've Spent 5.93M Years Playing WoW...?!?
January 27, 2011 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/partner/Gamification_Summit Jane McGonigal, author of Reality Is Broken, points to the 3 billion hours the world invests every week in online gaming as a clear indicator that many people are not being sufficiently challenged in their day-to-day lives. "5...
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- -: Chores Get Gamified: Players Compete to Clean the Toilet
April 5, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/01/24/Jane_McGonigal_How_Games_Can_Make_a_Better_World Game designer and author Jane McGonigal recounts how the computer game Chore Wars pitted her and her husband against one another to see who could perform more household chores. "We wound up doing some f...
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- -: Hacking the Xbox Kinect with Johnny Chung Lee
May 14, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/wired_business_conference_2011 Google "rapid evaluator" Johnny Chung Lee demonstrates how independent developers around the globe are using Microsoft's Xbox Kinect to create sophisticated full-body tracking video games. ----- Innovation on t...
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- -: OnLive Makes Remote Computing Feel Local
August 20, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/nextwork_conference_2011 Steven Perlman, founder and CEO of OnLive, demonstrates the company's latest service, which allows users to remotely run a top-of-the-line computer on any device (laptop, tablet, etc.) in real time over the internet. ----- Flash...
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- -: So You're the Mayor on Foursquare. Now What?
September 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/gamificationsummit_nyc_2011 Rajat Paharia, founder of Bunchball, cautions against believing that game mechanics will engage users indefinitely. Using Foursquare as an example, he commends the service's gamified design for attracting new users, but see...
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- -: Can You Juggle Your Way to a Smarter Brain?
September 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/gamificationsummit_nyc_2011 Gabe Zichermann, author of Gamification by Design, shares a recent scientific study suggesting that the challenge of mastering a game (in this case, juggling) may lead to an increase of gray matter in the brain. Zichermann ...
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