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CfP, Meaningful Play 2008

urbnomad — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:35:38 +0000

Place: East Lansing, MI, USA Date: 9th-11th October 2008 Information online: here Full papers deadline: 15th August 2008 (Games and Posters) Themes: Games - The Meaningful Play Game Exhibition and ...

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article on pervasive gaming

urbnomad — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:51:32 +0000

There's an article on pervasive gaming featuring Jon and Pervasive Media Studio on New Scientist online (5 Aug 2008). Nice!

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games and events

urbnomad — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:09:26 +0000

I have attended some interesting events and played great games lately. So, shotly about them. A Bristol-based ARG developer and artist Hazel Grian launched an alternate reality game The Sky Remains some time ...

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Toys-themed week on Media Commons

urbnomad — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:13:04 +0000

Something interesting online: Media Commons, a digital scholarly network presents a toys-themed week from In Media Res starting today. Line-up (as mentioned on the site) is as ...

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Report on Children and Games

urbnomad — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:01:02 +0000

A recent report Byron Reviw - Children and New Technology discusses the risks of children's computer game play. The report seems to assume that adults (who are the concerned ...

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Good intentions anyone?

urbnomad — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:35:20 +0000

I wrote here about the Miss Bimbo game some time ago. It is a game designed to criticize beauty expectations. Similarly, a game by the University of the West of Scotland,

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CfP, Women in Games 2008

urbnomad — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:39:47 +0000

Organiser: University of Warwick, UK Date: 10th-12th September 2008 Information online: here Full papers deadline: 31st May 2008 Themes: Women in games design and development

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CfP, MedienPädagogik

urbnomad — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:52:24 +0000

Journal: The online journal MedienPädagogik (www.medienpaed.com) vol. 14 (2008), “Computer and Video Games in Formal and Informal Educational Contexts”, edited by Prof. Johannes Fromme and Prof. ...

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CfP, ICEC 2008

urbnomad — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:53:35 +0000

Organiser: The Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Date: 24th-26th September 2008 Information online: here Full papers deadline: 11th April ...

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Bad, bad "Miss Bimbo" - some moral talk

urbnomad — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:14:25 +0000

Media has totally prejudged Miss Bimbo during the last weeks. It is accused not only of causing huge mobile phone bills to teenage users but including a "disorted world view" (

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