I began thinking of how instead of how we might achieve flow but rather how might we induce the flow with a hypnotic game design. Using elements of bi-aural beats, induction patter, and eye fixation to alter the theta state and distort time.
Maybe using some Braid-like hypnosis induction techniques which there are many variations. Robert [...]
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Induce Flow?
Posted in Design, ENGL 578, Games & Education on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lit. Review Ideas
Posted in ENGL 578 on February 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
What is the best way to design an exercise game (or exergame)?
Exergaming (a portmanteau of “exercise” and “gaming”) is a term used for video games that also provide exercise. Exergames have one element of exercise and one element of gaming. – Wikipedia
It is a very popular research and development topic for game designers and health [...]
Tech Bio: draft ideas
Posted in ENGL 578 on February 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The most influential media in my life has been television. I loved Sesame Street!
I watched it obsessively as a young child. It was on twice a day. Without knowing how to read a clock, I knew when. Maybe the angle of the sun. Twice a day without fail. I wish I could have been there. [...]
The Quantified Self
Posted in ENGL 578 on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Found this article and thought you might like. It is related to what we were all discussing in class… we are our data.
“Unless something can be measured, it cannot be improved,” Kelly wrote on the Quantified Self blog. “So we are on a quest to collect as many personal tools that will assist us in [...]
Definition of New Media
Posted in ENGL 578, tagged new media on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New media is instant, mobile, digital, personal, individualized, massively multiplayer, audio, video, text, and animation.
It is Web Sites, Facebook, Myspace. It is games that are single or MMO, from casual to WoW to Second Life. It is very social with large communities and small sub-cultures.
Importantly, it is a mashup of any number of the above, [...]
