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December 20, 2012

Rabbit

December 20, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 20DEC2012 from http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/20/rabbit-video-chat/ In Q1 2013 the design-focused startup will launch its desktop client where people create persistent group chat rooms, talk with friends or strangers, and watch any kind o...

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June 21, 2012

Video Game Sales: Infographic from Statistica

June 21, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 21JUN2012 from http://mashable.com/2012/06/21/video-game-industry/?utm_source=feedburner&amp...

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June 21, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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June 03, 2012

Live Streaming of Gameplay - A Game Changer?

June 03, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 04JUN2012 from http://mashable.com/2012/06/04/twitchtv-livestreaming-game/ TwitchTV announced Monday the first game with built-in livestreaming, circumventing the difficult systems players would normally have to use to broadcast their ga...

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June 03, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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March 23, 2012

Social Impact of Social Games

March 23, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 23MAR2012 from http://www.onlineuniversity.net/online-gamers-get-girls/ The Internet dating industry has blossomed in recent years, and people all over the world are turning to popular relationship sites in search of love. But when it co...

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March 23, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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March 23, 2012

Cultivating Genius

March 23, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 23MAR2012 from http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/02/st_essay_genius/ Several years ago, statistician David Banks wrote a short paper on what he called the problem of excess genius: It turns out that human geniuses aren’t scattered rando...

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March 23, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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March 22, 2012

CoAdjoint's New Approach to Gameplay

March 22, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 22MAR2012 from http://www.imperialinnovations.co.uk/digital/portfolio/coadjoint/Action is based on a mathematical model of skill acquisition. It is a software development kit designed for simple integration into software. A developer use...

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March 22, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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March 21, 2012

The Rise of Social Network Games

March 21, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 21MAR2012 from http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/166479/how_triplea_games_went_social_an... This isn't just about creating mini-game crossovers that can be used to promote an upcoming blockbuster console release. Instead, it's about ...

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March 21, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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March 15, 2012

Storify

March 15, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 15MAR2012 from http://mashable.com/2012/02/22/storify-launches-an-ipad-app-for-social-media-... Social media storytelling tool Storify finally untethered itself from the desktop on Wednesday with the launch of a free iPad app. Like the w...

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March 15, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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March 13, 2012

Katie Salen on Gaming and Education

March 13, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 13MAR2012 from http://sxsw.com/node/10853 Katie Salen, Executive Director of the Institute of Play, helps administer two schools based on gaming and education, but she likes to keep up-to-date with professional game designers as well... ...

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March 13, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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March 13, 2012

Sebastian Deterding on Gamification

March 13, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 13MAR2012 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7ZGCPap7GkY Meaning personal goals, customizable goals, prosocial goals meaningful community, community generated goals meaningful story with ubiquitous (visual) remin...

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March 11, 2012

How Games Make Us Resilient

March 11, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 11MAR2012 from http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-57394960-52/jane-mcgonigal-shows-how-games-... At the South by Southwest festival here this week, the world-famous game designer [Jane McGonigal] formally launched her latest project, Supe...

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March 11, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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March 08, 2012

Will Wright's Plans for Hivemind

March 08, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 08MAR2012 from http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/18/interview-will-wright-speaks-his-hivemind/ Will Wright’s games from SimCity to The Sims have sold more than 100 million units. That’s why people are paying attention to his new startup and...

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March 08, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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March 08, 2012

The Future Unlocked: Gamification

March 08, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 08MAR2012 from http://questional.com/blog/156-the-future-unlocked-gamification-part-i/ There are many ways to motivate people. An employer motivates an employee to work by dangling the reward of a paycheck. A mugger motivates that same e...

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March 07, 2012

Kabam's Hardcore Games for Social Networks

March 07, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 07MAR2012 from http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/26/kaboom-kabam-raises-85m-for-hardcore-social... Kabam has raised $85 million in a fourth round of funding to fuel its business making hardcore games for social networks such as Facebook. Th...

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March 07, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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March 05, 2012

Technology and Folk Games

March 05, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 05MAR2012 from http://gamasutra.com/view/news/164420/GDC_2012_Die_Gute_Fabriks_Wilson_on_how... For the past three years, Die Gute Fabrik’s Doug Wilson has been researching and working on a PhD dissertation about folk games, even while d...

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March 05, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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March 02, 2012

Stories in Games

March 02, 2012/ Gary Riccio

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/02/08/amalur-vs-skyrim-does-gamep... We’d read a book or watch a movie if we just wanted a story. But it doesn’t seem like that’s the case. Game controls, mechanics, all of it is just a means to an end, ...

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March 02, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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March 01, 2012

Social Platform for Mobile Games

March 01, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 01MAR2012 from http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/01/viximo-launches-social-zone-platform-for-mo... Viximo, a platform for cross-platform social games, is broadening its distribution reach today with the launch of its Social Zone platform wh...

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March 01, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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March 01, 2012

Kiip Mobile Rewards Network

March 01, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 01MAR2012 from http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/01/kiip-announces-enticements-to-get-more-game... Kiip is about to kick off a big effort to get more game developers to use its mobile rewards network. The company is announcing a new $100,00...

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February 27, 2012

The Power of Habit

February 27, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 27FEB2012 from http://www.npr.org/2012/02/27/147296743/how-you-can-harness-the-power-of-habit The 19th century psychologist William James observed, "All our life ... is but a mass of habits." Ad men in the 20th century took this aphorism...

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February 27, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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February 17, 2012

'Act of Valor' must balance publicity with secrecy

February 17, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 17FEB2012 from http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/12/entertainment/la-ca-act-of-valor-2012... The casting of real SEALs creates a layer of intrigue and authenticity about "Act of Valor" for audiences, but the movie raises questions of ...

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February 17, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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