Video games, violence, and common sense
Nicholas Matthews on Apr 2, 2013Media violence research waxes and wanes like many other research topics. Focusing events train the collective gaze of the world on single point. When Facebook changes how it shares our information, we discuss our tenuous grip on privacy. When...
How to Reduce Antisocial Behavior
Travis L. Ross on Nov 2, 2012Recently Bungie (Halo 4) and NCsoft (Guild wars 2) have both taken a very aggressive stance on antisocial behavior in chat channels. Both companies have begun to ban players who use hate speech. Now, as far as I can tell banning such behavior can...
Gee, what a future: A response to James Gee’s talk...
Kenneth Rosenberg on Apr 16, 2012A more detailed summary of James Gee’s lecture can be found in the companion piece titled: Problems in education, as solved by James Paul Gee As a student, it’s incredibly distressing to hear James Gee speak about the future of the...
Problems in education, as solved by James Paul Gee
Kenneth Rosenberg on Apr 16, 2012A few weeks ago, James Gee visited Indiana University and gave a talk on the foundering education system—with its failing standards and increasing disjointedness with most society—and proposed deferring to the natural state of knowledge in this...
Using Psychophysiology in Games & Lunch with M...
Travis L. Ross on Mar 25, 2011While I was at GDC I had the opportunity to attend and talk by, and have lunch with, Valve Software’s Mike Ambinder. What became apparent from our conversation is that Valve and Mike are particularly interested in the application of...