Lately, I've been doing a bit of thinking about Alternate Reality games . I was introduced to them last year but in the last few months ...
European Conference of Game Based Learning
I was in Barcelona last week for ECGBL. This was my first proper conference and though I wasn't presenting it was pretty cool to be able...
Sunday, August 31, 2008
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Portal (PS3)
I finally finished Portal . It's a first person action/puzzle game, where an AI called GLaDOS challenges you to get through each of the ...
Cyprus and violent video games
Having grown up in Cyprus I wasn't too surprised to hear that there are no actual laws in place that regulate the selling of video games...
Writing in Games
I was in London last week for NMK's Writing for Games Event and while the event was interesting in and of itself, it's also got me ...
A bit of a rant about controllers and peripherals
Chris Plante posted an article called "Problematic Peripherals" about all the extra kit that seems to come along with games these...
On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One (PC)
Ok so I'm not sure if this counts as a seventh generation game as such, but it has only just been released and I did really enjoy playin...