When, several months ago, I posted about the Chris Deering’s presentation in Barcelona, I pointed out that one of the most important conclusions I had extracted from the talk was that Deering stated the industry had to take seriously games as a media. A couple of days ago, at the ECGBL08, I attended a inspiring [...]
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A naive thought about games and media
Posted in video games on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chris Deering on New Challenges for the Interactive Gaming Industry
Posted in video games on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The presentation that Chris Deering did last week at the Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona was more than interesting. It was quite enlightening. Although he did not reveal any magical key on the future trends in digital interactive entertainment, he offered several clues of what’s going on right now, with clear and valuable data and a [...]
A sage: Alexey Pajitnov
Posted in video games on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last thursday, Alexey Pajitnov, creator of the exhilarating, addictive and classic game Tetris gave a lecture at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Pajitnov revealed himself a person as fun and thought-provoking as Tetris, and gave the audience some clues about the creation process of the cult game. He started the lecture presenting himself as a [...]
Thought Adventures in Scotland
Posted in video games on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last October I went, together with my colleague Dani Aranda, to Paisley (Scotland), where we presented a paper in the First European Conference on Games-Based Learning, hosted by University of Paisley and Thomas Connolly & Mark Stansfield. The title of our paper is “Leisure Time and Personal Development through Video Games: A Case Study Under [...]
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