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Best Practices in Instructional Design & Use of Learning Technologies
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Are video games art? They sure are, but they are also design, and a design approach is what we chose for this new foray into this universe. The games are selected as outstanding examples of interaction design—a field that The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has already explored and collected extensively, and one of the most important and oft-discussed expressions of contemporary design creativity. Via The Digital Rocking Chair 
The Digital Rocking Chair's curator insight,
December 1, 2012 2:04 AM
And, for the counter argument, you might like to check out Jonathan Jones' blog post: Sorry MoMA, video games are not art over at The Guardian.
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Ben Schiller: '"Games allow you to create a system that when people participate, they generate a story," says Jeff Watson, a proponent of "civic games"--play that’s not just for fun, but has some underlying social purpose.' Via The Digital Rocking Chair
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Jacob Shwirtz: "As social TV continues to evolve, with more start-ups, more consolidation and broader impact on our industry, it seems appropriate to take stock of 2012 and try to foresee what 2013 has in store for the hottest buzzword in the media industry." Via The Digital Rocking Chair
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Sandra Gaudenzi: "It combines game logic and immersive interface to tackle a serious problem such as offshore oil extraction: its dangers, its economic and ecologic consequences. More than anything it tries to find a new language to engage a web audience that is game savvy, but maybe not energetically engaged" ... Via The Digital Rocking Chair
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I greatly admire novelist Salman Rushdie and was delighted to watch this 4.39 minute video where he shares his thoughts on how the Internet and gaming is affecting the ancient art of storytelling. He has some words of caution for us also though that we would be very wise to heed. Watch the video and get your mental stimulation for the day.
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Brent Lang: "If Ubisoft's latest campaign works out, Sam Fisher's mission will no longer be confined to game consoles.
But before the game maker could deploy the black-ops protagonist of its hit "Splinter Cell" videogames into other media platforms like novels, television and film, it needed the help of Starlight Runner Entertainment."
The list of video game properties that have been able to leverage their audiences into other platforms, particularly film, is a short one.
I don't know but i think this could do it. Click to read the full story.