http://gamesplusblog.com A blog about video games and gaming in Texas Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:13:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3591 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3591#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:09:25 +0000 Norman Tran http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3591 http://gamesplusblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=3591 0 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3565 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3565#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:04:09 +0000 Norman Tran http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3565 http://gamesplusblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=3565 0 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3572 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3572#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:22:16 +0000 Christina Tran http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3572 Game designer Jane McGonigal argues that games like World of Warcraft attract players because the worlds allow them to 1) experience blissful productivity 2) engage in an online community/social fabric 3) feel urgently optimistic about winning and 4) create epic meaning. We play for the epic wins. We play to be the best. An average gamer plays 10,000 hours of video games before s/he is 21. That's the same number of hours that person spends in school between fifth grade until high school graduation. That's the same number of hours of work that it takes to achieve virtuosity according to Malcolm Gladwell in Outliers. What if those same number of hours spent solving problems and achieving wins in our virtual worlds could move us closer to solving problems in our real world?...What if gaming could save the world?]]> http://gamesplusblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=3572 2 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3561 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3561#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:52:14 +0000 Norman Tran http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3561 http://gamesplusblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=3561 0 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3546 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3546#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:38:41 +0000 Norman Tran http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3546 http://gamesplusblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=3546 1 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3537 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3537#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:28:15 +0000 Chris Thorburn http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3537 Come listen to the pilot episode of our new GamesPlusPodcast as Chris and Ruben discuss gaming industry news, SXSW ScreenBurn, Flixel Game Jams in Austin, and male nudity in Heavy Rain and Dante's Inferno. Trust us, this is very NSFW, NSFC, NSFKFC, and any other acronym you can tag on to NSF.]]> http://gamesplusblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=3537 5 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3502 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3502#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:00:26 +0000 Chris Thorburn http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3502 How do you make game development something anyone can do? SXSW ScreenBurn Panelist Michael Agustin is attempting to do just that with GameSalad. He discusses his company and his panel Anyone Can Make a Video Game.]]> http://gamesplusblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=3502 0 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3553 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3553#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:00:13 +0000 John Garcia http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3553 http://gamesplusblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=3553 0 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3511 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3511#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:20:36 +0000 Norman Tran http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3511 http://gamesplusblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=3511 0 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3481 http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3481#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:38 +0000 Chris Thorburn http://gamesplusblog.com/?p=3481 http://gamesplusblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=3481 1