PUBLIC MARKS from bcpbcp with tags blogs.guardian.co.uk & 2005

A few weeks ago, there was a post on GamerGod which listed the 10 most interesting people in games 2005. While some of those who made the cut were arguably admirable, it was a hugely US-biased list

"Last week gamesblog covered Persuasive Games' latest release Airport Insecurity, "a game about inconvenience and the tradeoffs between security and rights in American airports". I grabbed Ian Bogost, one half of the company (and one-half of the blog watercoolergames) to explain exactly what he means by "serious games"."

Livros sobre games.

"Perhaps that's why games like Solitaire (well-established in offline circles), Nintendogs (who hasn't had the experience of playing with a pooch?), DopeWars (it's all about the spreadsheets), SingStar, Buzz and EyeToy have been successful with the mainstream - they're not asked to do anything they've not done before."

"The following is provided as an outline more to cause controversy than to really get to the meat of the debate. Please add your own, and maybe we can get to the bottom of it."