Tag Archives: Art

Games as multi-genre digital content for the web & mobile

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After attending the Games Based Learning 2010 conference in London I've come away with a realisation of what the medium is capable of and present the case that web designers should be informed and ready to implement games as another form of digital content.

Current exhibitions and inspiration

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A selection of lovely work -- many of the creators are currently, or will be, exhibiting or publishing their work around the world. Featuring 9000 from Columbia, Mitja Miklavčič from Slovenia/UK, Christophe Szpajdel from the UK, Takeshi Kitano from Japan and Ron Arad from Israel/UK.

12th Independent Games Festival

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Limbo, from Playdead, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Independent Games Festival unfortunately doesn't get a lot of main stream media coverage but I think showcases innovative ideas in interaction, game design and art.

Review: my new PS3 slim vs my XBox 360

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Having finally been able to justify purchasing a Playstation 3 I thought I’d give a quick comparison of it against my trusty Xbox 360.

Designers & consumerism

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The evolution of graphic design over the past 100 years from purely aesthetics to meeting functional, cultural, social and production requirements has helped to develop the change and growth of consumerism.

Adopting radical design

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Radical new approaches to design are often controversial, especially if they challenge a ‘traditional’ model — where many are instantly dismissed by their potential audience as being ugly. I recently experienced this while looking at purchasing a new scooter. It’s an interesting process and made me wonder.. are we missing out on mass improvements within [...]