http://www.sudor.net/blog/ SWEAT socially conscious videogames en-us Copyright 2010 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:22:32 -0700 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:42:50 -0700 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.01D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Nancy Levinson at Design Observer has pointed to a set of interrelated articles where the former mayor of Medellin, Sergio Fajardo, is interviewed and credited with transforming the city. The excerpts below are from the UTNE Reader online, Bomb magazine... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2010/03/medellin_analys.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2010/03/medellin_analys.html Juan and the Beanstalk Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:22:32 -0700 Crosser tenth anniversary coming this December. That will mark the tenth anniversary of the existence of SWEAT. I have to figure out what to do to commemorate this moment.... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2010/03/tenth_anniversa.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2010/03/tenth_anniversa.html News Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:41:32 -0700 ... or just CTF. It stands for Capture the Flag (or in the full version case, Creek Capture The Flag Club For The Win) and is the name of a club I have just helped co-found. We had our first... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/11/cctfc_ftw.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/11/cctfc_ftw.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:13:58 -0700 It has come to my attention that AIGA has posted audio of our panel (Santiago Piedrafita, Holly Willis, Moderated by Barbara Sudick) on an archival website. My memory is that Santiago and Holly made exemplary contributions and that my participation... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/10/letting_go_of_2.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/10/letting_go_of_2.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:08:45 -0700 Executive Curator, Raúl Moarquech Ferrera-Balanquet, invited us to participate in the digital media biennial Arte Nuevo InteractivA '09 (#ANI09). He requested Crosser & La Migra, specifically to help thread a particular historical narrative. This edition of the biennial has the... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/10/crosser_la_migr_1.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/10/crosser_la_migr_1.html sweat Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:01 -0700 Several have already commented on Bloody Fun Day, playable over at Kongregate. http://www.kongregate.com/games/urbansquall/bloody-fun-day When we were brainstorming a response to the mtvU call for games about Darfur, collaborators Kara Brittain (nee Cochran), Scott Leutenegger, and I contemplated the idea that... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/10/bloody_fun_day.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/10/bloody_fun_day.html critical practice Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0700 I found a set of toys/dolls/figures in my colleague Adrienne Russell's office that represent Zapatista Rebels. They are handcrafted from felt, yarn, and balsa wood. Adrienne mentioned that they wouldn't stand up to "play" by children. A truck that she... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/10/play_and_not_pl.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/10/play_and_not_pl.html critical toys Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:58:27 -0700 John Sharp, game designer and educator at SCAD, spoke last night to the Colorado Game Developers Association on the subject of Art History for Game Developers. John is developing an argument in support of the Ludic Age proposition — which... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/10/john_sharp_spok.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/10/john_sharp_spok.html News Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:55:25 -0700 I'm watching the US National Soccer team go against the Costa Rican National Equipo de Fútbol in San Jose. US just got pwned within one minute. It was awesome.... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/06/gooooaaaaaaalll.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/06/gooooaaaaaaalll.html Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:11:24 -0700 Untitled from Esteban Fajardo on Vimeo. Remember Daylight Savings?... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/06/back_from_dayli.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/06/back_from_dayli.html Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:58:52 -0700 Sugar Cane in Costa Rica from Esteban Fajardo on Vimeo.... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/06/sugar_cane.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/06/sugar_cane.html Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:57:40 -0700 New Fruit 2 from Esteban Fajardo on Vimeo. This fruit is Starfruit. Very tasty.... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/06/another_fruit_v.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/06/another_fruit_v.html Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:09:13 -0700 New Fruit Documentary: Manzana de Agua, Pejibaye, and bonus Oyster from Esteban Fajardo on Vimeo. This is just the start. I like food, so I made a few more videos about it.... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/06/new_fruit_and_o.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/06/new_fruit_and_o.html Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:28:26 -0700 I played Passage by Jason Rohrer, and here are my thoughts. The game was nice, but what I really came to blog for was when the wife died. At that time I felt a "NOOOOOOOO!!!!!" More of a "NO!" than... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/04/passage_feeling.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/04/passage_feeling.html Game Log Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:45:01 -0700 Costa Rican Dogs from Esteban Fajardo on Vimeo. 2 in one day! Whoo hoo! Now I can do homework in peace.... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/04/dogs_1.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2009/04/dogs_1.html Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:09:01 -0700