http://www.sudor.net/blog/ SWEAT socially conscious videogames en-us Copyright 2013 Mon, 27 May 2013 09:51:49 -0700 Tue, 28 May 2013 13:25:21 -0700 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.01 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss "The biggest challenge in creating this New Economy is that the core skills needed to create millions of co-operative enterprises (ones that fill identified, unmet real human needs) are in short supply, are not taught in the ‘education’ system, and... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2013/05/cooperative_org.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2013/05/cooperative_org.html Mon, 27 May 2013 09:51:49 -0700 “In the collaborative business, people affiliate with coworkers around shared business culture and an approved strategic plan to which they subordinate their personal aims. But in a cooperative business, people affiliate with coworkers around a shared business ethos, and each... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2013/05/ain_the_collabo.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2013/05/ain_the_collabo.html Mon, 27 May 2013 09:43:53 -0700 In a post from 2010 I mentioned a quote from the Green Arrow comic that has stuck with me. I ran across that post and was motivated to see if I could find the panel. I haven't found the panel,... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2013/05/comics_1_repris.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2013/05/comics_1_repris.html Sun, 26 May 2013 12:14:44 -0700 I completely forgot to mention that we had a short feature on NBCLatino! Many thanks to Adrian Carrasquillo! http://nbclatino.com/2012/12/26/tech-leaders-rafael-fajardo-creating-socially-conscious-video-games/... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2013/02/on_nbclatino.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2013/02/on_nbclatino.html Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:03:36 -0700 http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4319/the_designers_notebook_selling_.php Ernest Adams: Selling Hate and Humiliation At that time I didn't anticipate just how nasty online games could become, and I certainly never dreamed that game designers would start encouraging that nastiness and selling people virtual goods that let... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2012/09/ernest_adams_on.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2012/09/ernest_adams_on.html Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700 SWEAT collaborator Esteban Fajardo has launched a portfolio site at EstebanFajardo.com.... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2011/10/esteban_fajardo.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2011/10/esteban_fajardo.html News Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:11:42 -0700 In ascending order of quality meh, play to the end, play again, tell a friend. I crafted an original version of these for P4games.org, and my collaborator -- Scott Leuteneger, who merits a page here (mea culpa) -- gave them... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2011/03/rough_metricrub.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2011/03/rough_metricrub.html P4 games Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:31:29 -0700 This is a draft. I'm thinking out loud. Some of this stuff (a lot of this stuff) won't make the final cut. I may scrap it all and start all over. I've been using science fiction as an entry point... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2011/03/fall_seminar_pl.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2011/03/fall_seminar_pl.html Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:00:00 -0700 Esteban found this. It makes me chuckle. Faculty at UTEP are interviewed. [February 10, 2011] Video game depicts violence in Mexico Feb 10, 2011 (El Paso Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Two new video games featuring immigrant... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2011/02/immigration_gam.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2011/02/immigration_gam.html News Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:52:51 -0700 Colleagues, Friends, and Friends-To-Be, We are again hosting a Colorado node of the Global Game Jam 2011 at the University of Denver. The event runs from January 28-30, 2011. Registration is free and is now open. We'll be open the... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2010/12/global_game_jam.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2010/12/global_game_jam.html Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:30:00 -0700 This week, December 14 – 21, marks the tenth anniversary of the completion and publishing of our first socially-conscious videogame, Crosser.... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2010/12/crosser_10th_an.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2010/12/crosser_10th_an.html Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:50:09 -0700 Today is Juan Valdez's fiftieth birthday. His anniversary is being celebrated by the President of the Republic of Colombia, and by the Colombian Federation of Coffee Growers. El Espectador, one of Colombia's leading newspapers, has assembled the montage presented... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2010/08/fiftieth_birthd.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2010/08/fiftieth_birthd.html Juan and the Beanstalk Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:43:05 -0700 Soccer season is about to begin for my U14 boys team. We play in the recreational division, and I have been working with the same group of boys since they formed as a U06 (six years old and under) team.... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2010/08/futbol_for_majo.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2010/08/futbol_for_majo.html Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:28:56 -0700 Gestalt Psychology, Theory these have been very important for visual and experiential perception for a century. They rely on a foundation of contrast or distinction between "figure" and "ground", presence and absence, sound and silence. I have taken this contrast... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2010/08/gestalt_theory.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2010/08/gestalt_theory.html Research Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:00:00 -0700 I mentioned last week in our game salon that I feel farmed out. I have been playing seven different farm themed games on the iPad and in Facebook. I also mentioned -- this week -- that every coffee plot... http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2010/08/cyberthoreau.html http://www.sudor.net/blog/archive/2010/08/cyberthoreau.html Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:18:11 -0700