Posts Tagged "play"

• Quality

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  “If the art is created with the whole person, then the work will come out whole.”
  - Stephen Nachmanovitch, from Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art

   
   
   

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• European Union Formally Backs Video Games for Children

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  I’m glad to see that there is a growing sensibility towards video games in the culture …
  From the Entertainment Software Association press release:
  Video games help teach children important life skills like strategic thinking, teamwork, cooperation and creativity according to a report commissioned by the European Union (EU) last month. Toine Manders, a member of the [...]

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• Neat TED Talk on Creativity by Elizabeth Gilbert

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  Elizabeth Gilbert’s website
  Found at Derek Sivers
   
   
  There are times I’ve compared creating to the task of tending a fire. Practice becomes a vigilance over something mysterious and powerful.
  Sitting by the keyboard daily and, in a way, waiting for the sounds to present is very different from demanding something from oneself. Practice invites the spark, [...]

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• Village Gamer Reviews Video Game Play and Addiction

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  Check out this super-duper-mega-awesome review of Video Game Play and Addiction from the Village Gamer.
  /me doing a dance.
   

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• Video Game Play and Addiction wins Silver Medal in the Mom’s Choice Awards

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  Video Game Play and Addiction is the 2009 Silver Recipient for Family & Parenting Resources. I’m only about 3 different types of ecstatic right now )) Here’s a link to the Mom’s Choice Awards website. They should be putting out a press release and official announcement on their site soon.

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