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Here’s some fun Mario wallpaper that I did up using an assortment of Google Images.  If anyone wants it, enjoy.

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Mario and other characters are (C) Nintendo.

Thanks to everyone who entered the design competition!  It received a good amount of submissions, the best of which will be covered in this post.
To review, the competition was to design a game that had peripheral benefit, a game that the player would view as a worthwhile experience outside of enjoying a piece of entertainment.  [...]

Since my Response to Outgrowing Games article only just ran today, I’ve decided to extend the competition through to next Sunday.  That should give everyone enough time to think of an idea, recover from Thanksgiving meal, and send in an entry.
The response has been wonderful so far; I’ve enjoyed reading and playing the entries.  Send [...]

Hello everyone.  I’ve posted a week long design challenge for any developers interested in games for more than entertainment.  Be sure to check it out here.  Best of luck!

Edge Online recently covered a video by Daniel Floyd discussing the concept of “Tangential Learning” in games.  Floyd begins by discussing the general failure of “Edutainment” games, which are usually focused entirely on teaching a topic to the player and end up being incredibly boring.  On the other hand you have entertainment based games, which [...]