Interesting article from the BBC today on the changing attitudes of a clinic in Europe which treats “gaming addictions”. The gist of things is that they’re changing the model with which they’re helping their clients, as they no longer view the majority of gamers who come to them as “addicts”; in fact, they claim that [...]
Well, now you can answer that for yourselves, thanks to some creative piping at Yahoo Pipes. There’s a mashup that alleges to remove some of the front page results of the Digging Elite (or Top Diggers, or Top X number of Diggers) over here; its been in response to the drama that has surrounded the [...]
Dave Cohn of NewsAssignment.net, Propeller Scout, sometime-contributor to Wired, AKA “DigiDave”, and all around Social News Dude has written an interesting post about Digg today, with respect to people gaming Digg. I have to admit I don’t really follow Digg all that closely these days. But I did more than a year ago … writing [...]
For people who use StumbleUpon — ever wonder what your StumbleUpon ranking is?
Well, there isn’t a direct way of measuring that on StumbleUpon, and I suspect that part of the reason why there isn’t one list is to prevent gaming of the service. But that hasn’t stopped intrepid social-media-maven Muhammad Saleem from cobbling his [...]
There’s a wonderful article over at Wired magazine, detailing how a generation who grew up with computer gaming (in all its forms; lo, where has the arcade gone?) now has to deal with challenges of parenting (and being The Parent) in an age where gaming is fairly ubiquitous.
I think the obvious answer to many dilemmas [...]
Sony Playstation Home — what’s the point, really?
Mark Burnett, of Survivor fame, has a new show coming this fall to CBS, called Gold Rush. Wired gives a good review of the new show, but seems to have missed the boat: Gold Rush is less about game mechanics, and more about employing Web2.0 principles.
A Recap:
Gold Rush is a new reality show in [...]
