About Michael Rowe

Michael Rowe is the co-founder and co-host of GamesAtWork.biz. He maintains the website http://www.michaelrowe01.com.

Episode 126 – Reconfigure

This week Michael R. is really excited to have long time friend and friend of the show Ian Hughes on the show. We talk about his new book “Reconfigure” – A techno-thriller about Roisin Kincade, a talented full stack programmer, who enters a brave new world after accidentally tweeting out a command… and the Twitterverse responds! This is a very fast paced read that addresses many of the thoughts and concepts we talk about here at Games At Work… And we’d love to hear your thoughts about it. Also, don’t forget to follow Ian on twitter at @epredator Show Links: … Continue reading

Episode 125 – Procedural Worlds

Michael and Michael are back again to talk about some cool gaming tech which is being put to work. We talk about creating new worlds with procedures.. We talk about taking a very old idea and adding a new UI to it.. and we go back to star stuff with Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Show Links: No Man’s Sky – Amazing Procedural World Game – coming soon! Spore Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri Minecraft Raph Koster’s Laws of World Design Project SoLu Google Chromebook Neil DeGrasse Tyson What are you playing: Michael R – Emotiv Insight App – Apple and Android Michael … Continue reading

Episode 124 – Shuffling Paper

Michael M. and Phaedra B. have an exciting show about interruptions, and the cost of those interruptions. We learn that there are many different ways of trying to manage this world of constant interrupts. What about a constant interruption to remind you to change your behavior and improve your blood pressure? What is your best way of dealing with interruption? Is there an optimal time to interrupt bad behavior? Show Links: The cost of Interruptions American Psychological Association – Interruption analysis Using index cards for task switching Using Texting to reduce blood pressure mHeatlh Conference TextExpander version 5 Games we … Continue reading

Episode 123 – Virtual Star Wars

The Michael’s decide to have a bit of fun looking at Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Star Wars. How could you go wrong? Listen to this week’s show to find out. Show Links Landing Elon Musk’s Rocket Why Build a Virtual World Pluto Atmosphere Rock Powered Kicks – EA supports Women in FIFA 2016 Game Third life? Virtual Michael Star Wars Uprising Goodbye Lenin No longer available – Peace App http://media.blubrry.com/gamesatwork/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Episode-123-Virtual-Star-Wars.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:50 — 26.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Podcast Index | Email | Youtube Music … Continue reading