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Episode 14 – Games for Cats

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Episode 14 – Games for Cats The Michael’s find a great how to guide on designing games for cats. How is this relevant for business… Well it’s Friday, it’s Hot, and it’s possibly even the end of the world! So come listen and find out! Link: 5 Tips for Making Video Games Your Cat Wants to Play End of the world tweet! http://media.blubrry.com/gamesatwork/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/14-Episode-14-Games-for-Cats.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:52 — 18.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Podcast Index | Email | Youtube Music | RSS | More

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Episode 13 – Programming for the Brain

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Michael M. and special guest Phaedra Boinodiris make a few book recommendations to help program your brain on using gaming for business, while Michael R is off this week. Phaedra also announces that she is writing a book and is currently working on the chapter about Ethics in Serious Games, so be on the look out for it. Recommended books Reality is Broken Ender’s Game – by Orson Scott Card Persuasive Games – by Ian Bogost and from wired magazine Cow Clicker The Eight – by Katherine Neville On Fairy Stories – by J.R.R. Tolkien http://media.blubrry.com/gamesatwork/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1-13-13-Programming-for-the-Brain.mp3Podcast: Play in new window … Continue reading →

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Episode 12 – We’re going Old School

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We are kicking it Old School with a visit to Code School! After a reading a few tweets and emails we have an exciting developer focus episode this week. We talk about how you can Level-Up your skills, how you can leverage your guild over at stack overflow, and then wrap it up with a pretty picture of how gaming address your desire for hard but fun activities. So sit back, pour yourself a large red-eye and get ready to code! Show Links: Andy Piper – Game Visualization Tweet from James Governor at RedMonk Mobile Development Class Envy Labs Gaming … Continue reading →

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Episode 11 – Mowing the Lawn

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Michael M. has a phrase that when someone nags them it is like reminding someone to mow the lawn, over and over again. Well with all the social games that many of us are playing, we are getting social pressure to clear all of our notifications and reminders. We also give the guys over at Zynga a few ideas on how they can make the big bucks! Show links: The Hard work of keeping up with social games by Jason Snell Inbox zero by Merlin Mann Games we are playing: DrawSomething Fruit Ninja! Chuck Darwin’s ExSquad http://media.blubrry.com/gamesatwork/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1-11-Games-At-Work-Episode-11.mp3Podcast: Play in new … Continue reading →

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