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§VIDEOS

Game Theory: Flappy Bird, PewDiePie, and Pasta Sauce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyXcr6sDRtw

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The Future of Games | Game/Show | PBS Digital Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oON6S4fXS4k

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Does "Indie Game" Mean Anything Anymore? | Game/Show | PBS Digital Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8iwDkE8mw4

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Extra Credits - How Games Prepare Kids for Real Life - Education: 21st Century Skills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hoeAmqwvyY


§TEXTS
I'll tell you some stories about balancing Yomi. First I'll give you two myths about game balance, then I'll tell you about tier lists and matchup charts, and then a bunch of specific balance problems we had to solve in Yomi.
http://www.sirlin.net/blog/2014/4/18/game-balance-and-yomi.html

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let's move on to the two hardest problems in horror.
http://frictionalgames.blogspot.se/2014/05/alien-isolation-and-two-hardest_5.html

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Why we ignore gamers behind bars
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Prisoners play games. How play might liberate or counteract or reinforce a life of confinement is probably for those prisoners to dissect. Not us. From the outside, what we hear—me, Alejandro, Robert, Shane, and now you—is a voice completely disconnected from that experience. They’re asking for information, but they’re asking moreover to be heard.
http://killscreendaily.com/articles/why-we-ignore-gamers-behind-bars/

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Oculus Rift has plenty of potential for changing human interaction, but what about other animals? One project from Iowa State University assistant professor Austin Stewart (via FastCo Exist) imagines how VR goggles could make chickens believe they’re free-range, even when they’re not.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/15/an-oculus-rift-for-chickens-gives-animals-the-freedom-to-roam-without-the-roaming/