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Full List at IGN

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So why is it so many people are convinced that "those days were better than these days?" What was so compelling about "those days?" Were those days really so great?

Full editorial]]> Sleepy<sleepy@nospam.com> Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:37:34 -0700 http://www.intelligentgamer.com/news.php?item.153.2 http://www.intelligentgamer.com/news.php?item.152.4 this trailer for the next Red Faction. The latest game, entitled Red Faction: Armageddon is set for release in March 2011. This new addition to the series apparently has ties to the confusingly named SyFy Channel. It is said that SyFy is co-producing the game, and is laterally producing a two-hour made-for-TV Red Faction Movie which is intended to serve as a backdoor pilot for a possible television series of the same.

Original Story at Broadcasting & Cable

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The games are: Gish, World of Goo, Penumbra Overture, Lugaru HD, and Aquaria.

I've seen this sales model tried in the music industry, but this is the first I've heard of anyone doing it in the game industry. We'll see how it goes. They are only offering the deal for about 4 more days.

Interesting related side note: they have displayed the current average sale price broken down by platform, and Linux customers are paying almost twice as much (about $13.50) as Windows customers (about $7).

Official Humble Indie Bundle website]]> Sleepy<sleepy@nospam.com> Fri, 07 May 2010 14:32:30 -0700 http://www.intelligentgamer.com/news.php?item.150.4 http://www.intelligentgamer.com/news.php?item.149.2
Full editorial]]> Sleepy<sleepy@nospam.com> Fri, 07 May 2010 14:25:52 -0700 http://www.intelligentgamer.com/news.php?item.149.2 http://www.intelligentgamer.com/news.php?item.148.4
At the time of this writing it can be yours for the low price of $12,700. Bet you didn't think video games could be worth that much.

Auction on eBay]]> Sleepy<sleepy@nospam.com> Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:52:56 -0700 http://www.intelligentgamer.com/news.php?item.148.4 http://www.intelligentgamer.com/news.php?item.147.4
He claims that this has helped to get his students far more motivated than when he uses traditional assessment methods. The thing that confuses me is that the differences sound purely semantic. This still sounds exactly like traditional methods but with things simply renamed. Additionally, this idea introduces a cultural bias to the grading. Someone who is not a gamer may easily be confused by all of these gamer terms used in the class.

I wonder if students are more motivated simply based on the fact that he gives more continuous and explicit feedback on their grading progress than typical professors. I suspect that re-theming the grading as an MMO may actually have very little to do with it.

Full story at Yahoo Games]]> Sleepy<sleepy@nospam.com> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:09:25 -0700 http://www.intelligentgamer.com/news.php?item.147.4