The Life-Changing $20 Rightward-Facing Cow
Many of these games were built by its own long-time colleagues in the field of game design - in some cases, admired his colleagues who have migrated from traditional development to social games. Great game designers, appearing suddenly passionate simplistic, microtransactions-based firm and the city sims on Facebook. I think Ian has seen their career moves as an inexplicable, or a defection of ethics.
He developed the initial prototype as a way to "show, do not say" the deeply felt concerns about the design of social games in one of his speeches. It was a clever way to go about it, but not too surprising for Ian—the idea that games can say things better than words can has been, in essence, my friend's life work. As a designer, academic and author he's a foremost figure in the field of "persuasive games"-–serious games whose objective is to convey information, provoke thought or pose questions. In fact, he (quite literally) wrote the book on them .
Apple Store Opens On Broadway
NEW HAVEN — Few retail outlets these days provide the spectacle of an Apple store, and hundreds lined up to witness that spectacle the morning of September 24 as the tech giant opened its New Haven location next to the Yale Bookstore on Broadway.
The building’s elegantly minimal modern design ubiquitous with all things Apple casts an imposing figure with its slate box-like frame and transparent glass front. A giant glowing Apple logo looms above the entrance. At night, the store easily casts the brightest light on the block.
Some waited in line for hours to be among the first in the new store to look around, play, shop or just get one of the free custom T-shirts being given to the first thousand customers.
“I didn’t expect the line to be nearly this long; this is really quite extensive,” said Mark Niciu of New Haven. “I really want to buy a mouse to use with my new [MacBook Pro] laptop, but I’m hoping to be one of the first thousand to get a free T-shirt.
