These two nerds hit the nail on the head about immersion, narrative, and the new media mistakes of video games. 

Watch the video. Incredible. 

Here's the "about" page for Magic Leap (mentioned in previously linked article). 

Neal Stevenson has always be WAY ahead of his time. He's working on something called "Magic Leap" now. Here's a quote from him;"...it's going to demand a new way of thinking about what a game is [and] what content is..." Looking forward to more. 

I mentioned HabitRPG in a previous Wednesday night meeting. It's a "gamified" to-do list. I've been using it for everything from remembering to drink more water to getting specific tasks done on my game. It's been one of the best, most consistent motivators that I've ever found for encouraging good habits and discouraging bad. The mobile interface is a bit wonky, but they're working on it. The web interface is really the best way to manage it. I recommend the mobile mostly for logging completed tasks.  One nice feature of the game is the wide community of others working on tasks. You can join parties and guilds, and work together with others to complete quests and challenges. 

List of the EdgebeeStudios games on Kongregate. These include Critter Forge, Sorcery Quest and Sword & Potions 1 & 2. Some of the best "big idea" games on Kongregate, IMHO. 

Here's Critter Forge, the game that my friend Lewis said he'd pay $100 for if they did a good update to it. 

I want to post this here for 2 reasons:  1. It's an neat idea of what you can do with custom printed dice from The Game Crafter, and  2. I want to buy it someday soon, but I keep forgetting what it's called. 

I hope we see more of this. I have teacher friends in Atlanta and New York who do similar RPG-based lessons. Great idea. 

This week's Humble Bundle give you $370 worth of game design content for $12 with RPG Maker VX Ace, lots of DLC tiles sets, art and music, and a few games made with RPG Maker as well. It's a steal! 

Cool designer dice. They just did a kickstarter and made their funding. Should be able to buy soon.  These would be great for adding flavor to a custom design game.

Someone has FINALLY made digital, multiplayer game manager for traditional pen-&-paper games. It's looks really well done. One feature in the video for it (in the link) is that the GM can type in a custom item like a weapon, including the name, damage, and bonuses, then click on the text, and have a digital d20 appear with the bonuses automatically added into the roll. Genius!  There's a free demo of it on Steam right now. 

I've shared this in several places, but I wanted to post it here as well, for safe keeping. 

These guys are doing a kickstarter for an online, collaborative story building game. Looks like fun. 

Funny and informative. 

Take the survey. Help a college student out by taking his survey about gaming habits. 

Can't wait to get some time to play this one. 

THE list of video games of the past. Amazing database of just about every game ever made for old-school arcades. 

Browser-based emulator for old NES roms. Play all your old faves right in the browser. Thank Drew Glover for the tip. 

Play all the old Sega console games in a browser (if you're into that sort of thing). Thanks to Drew Glover for this walk down memory lane.