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This doesn't just show the growth of mobile. it shows the growth of gaming platforms, where gaming will grow and how gaming will become ubiquitous.  it also shows how the ability to share our message and tools is growing year on year alng with the potential for collaboration

Now those in the video game biz (or close to it - like game journalists) are getting a kick out of this video because it speaks truth. Though in the interest of fairness, I'd like to note that it is somewhat exaggerated truth. But it does ring true and resemble a whole bunch of discussions I've had with wannabe game developers. It's also exactly why I wax evangelical about the indie game movement.

Since Seth Priebatsch's keynote at this year's SXSW, excitement about adding a "game layer" to the world - liberating games from their traditional place on a computer screen and imposing game-like, social and situational constraints onto the real world (largely through mobile apps) - has positively erupted. There's been considerable interest from businesses across industries, educators, social innovators and techies alike.

accessibility address in gaming

The last 10 years have been called the era of Web 2.0, a term used to describe a new type of online experience, wherein a user could be both author and audience. That decade, said SCVNGR CEO Seth Priebatsch today in his opening keynote at the SXSW conference, was the decade of social. That decade, however, has been won, said Priebatsch. Facebook has come away as the clear leader and now, a new decade is upon us - the decade of games. These are not children's games, however. These are games that could change the world.

An insight into games, the gaming industry and it's present and future. 

The International Game Developers Association is the largest non-profit membership organization serving individuals who create video games. We bring together developers at conferences, in local chapters and in special interest groups to improve their lives and craft.As an international organization, we use the Internet to connect with each other on a wide range of projects. This is a snapshot of what we're doing right now.

I don't even know where to start. I just finished reading Jane McGonigal's Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World (Penguin Group), and I feel like my chest might explode in frustration.

 In a 2008 study, Susanne Jaeggi and Martin Buschkuehl, now of the University of Maryland, found that young adults who practiced a game also showed improvement in a fundamental cognitive ability known as "fluid" intelligence: the capacity to solve novel problems, to learn, to reason, to see connections and to get to the bottom of things. The implication was that playing the game literally makes people smarter.

SCVNGR is a game. Playing is simple: Go places. Do challenges. Earn points and unlock rewards! (Think free coffee!) Individuals and enterprises build on SCVNGR by adding challenges and rewards to their favorite places. very interesting use of geolocation, gaming and social tech. Founder gave one of the keynotes at SXSW

The Education Arcade explores games that promote learning through authentic and engaging play. TEA's research and development projects focus both on the learning that naturally occurs in popular commercial games, and on the design of games that more vigorously address the educational needs of players.

Starting in April, the Smithsonian is running Vanished, an alternate reality game that will put the "science" back in science-fiction, allowing players to work through the scientific process and explore a variety of disciplines. The young at heart can follow along with a special "watcher" account, but the full interactive experience is reserved for kids 11-14 years old.

Running games directly in the browser with no plugin. With unity support this could be a compelling way to deliver virtual worlds like virtual body. 

Review of the Enter­tain­ment Soft­ware and Cog­ni­tive Neu­rother­a­peu­tics Con­fer­ence, ESCoNS, at the Uni­ver­sity of Cal­i­for­nia San Fran­cisco. An attempt to unit neurologists and game designers. 

Math Game Design group

First example I have of gaming being applied to standard things like tv shows. 

Digitalkoot, a game-ified social Finnish cultural endeavor

A site devoted to game programming. Including tutorials and source code. 

Comprehensive site on building computer games.