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February 2, 2012

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Game Designers Are Human Too: Tom Cadwell, Design Director at Riot Games

by Natalie Marinho

Photo: Garena Forum

Tom Cadwell of Riot Games talks about how even experienced game designers can still make mistakes. “There are lots of examples of really well executed games,” he said, “But despite that, you still see tons of really bad outcomes and decision-making even on good projects. The question is how can a…

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January 23, 2012

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Gaming accelerator YetiZen sees promise in Asia

by Jacky Yap

Gaming accelerator YetiZen sees promise in Asia

According to Sana, founder of gaming startup accelerator YetiZen, “we’d love to take in more Asian companies, and recently we’ve seen more interesting games companies apply from Asia.”

How much time do we actually spend on games? According to game researcher and developer Jane McGonigal, PhD, by the age of…

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January 17, 2012

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Global Game Jam Singapore 2012

by Natalie Marinho

Global Game Jam 2012 (GGJ) is back and set to kick off on January 27. The annual event encourages game developers to create a game (digital or board-based) from a common theme that is only announced at the commencement of the event. The catch? Teams have only 48 hours in which…

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December 8, 2011

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IGDA Singapore Chapter Christmas Party

by Natalie Marinho

IGDA Singapore Chapter Christmas Party

The Singapore Chapter of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is holding their annual Christmas Party on December 14, 2011. With free admission for members of the Singapore game development community, the event is a great way to meet other professionals in the industry. This year the event…

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December 5, 2011

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Intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation

by Natalie Marinho

Someone read my review of a tiny restaurant in Croatia. Hope they tried the Pašticada!

There is a lot of discussion in gamification regarding the use of intrinsic versus extrinsic motivations or rewards. However there seems to be a little confusion regarding the terminology. A common misperception is that extrinsic rewards are tangible things like money or material possessions, while intrinsic rewards are things that make you feel…

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November 24, 2011

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First meetup for GamificationSG

by Natalie Marinho

First meetup for GamificationSG

The Singapore-based community group, GamificationSG, held its first meetup on November 18 as part of an Interactive Digital Media (IDM) clinic held in conjunction with Singapore Polytechnic’s Games Resource Centre. Three members from the group were invited to share their thoughts and experience with gamification.

With a background in UX and game design, Joel Chua…

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November 17, 2011

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Who cares what they look like online?

by Natalie Marinho

Photograph from Robbie Cooper's book, Alter Egos.

The answer is: everyone.

Before we step out the door each morning, most of us would have paid careful attention to our appearance. From the clothes we wear and the way we style our hair style to our choice of accessories and whether we use make up or not. So it’s…

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