In our modern age, there is a very good chance that you will at some point spent some time in an internet cafe, or library with internet access. If this is the case for you, then on some of these visits, you may have spotted some very lively people. (more...)... more.

Last time we started to get into the motivation of the gamer. We discussed challenge and its ugly stepsister competition, two of the most common motivators. Today, we look at two more on the way to forming an overall model for what moves us. (more...)... more.

It has been a while since being able to spend that much time playing video games.  As our first gaming console was the Playstation 2, I was always into Playstation games such as Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider, The Devil May Cry, Time Crisis and Gran Turismo until JAG got me onto xbox live (we were playing co-op games about 4-6hrs almost everyday).  At home my son & I  had one rule: PS3 was mine an... more.

Yes, it’s a point-and-click adventure game. Yes, it’s absolutely gorgeous. Machinarium is independent puzzle/adventure game developed by the makers of popular web-games Samorost and Samorost2. A little robot who’s been thrown out to the scrap yard behind the city must return and confront the Black Cap Brotherhood and save his robot-girl friend. (more...)... more.