The Game Learner

Ok, neither parts of that title are entirely true, HOWEVER, this blog is moving to a new location.

http://gamerlearner.wordpress.com

I’ve appreciated the use of this site but can’t afford to pay for the functions that I’d like so it’s time for a change.

• MozBackup – MozillaZine Knowledge Base
  How-to guide for mozbackup
  (tags: firefox how-to mozbackup mozilla thunderbird)

• The Martin Jet Pack || The Martin Jet Pack
  It’s a real live Jet pack
  (tags: jetpack jet pack jet_pack technology flying)
• mobilizethis » 2008
  (tags: 2008 conference online web3.0 web education mobile_learning)

• CSS Layouts: 40+ Tutorials, Tips, Demos and Best Practices
  Noupe is a design weblog created to inspire creativity by sharing innovative resources and websites to bloggers, freelancers and web designers.
  (tags: css web_design webdesign)

• Levelhead
  Nifty 3D game using a physical cube as the interface
  (tags: gamelearner edugames games interface controller)
• Back to the Grind in WoW — and Loving Every Tedious Minute
  Why grinding is rewarding
  (tags: gamelearner edugames education games wow)

Sketchup is an easy to use 3D modelling tool now owned by Google. I first tried it out a couple of years back and then, not having any reason to use it, put it away in a dark virtual cupboard.

I needed to create a model today though so I reached deep into the back of the cupboard and was able to whip this up in a couple of hours (in between meetings and reacquainting myself with elements of how it works).

There is also a nifty third party plugin with the imaginative name of Sketchup Web Exporter that enables you to display your models in a web browser – you can actually click and drag on this object to rotate it.

• Topless Robot – The 5 Greatest (and 5 Worst) Board Games Based On Films
  From re-pulling the Great Muppet Caper to the rapture in board game form.
  (tags: board_games edugames gamelearner games)
• Font Conference – CollegeHumor video
  If fonts were people
  (tags: font humour video)

• The Age Blogs: Screen Play – Casual games
  Interview with PopCap, leading publishers of casual games
  (tags: edugames gamelearner education casual_games)
• IGDA_CasualGames_Whitepaper_2006.pdf (application/pdf Object)
  (tags: igda casual game games gaming research gamelearner edugames)
• pandemic2.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)
  A game/simulation that allows you to explore the world of infectious diseases by designing your own and seeing how much havoc you can wreak
  (tags: gamelearner edugames pandemic health medicine disease games game education nursing)
• Grand Theft Auto IV Walkthrough – IGN FAQs
  (tags: gamelearner edugames gta gtaIV walkthrough how-to)

• 7-Zip
  Useful freeware alternative to WinZip
  (tags: freeware winzip software resources)
• VLC media player – Overview
  Alternative freeware media player
  (tags: freeware video software media vlc windows_media_player alternative)
• avast! 4 Home Edition – FREE antivirus software – Download
  Popular freeware antivirus solution
  (tags: avast software freeware nortons anti-virus resource)
• CDBurnerXP: Einführung und Neuigkeiten
  Freeware CD/DVD burning software
  (tags: freeware burning cd_burning software nero alternative resource)

• Slashdot | Second Life Faces Open Source Challenges
  Second Life Faces Open Source Challenges — article related to Role Playing (Games) and Games.
  (tags: Gamelearner edugames second_life virtual_worlds)
• Second Life: Universities and Private Islands – SimTeach
  Useful wiki with information about various educational institutions making use of Second Life in teaching.
  (tags: education edugames elearning gamelearner second_life sl)
• Game characters get smarter and less predictable
  The use of AI is making the non-player characters in videogames smarter
  (tags: AI artificial_intelligence edugames elearning euphoria game_design gamelearner)

• Windows Mobile Help, How-to, Tips, Advice| Smartphone and PDA
  Tips and how-to guides for using the Windows Mobile platform
  (tags: windows_mobile tutorial mobile_learning mobile)

• Top 10 Photoshop Tutorial Websites | Outlaw Design Blog – A Graphic Design Blog
  (tags: tutorial how-to photoshop)

• Gamasutra – What Gamers Want: Silver Gamers
  Interesting article about the needs and wants of older games when it comes to games – something to consider particularly when designing games for older learners
  (tags: gamelearner edugames game_design games design)
• Steampunk city in Second Life: New Babbage – Boing Boing
  Video about a community of people roleplaying a steampunk existence in Second Life.
  (tags: gamelearner edugames second_life virtual_world steampunk)

• Slashdot | Google Launches Lively, an Avatar Based 3D World
  Good discussion on Slashdot (from a geek perspective) about Lively and the virtues of virtual worlds.
  (tags: lively second_life virtual_world gamelearner edugames)
• YouTube – Emotiv Stonehenge Demo
  The Emotiv epoc is another headset game controller using a combination of brainwaves and facial muscle movement – looks like there is still a way to go but it has promise
  (tags: epoc emotiv gamelearner edugames game_controller)
• Emotiv Home
  Home of Emotiv, makers of the epoc headeset game controller which uses brain waves and facial expression
  (tags: gamelearner edugames education games game_controller emotiv epoc)
• Set Up Port Forwarding on Your Xbox 360 – Wired How-To Wiki
  Useful guide to improving the network speed of your Xbox 360
  (tags: wiki xbox360 xbox gamelearner edugames games guide how-to)
• Knowledge Bank Conference 2008
  (tags: conference knowledge education 2008 web2.0)

• zombie_outbreak.jpg (JPEG Image, 896×1404 pixels)
  Nice impression of what will be happening on Twitter when the zombies rise
  (tags: twitter zombie zombies)
• Prereqs & Supported Systems : Admin Privileges – Lively Help Center
  (tags: lively gamelearner edugames virtual_world google games simulations)
• Lively – Welcome
  Google has released their version of Second Life – and it’s all free. I haven’t been able to make it work at work yet – pesky admin access to the computer is required but it looks exciting.
  (tags: lively gamelearner edugames second_life virtual_world google_maps)