Study done to measure the amount of "fitness" families are getting with the Wii Fit. I enjoy Wii fit, but I was always fairly skeptical of the "results". What do you think about the Wii fit?

I'm not sure if this one really relates to the presentation, but I was reminded of it when Vlad was talking about advertising. For me, in-game advertising isn't a big deal if they do it right. For instance, ads on the boards in NHL 10 just look natural, so that works for me. Then again, the Snickers ads all over the Madden 10 "broadcast" are a bit intrusive. What do you guys think about it?

A film produced for my final year Masters in Architecture, part of a larger project about the social and architectural consequences of new media and augmented reality.

Due to a request I am placing this link that sells replacement parts for the N64 controllers that will fix your joystick issues.

Opinions stating the Pro's and Con's of the powerful Google website in the future.

Some rant I wrote about world democracy and the Free Internet.

I thought that this was an interesting article about the need for public spaces online that exist without interest groups or corporations behind them.

Found a very detailed timeline of the history of video games.

After our discussion, I was curious to find out more about game engines. This link has way more information than I wanted, but pretty much answers all the questions you might have if you were curious too.

All told, the U.S. military is spending roughly $6 billion each year on its virtual side, embracing the view, as author Tom Chatfield put it, that "games are the 21st century's most serious business."