While visiting Denmark, I had the pleasure of visiting the CODER lab at the University of Arhus. My Time with the project was brief, mostly talking about score boards and time trials, but we had some great discussions. I totally recommend checking out their vimeo page. Game Description: In Quantum moves, players try to move …
Game Description: I attempted to address positive ways to deal with depression and fear through gameplay. Mainly, focus on the good things and collect them (blue lights) and rely on the things that you love/make you feel safe to protect you from negative emotions. This game uses AR technologies. You must also download Reactivision found …
Week 1 Synopsis: Today we made sure that everyone had python installed and went over some basics of the command line terminal. Essentially, we opened our terminal, typed “python” and messed around with the interpreter. We then created our first script, saved as “test.py” with the line: print “hello world” and successfully ran it on our terminal. We …
Game Description: Alpha Racers is a fun and exciting new learning game that will help your child learn their letters and sounds! Unlike many alphabet games currently available, Alpha Racers is actually a real racing game, where your child learns their letters as they race for the trophy! Role: Consultant Download for iPad and iPhone
I’ve heard the saying that the only people that will read your thesis are your advisor and your mom. While I love my mom and really respect my advisor, this just doesn’t do it for me. I, like many academics, want my work to be read. Whenever I get frustrated with something I try to …
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Quick update today. I came across a cool tool recently. In an effort to graduate, I’ve been trying to write more. Thanks to research, I’ve also been interested in what text analysis tools can determine based on your input. That’s how I came across this. I write Like is a cool website that lets you …
This post was a long time coming. About a half a year ago, a group of us decided to create the worst game ever. It (the game) was terrible, so I guess we succeeded. During the emerging scholars meeting, a couple of people talked about using some of the time to create a tangible product. …
I recently ran across a lifehacker article that detailed how to use your dropbox as a server for a small website. I thought it was awesome and fit well with a previous post, so I thought it was worth posting it here as reference. If anyone has tried this, leave a comment about your experience. …
Recently, I went to New York and found myself at the Nintendo World Store. In short, it was awesome, but not necessarily because of the stuff that was being sold. Don’t get me wrong, they have lots of cool stuff that you can’t get anywhere else (I picked up some Mario Bros. Pixel Playing cards). …