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Who owns e-sports? 24 Aug 2013 | 01:49 am
Got an interesting law article in the snail mail by Dan Burk. "Owning E-Sports: Proprietary Rights in Professional Computer Gaming." Unfortunately the digital version is behind paywalls. Man, does tha...
Player-Authors Project - Survey One Data (Draft) 2 Aug 2013 | 06:06 pm
Hi everyone, I posted here soliciting participation in the Rutgers Player-Authors survey of player UGC practices in games. We are beginning to study the results. A draft summary report of basic des...
Industry Survey on UGC in Games 25 Jun 2013 | 12:49 am
Hi everyone, As part of the Rutgers Player-Authors project, we're conducting a survey of industry perceptions regarding player-created content in games. If you're in the game development industry, p...
Play, Evolution, and the Unspeakable 17 Jun 2013 | 10:12 pm
Steen and Owens ground play in human evolution. Now sociologist Robert Bellah makes play not just any element of human evolution but a core element of it. From play, he believes, springs almost all cu...
Microsoft Points Go Away 14 Jun 2013 | 08:03 pm
Microsoft announced that it is retiring its virtual currency, Microsoft Points. This follows Facebook abandoning Facebook credits. Companies are trying to figure when and where it makes sense to have ...
Save the Whales! And exploit them I guess. 31 May 2013 | 02:12 am
A report just out from the fine folks at Playnomics confirms that much of the money spent in digital economies is spent by a fairly small share of the players. Vegas calls them "whales." Playnomics sa...
Diablo III Hyperinflation 21 May 2013 | 09:49 pm
Diablo III's real-money auction house had some potential to be a major innovation in virtual economies. Instead, it looks like the designers failed to grasp lessons of virtual money management that ar...
The Clausewitz Engine: A Major Scientific Advance 8 May 2013 | 08:26 pm
Wittingly or no, the folks over at Paradox Development are making an amazing scientific instrument. It's called the Clausewitz Engine. I know almost nothing about it, other than having been its victim...
Hector Postigo's: The Digital Rights Movement 27 Apr 2013 | 12:02 am
The latest Social Change Technology podcast is out. Burcu Bakioglu interviews long time friend of the show Hector Postigo about his latest book: The Digital Rights Movement. Those that have been aroun...
New Survey - Please Participate 18 Apr 2013 | 06:19 pm
I'm conducting a survey on creative play within video games. If you have 15 minutes to spare, please consider letting us know about how your creativity intersects with your gaming: https://camdenrutg...
