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Becker College, in Massachusetts, took an unusual step to encourage participation in the state’s upcoming gubernatorial election—the institution commissioned a video game about it. The free online game, Race for the Ballot, allows players to select one of the state’s four gubernatorial candidates and steer the politician around a running track before time runs out…
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52 Weeks of UX: How Constraints Drive Creativity
52 Weeks of UX: How Constraints Drive Creativity 52weeksofux: “Constraints drive creativity.” You’ve probably heard this quote (or some variation of it) before. I see it all the time. But I always find myself asking: “What is it about constraints that make us more creative?” Is it a mindset we get into, that forces us…
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loscabrones: FAB LAB BCN is a centre of production, investigation and education, that uses last generation (as of 2008) computer aided design software to the creation of prototypes and scale models for architecture, construcion, industrial design and any activity that needs the connection to a computer to manipulate materials according to digital instructions.
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howstuffismade.org
howstuffismade.org How Stuff Is Made (HSIM) is a visual encyclopedia that documents the manufacturing processes, labor conditions and environmental impacts involved in the production of contemporary products. It is a free, independent, academic resource published by engineering and design students, who research and produce summative photoessays describing these conditions of creation. Academic faculty are responsible…
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As part of a research project on computer games produced prior to 1973 (the date of 101 BASIC Computer Games), I have been conducting research on The Oregon Trail, which originated at Carleton College in Minnesota in 1971 by Don Rawitsch, Paul Dillenberger, and Bill Heineman. The game was played in one of Rawitsch’s history…