I really enjoyed these talks by Marshall Rosenberg on his work in spreading nonviolent communication. He founded the Center for Nonviolent Communication.
This first video is a good introduction to his thinking and some of his life.
This video is targeted at educators and how to embody nonviolent communication.
Obviously for video games. This video is missing many great cult leaders like Andrew Ryan (BioShock) and what’s more the video is filled with rambling commentary. They also equate crazy military leaders with leaders of cults.
My last post on the need for the game industry to expand it’s storytelling skills and the stories themselves. Chris Crawford who made lots of early computer games (one game in particular I enjoyed was Balance of Power) and helped to found the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC).
In 1992 he gave a speech at GDC that went down in game designer history and in a meeting I was in this week somebody referenced it. Hearing it so casually mentioned made me actually want to watch it, and lo and behold it’s on YouTube. Crawford’s speech is referred to as the dragon speech and captured his enthusiasm for pushing the game industry into more exciting territory.
After watching the entire lecture I can’t help think that we’ve come so far but didn’t cover any distance.
In 2009, influential game designer Jason Rohrer and Crawford hung out during GDC and had some cameras follow them around. It’s a worthwhile watch.
This video covers the basic history of Digital Rights Management (DRM) and related copy protection techniques. If you haven’t ventured into understanding this issue, this video is a good starting place!
Here’s a short documentary made by PBS Off Book on the popularity and rise of competitive gaming (AKA e-sports).
This blog is run by Adam Clare who teaches game design at George Brown and makes educational games at Wero Creative.
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