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	<description>I make, play, and research games.</description>
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		<title>What doesn&#8217;t kill you makes you stronger (Jull on failure in games)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read an interesting essay by ludologist Jesper Juul. 

He set out to find the answers to two questions:

    * What is the role of failure in video games?
    * Do players prefer games where they do not feel responsible for failing?

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		<title>Meaningful Play: Definitions from Salen &#038; Zimmerman</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 15:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've started reading Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman's book "Rules of Play".  It picked up a fair bit of blog buzz when it came out so I thought I'd give it a look.

So far, I have almost finished the first of 4 sections. I had to talk about the book this week for Journal Club (despite it not being a journal) so these are my notes.]]></description>
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		<title>e-Bug in the News</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The project I&#8217;m working on is called e-Bug.  We&#8217;re working with 17 countries across Europe to create an education pack and online games for primary and secondary (junior and senior) schools that will educate pupils on hygiene, microbes and appropriate antibiotic use.
The bigger picture is that if you can improve the education of young people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microworlds, Explanatoids and extending the Islands of Expertise Theory</title>
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		<comments>http://www.davidlearnsgames.com/microworlds-explanatoids-and-extending-the-islands-of-expertise-theory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m reading David Williamson Shaffer&#8217;s book &#8220;How Computer Games Help Children Learn&#8221;
In it, he refers to a paper that he and Gina Svarovsky published on in 2006 based on their Digital Zoo project.  I had a hunt for this paper and found a number that they published on this, and an earlier project called Berta&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using the iPhone as a wireless external drive with SFTP</title>
		<link>http://www.davidlearnsgames.com/using-the-iphone-as-a-wireless-external-drive-with-sftp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some tech news websites have been singing the praises of a new iPhone app called DataCase.
It allows you to use your iPhone as a wireless storage device.  It&#8217;s a great idea because there&#8217;s a decent amount of space on the iPhone and wireless access to anything is cool.
Their Mac Demo looks great but on a [...]]]></description>
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