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Monthly Archives: September 2010
New Website and Forums!
We’ve upgraded our look, and added some features to the site. And there’s forums! Let us know what you think! (And if you find a bug, post it in the Feedback forum.)
Facebook Integration
The corporate office (me) has coordinated with marketing (me) to task our IT department (also me) with a new website. Marketing is pretty hot on this whole social 2.0 webworking business, and got IT to spec out some Spacebook polygration or somesuch.
Anyway, IT asked me, customer relations, to do some surveys and see how this will impact our brand perception and customer preferencing trends. I don’t exactly understand the MyFaces and whatnot, so I got my three year-old to work out some questions the young people might relate to.
Loading ...Games and Tangential Learning
“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”
- Winston Churchill
You might have noticed in our About page, we’re big fans of the idea that gaming can be one of the best ways to learn. I recently ran across Daniel Floyd’s video (embedded below) discussing video games as tangential learning. (This was based on a blog post by James Portnow, by the by.)
The idea is pretty simple: people like to learn when it facilitates something they’re already engaged in. Arithmetic is boring, but it pays to keep all your circumstantial bonuses in your head straight. I personally hated history class, but I spend hours researching ancient myths and cultures to plan the next D&D adventure. Even accounting can be interesting thanks to German board games.
A Sign from Above
Our sign has appeared in the northern Independence pylon, just above the Marble Slab constellation.
The seemingly endless renovation, which is largely in the hands of contractors, can make +1 Gaming seem more mirage than reality. It’s little things like this that serve as a comforting assurance. Take heart!
For the curious, there’s also a blue banner strung over our door proclaiming +1 Gaming’s imminence. A “big people” sign in on order, and should be installed in the foreseeable future.