http://polack.umwblogs.org Live, Learn and Play Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:56:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Each group will be given an age group and they are to find an free online game that would make the game successful for that age. Then they are to write a short blog about the game and where to locate it. http://polack.umwblogs.org/2008/06/12/playability-and-knowing-the-audience/ Flashman: http://www.miniclip.com/games/flashman/en/ Run Escape: http://www.miniclip.com/games/runescape/en/ Interactive Pet Buddy: http://arcade.klikgamers.co.uk/playgames/202/interactive-pet-buddy.html Monopoly Here and Now: http://www.shockwave.com/2006/promo/monopoly/ Big Catch: http://miniclip.com/games/big-catch/en/ Gin Rummy: http://www.miniclip.com/games/gin-rummy/en/ Poop Adventure: http://arcade.klikgamers.co.uk/playgames/103/ploop-adventures.html Gold Miner: http://www.jokefrog.com/games/gold-miner.shtml ... http://polack.umwblogs.org/2007/10/02/game-genre/ Games already taken: Kingdom Hearts Halo Rainbow 6 Vegas Ratchet & Clank Call of Duty 2 Bio Shock Zelda Warcraft 3 Kingdom Hearts 2 Metroid Prim Halo 2 Medieval II Half Life 2 http://polack.umwblogs.org/2007/09/26/blog-4-video-games/ Second Life is full of life both virtually and real. People from all over the world escape to this virtual world to communicate for a variety of reasons, including, education, gaming, finding their one true love, preying on peoples’ innocents. Navigating yourself through the nonsense and irrelevant information, ... http://polack.umwblogs.org/2007/09/11/second-life-and-groups/ Ralph Baer, the original creator of Pong was short changed in the settlement with Atari, however, this was not the only battle he ever in sued and in comparisons it was less life threatening. If you look at the following video you will find out that he escaped Nazi ... http://polack.umwblogs.org/2007/08/30/my-thoughts-on-gameheadz-video/ The ideas of games has always interested me and since my specialty in computer science is graphics it was a natural progression into game programming.  My favorite games are classics from my childhood: Centipede, Pacman, Ms. Pacman, and the original Atari home system.  While many of you may laugh at ... http://polack.umwblogs.org/2007/08/30/why-did-i-offer-this-fsem/ http://polack.umwblogs.org/2007/08/15/6/ The Games that People Play is a new Freshman Seminar offered in the Fall of 2007. What makes games so interesting? Why do so many people play them? What makes people want to create games? What is a good game? Find out in the Fall of 2007. http://polack.umwblogs.org/2007/08/06/fsem-games-that-people-play/