Max Kaizen : culturesmithGames | Max Kaizen : culturesmith http://maxkaizen.com smart is the new sexy Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:30:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 couch marathoners : gamers gone good http://maxkaizen.com/2010/07/03/couch-marathons-gamers-gone-good/ http://maxkaizen.com/2010/07/03/couch-marathons-gamers-gone-good/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:38:06 +0000 Maximillian Kaizen http://maxkaizen.com/?p=1911 From the collection of “people making the world suck less” check these guys: Mario Marathon
  “..Princess Peach of Nintendo’s Super Mario Brothers, that is. Shattering the violent, negative, good-for-nothing stereotype of video gamers, Brian “Shirt Guy” Brinegar, John “Couch Guy” Groth and Chris “Slouch Guy” Deckard dreamed up the Super Mario Marathon in which they play the cult classic game for hours on end.
 
They’re not just playing for fun: they are raising money for Child’s Play, a gamer-created, gamer-supported charity that fulfills the wish lists of over 60 hospital’s children’s units worldwide. Each donation buys the games, the consoles and the movies that bring a little bit of fun into an otherwise gruelling hospital experience.”
[extract from http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/06/gamers-gone-good.html read more here & have your assumptions about gamers refreshed briefly.]  
Maybe even dive in and supprt the gamer’s charity? Child’s Play << worthwhile

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<< Dive into my current bookmarks on games. Bits on game design, pervasive gaming, blended-reality games played on the streets, how gaming shapes our brains. If you’re amazed that games can command their own economies – with global heft or that mainstream business, government, the military or medicine has moved into the realm of serious games. Play has potency.

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