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GDC 08: Meditation & Relaxation with Games

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2008-02-18 16:18:29 by Destructoid.com in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
...relaxation: Healing Rhythms, Guru Meditation, and The Night Journey . Each game approached the subject of relaxation or meditation from a totally different angle; Meditation Guru was an experiment, Healing Rhythms exists as a practical meditation teaching tool, and Night Journey functions as an esoteric metaphor for spiritual enlightenment...
 
Tags: meditation, games, guru meditation, night journey functions, night journey, meditation guru, ian bogost, relaxation, rhythms
 
 
 
 
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Report: Gaming Enhances Relaxation, Not Violence

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2008-04-02 12:00:50 by Earnest Cavalli in Wired: Game|Life
...relaxation before and after playing the game as opposed to experiencing anger," said Middlesex University's Jane Barnett. Though she added, "This did very much depend on personality type Far from conclusively ruling out the possibility of violence driven by gaming, Barnett says this study was designed to help researchers create "an emotion...
 
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NY Times: Gran Turismo 5 Best-seller

2007-12-05 12:43:22 by Billy Kirk in Video Game Media Watch - The Video Game Journalism Review
 
...relaxation. Slotted into relaxation considerations were the Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and while the Wii got its due factually speaking, there were tremendous blunders concerning the PS3 and 360 information including price, processor type, and best-sellers that, ya know, havent been released yet Fortunately, the New York Times has since...
 
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Opinion: Carroll On Understanding The Casual Gamer

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2008-01-09 08:00:30 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...relaxation come in different forms for different people. Though Ive grown a bit since then, in my college days I found playing the original Wolfenstein 3D to be quite relaxing. However, I cant imagine that Id Software initially created Wolfenstein 3D with the intent of creating an experience that would relax players. Though Wolfenstein 3D...
 
Tags: play, play casual games, casual games, casual, casual games space, survey, casual gamer survey, casual games market, casual gamers
 
 
 
 
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Games Are Stressful, Man Healing Rhythms Makes Us Wonder How to Calm Down (GDC 2008)

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2008-02-20 00:10:02 by Patrick Klepek in MTV Multiplayer
...relaxation through meditation. Yet thats the subject of Wild Divine s Healing Rhythms, one of three games featured at the Meditation & Relaxation with Games panel (part of the Serious Games Summit at GDC this year On Monday afternoon, Wendy Goldner , VP of Marketing at Wild Divine, walked the crowd through the software, which operates based...
 
Tags: video games stress, video games, games, stress, relieve stress, games summit, games panel, stress moodiness, wild divine
 
 
 
 
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World of Warcraft fishing

2008-01-08 09:14:00 by Tobold in Tobold's MMORPG Blog
 
...relaxation, and to make some gold in a peaceful way. I would wish that Blizzard had made fishing a bit more interactive, but it isn't so bad now
 
Tags: fish nodes, nodes, fish, valuable fish, fish motes, level, level players, maximum skill, skill
 
 
 
 
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GameSetLinks: Extending The Chillout Extra Extreme

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2008-01-08 16:00:49 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...relaxation-based titles, something away from the normal everyday fragfest. I think. Here goes Facebook Game Player Propagation Applied Game Design Various methods of Facebook games getting popular - v.instructive in general for the new social order Play This Thing! | Game Reviews | Free Games | Independent Games | Game Culture Transcendence's...
 
Tags: game, game industry, extend, game design, extend extra extreme, san francisco, game culture, san francisco earthquake, designer david sirlin
 
 
 
 
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Game Developer's January 2008 Issue Courts GLaDOS

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2008-01-12 08:00:52 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...relaxation vault" that appears in Portal's first room Everyone on the team liked the funny, sinister tone of the writing, and so Erik continued to write and record announcements for other chambers, while still searching for the story proper. At some point, however, it became apparent that these announcements were providing playtesters with...
 
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Is Burnout Paradise The New Animal Crossing? Would That Be Bad? (Vs Mode Round Two)

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2008-01-30 21:55:03 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
...relaxation, exploration, entertainment. Forget the One Console Future Im talking about the One Game Future , the Everlasting Gobstopper of interactive entertainment Cheers N This Vs. Mode will conclude later this week
 
Tags: paradise, world games, world, burnout paradise, burnout, mode, paradise city, game world, online game