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Category: Video Gaming

My Child Wants to Design Video Games Part Two: What type of training or classes should they take?

Added April 2014:  I am pleased to announce the Grow a Generation Game Design Master series in Scratch Programming for kids as young as 8 and teens new to programming. Find out more.  My fourteen year old took a game design class in his school this year, one semester long, that introduced him to Multi …

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My Child Wants to Design Video Games Part One: Are there jobs out there?

Tim Ferris’s recent blog “How to Build an App Empire: Can You Create The Next Instagram?” describes Chad Muerta’s story. Recovering from a car accident,Chad left his real estate job and started an app business from his iPhone.  “In just over two years, I’ve created and sold three app companies that have generated millions in …

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Do Kids Who Play Video Games Really Have an Evolutionary Advantage?

Parents have always known what positive psychology (the study of what makes us happy) now reinforces: short term “extrinsic” rewards might make us joyful in the moment but they don’t lead to happiness.  Happiness wells up from a sense of being fully alive, focused, and engaged in every moment; from a feeling of power, heroic …

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