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Games for Change 2012

I enjoyed an incredible lunch Monday sponsored by The Sprout Fund with Nikki Navta of Zulama and Todd Keruskin of Elizabeth Forward School District at spoke at a lunch & learn at Sprout offices today about their experience at the Games for Change Festival earlier this summer. Keynotes and presentations from the festival are online. …

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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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