Tomorrow's discussion

Yay games!

Here are a few of the things I'll be touching on in class tomorrow.

Neopets - a web based game where you raise and care for "pets" of various kinds. This was the game mentioned the RAPUNSEL article.

Peggle - a free trial download for PCs. Play with the sound on. I don't want to give away the secret, but if you complete one level you'll see why people prefer playing games to doing work.

The power of the DS. This is a YouTube video of a DS party. Turn the sound down for this one because there's a lot of screaming involved. The first minute pretty much says it all... not much changes for the rest of the time.

Pirates of the Burning Sea - This is the website for the game I do playability testing for. Notice the interaction between designers and fans and the socialization that takes place, especially on the forums. This is mostly discussion about the game, but it translates to in-game and real-world interactions as well. (For example, there's a PotBS meetup tonight where developers and fans get to socialize.)

As a side note, we're watching some CMC at work right here on this post. Because I included the string "Pirates of the Burning Sea," the community envoy at Flying Lab is probably going to get a Google Alerts message tomorrow indicating as such. Everybody wave!