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The First 5 students (per course) pay $5 (per course). Then both the capacity and price double. The next 10 students pay $10. The next 20 students pay $20. The next 40 students pay $40. The next 80 students pay $80. $160 is the final price for the course. Be The Early Bird and get the largest discount worm.
I am excited to announce the launch of a brand new course to The Game Beyond Online School. For over 15 years my Presentation Technique has been a big success with both students and teachers in Europe. Many former students and teachers have told me how much this course has helped them get over the fear of public speaking, and become better presenters.
Every year on New Year's Eve, millions of people make a promise to themselves they will not keep. It's not because they are bad people, or cheaters, or have some other deep psychological traumas from childhood that keep them from achieving their New Year's Goals. You may be reading this and thinking to yourself, yeah, I've been there. Well let's use Game Design to solve your problem!
photo by Tim Mossholder
Many fans of The Big Lebowski are familiar with the game Bowling. However, the history of the game has quite a few surprises, from being a religious game, to being illegal for many decades. Let's look at Bowling, the History and evolution of the game that dates back 5,000 years.
One of my favourite films, is Tron. Not just because Jeff Bridges "The Dude" stars in it. Not because it was the first film to use CGI. I loved it because of the GAMES! For those of you that don't know, Tron was a film back in 1982 where Jeff Bridges gets sucked into a computer and is forced to play games. If you haven't seen it or the sequel, I won't spoil it further for you. Needless to say, they have these 'discs' which they use all the time in the games. I've loved tossing around a frisbee because it gives me the feeling like I'm Flynn in Tron. Enter Disc-Golf…
We have reached a milestone of 2,000 students for our online Game Design Introduction Course. It still has a 4.5 out of 5 star rating. After many years and many students, it is time to upgrade the course.
I left my life of 30+ years behind in Europe. Now, back in America, I find myself in a Mid-life Reset. What to do as a returning expat?
From designing video games to interactive spaces, these tools can be used for Design Thinking Methods for Media Design Education.
A helpful list of online tools and apps to help teachers deal with teaching online with coronavirus quarantines.
My new job is teaching Serious Game Design, at a place called the HAN.
