I forgot to mention this part: thousands of folks (Lee states that most are teachers/educators) have downloaded the software to build the inexpensive whiteboards (Lee offers it for free from his wii projects page) thanks to proliferation of the demo on YouTube. Which makes me think that I should include some of those snippet videos [...]
Five stages of wii besottment:
#1: Curiosity: what is that blue light?
Takashi Aoyama revealed that the blue flashing light on the wii is actually timed to the bird call of the Japanese bush warbler, a familiar chirp heard throughout Japan in the spring and summertime.
#2: Infatuation: Oh Boy! I can check the weather!
The channels on the [...]
Although I was without my handsome half at sxsw, I did try to check out some of the game related discourse for interesting indie tidbits. One of my great surprises was the third keynote, delivered by the animated and bright Jane McGonigal. Her premise: “Quality of Life becomes the primary metric for evaluating interactive brands, [...]