Contemporary Museum of Hawaii
The Contemporary Museum, in Honolulu, Maui, was a small but interesting collection. Just as interesting as the artwork was the beautifully landscaped “backyard”- particularly a huge tree. More photos from […]
Re-thinking real estate value from playing Cityville
Playing Cityville, one of the newer games by Zynga, one can learn some valuable lessons about real estate. This goes with almost all city building games such as Sim City, […]
Send a virtual bear
United Airlines has this great campaign where they send a plush toy bear to children with cancer. You can choose to donate your money or your miles to send a pair of […]
My professor requests money; turns out to be scam (an interesting case of nonverbal cues)
A couple hours ago, I received an email from my beloved professor Charles Nesson. It was from his Gmail account, saying that he was stuck in the U.K. and needed […]
Defining social games
There has been much quibble about defining social games. What is a social game? Aren’t all multiplayer games social? Are board games social games? Aren’t MMOs social games? Isn’t Xbox […]
Why do people get married in virtual worlds?
“My boyfriend cheated on me,” A said. It sounded strange, coming from the lips of an 11-year old. “How do you know he cheated?” “I saw him with another girl.” “Maybe he […]
Asians customize their avatar more than whites
(cross-posted on Playaslife.com) Survey results of 176 Facebook game players showed significant differences between Asians and Caucasians in play motivation, perceptions of gifting and the extent to which the players engage […]
Reflections on games
New posts in Play As Life on how social network games (Facebook games) are dumbing games down for mass audiences (and why that is good) as well as an interview […]
D. Yvette Wohn 