http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:04:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/online-tutorial-leverages-gaming-to-introduce-the-world-to-code-future-of-gaming.html Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:05:17 +0000 Code Academy is a web-based, interactive programming tutorial that incorporates gaming elements like points and trophies into its users' profiles which are then visible to friends.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/gaming-concept-points-the-finger-at-climate-deniers-future-of-gaming.html Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:50:14 +0000 Climate Trail is a Gaming for Good submission that plays like the classic 'Oregon Trail' but lets players follow the ‘money trail’ tied to the dissemination of false data.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/share-photos-complete-missions-with-onefeat.html Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:32:49 +0000 New app gets you completing feats and gamifies your life.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/leveraging-the-momentum-to-do-good-through-social-networks.html Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:08:10 +0000 PSFK talks with UNICEF USA's Renee Alexander Hamilton in anticipation of her upcoming presentation at our SXSW Salon in Austin, Texas. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/can-you-reimagine-the-in-flight-airline-experience-tedactivefly.html Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:57:19 +0000 TEDActiveFly wants to know how you would improve the in-flight experience. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/playing-the-way-towards-strong-design-solutions.html Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:32:28 +0000 We’ve recently wrote about LEGO being used as tools to inspire creative thinking and solutions to various societal or business challenges. Christopher W. Totten’s thesis proposes that playing (not necessarily of the Lego kind) can also be used to influence the architectural design process. Ultimately, Totten created a design method for architects based on game design. The highlights of his method are: Creating a “core mechanic”, the basic action a player takes within a game, as the design generator for an architectural space (the basic action someone takes within the building.) Using game engines to playtest building designs with clientsRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/solving-puzzles-35000-feet-above-ground.html Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:35:30 +0000 Virgin is teaming up with Google to promote cloud computing. On June 24th, the Day in the Cloud Challenge, lets players compete versus others either on the ground or while flying in one of Virgin’s flights through WiFi. If you’re flying Virgin that day, you’ll receive free WiFi to join the challenge. But if you have work to do, you can opt to share documents, email, browse websites or anything you normally do back at the office. Whether you can teleconference is not clear, though it might be fun to collaborate on solving a puzzle while flying.]]>