Fun Inc. (30 page)

Invisible Threads
143

iPhones
212–14
,
216

Iraq
191

invasion of (2003)
192
,
195

Japan
221–2
,
229

Japanese firms
21–3
,
222

professionalism
21

rivalry between Nintendo and Sega
21–2

success of Sony
22–3

Jo Kim, Amy
163–4

Johnson, Boris
56
,
57

jumping
39–40

keyboard
157
,
158
,
159

Kindle
219

Korea
80–81
,
221
,
222

Koster, Raph
7–10
,
39
,
49

A Theory of Fun for Game Design
7

Kretschmer, Tim
67
,
68

Krishna (Indian deity)
44

Kubrick, Stanley
113–14

Kufeld, Albert W
17–18

laptops
210

Lazzaro, Nicole
49–50
,
51

learning
4
,
6–8
,
49
,
94
,
150
,
153
,
157
,
180
,
181
,
209

contexts from learning
203

experiential
9

see also
education; training

Learning and Teaching Scotland
200
,
201

Lee, Johnny Chung
160

Legend of Mir 3, The
60

Legend of Sword and Fairy, The
120

Lehtonen, Liz and Ville
103–4

Levene, Simon
216–17

Lewitt, Adam
68

live art
131–4

Lord of the Rings
series
113

Los Angeles Expo (2009)
13
,
14

Lovell, Nicholas
215–16

Lucas, George
46

Lumière, Auguste and Louis
111

McKechnie, Craig
99–100

Macropedia
216

Macs
23

Magnavox Odyssey
19
,
20

Marine Doom
188–9

Mario
games
39
,
40

market locations
171

mass print media
20

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
15–18

massively multiplayer online games (MMOs)
7
,
48
,
93
,
103
,
105
,
106
,
138
,
140
,
162
,
176

Medal of Honor
series
65

‘meta-game’
105

microphones
51
,
97

Microsoft
14
,
216
,
217

enters console war
218

programs
155

Windows
42

military games
187–97

Mind Candy
63

Minesweeper
41–2

mobile phones
28
,
34
,
157–8
,
210
,
212
,
221–2

monitor
157

Moshi Monsters
63
,
64

motion capture
14
,
29
,
137

motion sensitivity
23
,
158
,
159

motivation
149–51
,
163
,
177
,
179
,
180
,
184

mouse
156–9

MP3 players
28

MP3 recordings
136

MTV
37
,
186

mtvU
186

MUD (Multi-User Dungeon)
45

M.U.L.E
.
10–11

multi-player games

online
89
,
169

text-based
89

time spent playing
29

Murdoch, Rupert
218

music

interactive
135–6

recorded
57
,
228

MySpace
89, 155

Natal tracking box project
13–14

National Adviser for Emerging Technologies and Learning, Scotland
200
,
202

National Parenting Publications Award
64

natural sciences
169

Negative Gamer
75

netbooks
220–21

neurological control
211

NeuroSky
158
,
159

newspapers
227

Nielsen Games
63

Nintendo
21
,
22
,
23
,
27
,
31
,
39
,
76, 216

brain-training games
205

DS console
202
,
205–8

Super Nintendo
200

Wii
37
,
91
,
138
,
156
,
158
,
160
,
215
,
217–18

Nintendogs
83

Norrath (a virtual world)
167
,
168

not-for-profit gaming
225

Novint Falcon controller
159

NP-hard problem (‘non-deterministic polynomial hard’ problem)
41–2

Oakdale Junior School, Essex
205–8

Olympics
2

online community management
224

online ‘counter-culture’
110

online games

creation of xi

gaming community
29

motivating, co-operative social tools
108

players’ achievements in
29–30

profitability
221

reward distribution
177–9

OnLive service
220

OpenShaspa Home Energy Kit
161–2

OpenShaspa system
161

Overload
series
119

Overload: Dark Legend
119

Overload: Minions
119

Overload: Raising Hell
119

Overload II
119

Pac-Man
20
,
201

Pajitnov, Alexey
40
,
41
,
42

Palace, The
172

Pan European Game Information System (PEGI)
62–3

parents
63–4
,
138

party games
91

Passage
126–8
,
129

PCs
23

PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor)
15
,
16
,
17

Pediatrics
journal: ‘Longitudinal Effects of Violent Video Games on Aggression in Japan and the United States’
67

pentominos
41

performance art
130
,
133

performance games
91

persistence
154

personalisation
154

Pet Society
36–7

pets

‘pet’ games
83

in
WoW
94

Pew Internet/MacArthur Report on Teens, Video Games and Civics (2008)
90
,
108–9

Pictionary
3–4
,
5

Pirate Bay website, The
109

Pirate Party
109

Pixar Studios
117

platform games
83

Plato:
Phaedrus
55
,
56

play, Huizinga on
229–30
,
232

player motivations (Killer, Achiever, Explorer and Socialiser)
47–8
,
49