The Five Qualities of a Good Gamer (1)
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The Five qualities of a Good Gamer are: 1. Good Manners Good manners is a top quality of any human being. My definition of good manners is similar to that of Miss Manners’ - the quality of taking care not to cause other people undue offense. This includes many things: * Listening as much as talking, because other people have egos as big as yours * Taking care to observe local customs * Acting in ...
Who Says Gaming is for Geeks (1)
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We all know Vin Diesel. Y’know, the tough guy from The Fast and The Furious, Chronicles of Riddick, Pitch Black and various other shows/movies. Now I don’t know about you… but I’m not ashamed to say that Vin Diesel can twist me into a pretzel and kick my butt all the way from here to Timbuktu. And that’s when he’s in a good mood. Well guess what… Vin Diesel played Dungeons & Dragons and is ...
Want a FREE Burger? (1)
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Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages. DO YOU WANT A FREE BURGER? That’s right… a FREE scrumptous, tender, juicy, delicious burger. Let’s admit it… times are hard, and we ALL want free food. From burger to fries, from pasta to pizza. No, you don’t have to wolf the entire thing down in five minutes to get it for free. In fact, you can take all the time you want and savor every bite. And ...
Parent-to-Parent: Play Skills (1)
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Play Skills Are More Important Than You Think! This morning I read an article in Smithsonian Magazine by Monica Watrous call “Playing for Keepsies”. It was a small article about a gentleman named Bruce Breslow and his Moon Marble Company in Bonner Springs, Kansas. The Moon Marble Company produces both expensive hand crafted marbles and inexpensive machine made marbles. Breslow is a woodworker who became interested in marbles after buying marbles for the wooden board ...
Games + Math = Learning (1)
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Students get heavy dose of arithmetic with creative classroom activities Fourth-graders Paul Cavanaugh and Tim Esworthy weren’t thinking about the arithmetic they were doing while moving beans from one cup in an egg carton to another. They were too busy trying to beat each other in the game known as Wari. The object of the game, which originated in Egypt, is to capture as many beans as possible by moving them from cup to cup ...