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On this show, indie ARG producer Kyle Woollums  joins host Steve Peters (NoMimes Media), and talks about grassroots Serious Games, measures of success, and the unique opportunities and challenges of using games as an educational tool. Will ARGs replace field trips? Who needs more ARG education, students or their teachers? Tune in and find out!

“Traditional education isn’t working, and we’re trying to get students engaged. But we fear the technology associated with engaging students.”

Links from this show:

• Cuento Productions
  http://cuentoproductions.com/
• Aguatero Industries
  http://aguateroindustries.com/
• Our Water, Our Planet
  http://ourwaterplanet.wordpress.com/
• Inception
  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/

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ETA: A special shout-out to Christy Dena for being instrumental in setting up this interview!

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This week, special guest Jim Babb joins host Steve Peters (NoMimes Media) at ARGFest 2010 in Atlanta, and talks about his upcoming game, Socks Inc.

Show links:

• ARGFest 2010
  http://www.argfest.com
• Socks Inc.
  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jimbabb/socks-inc-an-alternate-reality-game
  http://twitter.com/socks_inc
  http://www.facebook.com/socksinc#!/pages/Socks-Inc/126604487375044
• Studio Cypher
  http://twitter.com/studiocypher

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This week, special guest Patrick O’Luanaigh, the CEO of nDreams, joins host Steve Peters (NoMimes Media) at the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo and talks about Playstation’s ARG Xi, current game Secret Lewis, and what it’s like to be waved at by Spielberg.

Links from this show:

• nDreams
  http://www.ndreams.co.uk
• Xi
  http://www.ndreams.co.uk/ximainpage
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCPruFOgpKY
  http://kotaku.com/5194426/playstation-home-xi-arg-mingles-with-reality
• Perplex City
  http://www.perplexcity.com
• Secret Lewis
  http://secretlewis.com
• Facade
  http://www.interactivestory.net
• Online Caroline
  http://jilltxt.net/txt/onlinecaroline.html

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