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	<description>a splendid plaything</description>
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		<title>Slick!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	DP&#8217;s latest venture could be the solution to piracy and resale that the industry is looking for! Comments in the thread re: performance seem short-sighted. However - it is interesting to think about the implications for &#8220;flash developers&#8221; as Dave points out in the demo. What would one-click access to AAA games (many man-years invested [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42027</link>
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		<title>Flower&#8230; in SPORE!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Wow!!
	




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		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42026</link>
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		<title>Interesting!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Some how the phrase &#8220;easier to manage&#8221; fails to fill me with glee. Maybe&#8230; &#8220;simple &#038; fun&#8221; would have generated a warmer feeling?
	:)

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		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42025</link>
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		<title>To Dos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Danah interviewed on the concept of an &#8220;email sabbatical&#8221; impact of email on relaxation and vacations - and life, in general.  What&#8217;s so interesting is that it really does surface the tension between email for connection vs. email for work vs. email for obligations in the future - as she says &#8220;getting into the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42024</link>
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		<title>Synchronicity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Once again, Jones is bending and reshaping the mold of minds with his preso on The New Negroponte Switch. Included is new excitement from Shulze/Webb re: mapping and visualization. Now, everywhere I look I&#8217;m seeing  adventure! New perspectives, new ways of seeing - new messages for a new time.
	
	It&#8217;s funny how things work out. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42023</link>
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		<title>Epic!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	So it&#8217;s been 2 weeks that I&#8217;ve been at TGC - and that has been an awesome 2 weeks, indeed. So much to learn and do - so many fun things to start thinking about.  And&#8230; on top of the inspirational team, welcoming vibe at Sony Santa Monica and general boost that comes from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42022</link>
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		<title>Rocking E3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Super wonderful times this week and weekend - everyone in LA for the show, and then some staying over to attend the annual &#8220;Missed My Flight&#8221; BBQ &#038; impromptu afterparty at Casa de Roja. 
	In addition to a fantastic first week at TGC I was able to meet up with tons of fun Indie friends [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42021</link>
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		<title>Girl Reaches Mars!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Sugoooooi!!!! Keita  sent this link to celebrate!!
	



	:)
	Congratulations Nobi fans, creators and most importantly Mars! You have a new friend now!!

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		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42019</link>
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		<title>Team HP Delivers!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	On time, as always! Congrats to ma, pa and babe!!
	
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		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42020</link>
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		<title>Wienerisms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Scott&#8217;s begun posting op-eds on Gama - and today&#8217;s excursion is pretty good! Ladies, look past the laddishness and man-crushing to find some really solid wisdom about managing people and teams. Snippet:
	
The 12 Laws of Wiener
	1. Be Part of the Solution, Never a Part of the Problem. Quite simply, it&#8217;s much easier to be critical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42018</link>
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		<title>New Things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Two good links today - one from Phil and one from Kyle. Both focused on the same idea: small is beautiful.
	Spent the morning over at Sherman Gallery getting some pictures framed. It&#8217;s probably not a shock that I had almost 200 hours of paid vacation just sitting there, waiting to cash out. So I spent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42017</link>
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		<title>Thankful</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	It&#8217;s always the little things that make a day great. A cool breeze, the sound of a bird, something delicious and made with care. When I am busy busy busy, I miss these moments - and I am less happy because of it. Thankfulness = watchfulness, in a way.
	
	When rushed to finish too many tasks, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42015</link>
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		<title>Design Tribute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Reviews continue to come in for BBBP, and once again I&#8217;m genuinely thrilled to see and hear how much people are enjoying the game. Whether it&#8217;s a mainstream media outlet, a core gaming site or a customer review - pretty much everyone is saying the same thing: more, better, fun for everyone, and fairly priced. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42014</link>
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		<title>Even More Progress!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Dug up some more random things that have been sitting in the &#8220;to post&#8221; pile - some of them for a looong time:
	The Power of Mimicry - an interesting post from a while back  on how some games capitalize on this fundamental human drive. A snippet:
	
The vast majority of modern videogames have a large [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=41387</link>
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		<title>The Blind Watchmaker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Opened my copy of the official BBBP today - to find a MySims insert in the front:
	
	Funny!

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		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42016</link>
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		<title>Progress!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Lots of great things going on that I have been meaning to post&#8230; especially as we roll up to EEE. 
	For starters - Ari and Ori over at Hollywood Hill have announced their latest awesome program: THE IMPACT LAB!
	
We are pleased to announce THE IMPACT LAB - a new joint venture between The Hollywood Hill [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42013</link>
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		<title>Moving On</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	It&#8217;s official - I&#8217;ve got a new job! As of June 1, I will be working at ThatGameCompany - purveyors of fine interactive, digital experiences the likes of  Flow and Flower:
	
	On the one hand - this is a superexciting development. But on the other - it is a sunset of sorts. The conclusion to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=41967</link>
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		<title>BBBP Ships Today!!</title>
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	Boom Blox Bash Party ships today in North America! Our very first reviews  are rolling in and looking good! It&#8217;s the moment you hold your breath for. What a feeling when it all comes together (or in this case - blasts apart!)!
	It&#8217;s especially great to think of folks toying around with Create Mode and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42011</link>
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		<title>EG &#8216;09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Random tidbit of the day: I found a pretty awesome writeup of this year&#8217;s Experimental Gameplay session in the Onion AV club coverage of GDC 09.  I knew we had a great piece up on Destructoid but the Onion?? Who knew?!
	
	I also dug up a few pix from this year (was busy with Boom [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42012</link>
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		<title>Vacation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I love you, summer vacation! Why? Because the one thing I like most about taking time off from work is having time to do all the other stuff I&#8217;ve been stacking up on my to-do lists!! 
	This included: visiting Ben&#8217;s family up in Oregon, unpacking, framing and hanging art, re-organizing the garage (we can DDR [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42009</link>
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		<title>Shove it</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Been listening to Santogold again - this record is unstoppable!
	
I pay for what&#8217;s called
eccentricity and my will to evolve
I hear them all say
that I got heart
but not everything that it takes
	Taint my mind but not my soul
Tell you I got fire
I wont sell it for no payroll
Let &#8216;em hold me down
I know if I know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/?p=42010</link>
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