Jane McGonigal a Game Designer, Inspirational Speaker and New York Times Best Selling Author of Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us..
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ArticlesRemember Halloween? Being your favorite super hero or your favorite Disney Princess for one magical night. Going door-to-door collecting sugary..
All pictures painted inside, in the studio, will never be as good as those done outside.–Paul Cezanne People ask why..
Image link: http://ow.ly/i/3iNns/original Contagious is a book about what makes something go viral. Why do some things catch..
What makes a video go viral? What creates the impulse for shareware across the interwebs? What stimulates the mirror neurons..
(Source: The Atlantic) Despite all the hoo-ha that takes place every year around the Oscars, the Emmys, the Grammys, etc.,..
Are GIFs the new emoticons? (Ellsbeth Reeve, The Atlantic) The shorthand capacity of the GIF has aided and abetted viral..
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Can an empty chair have the power to sway public opinion? Chris Rock certainly had fun with Clint Eastwood’s appearance..
It’s time for the next chapter of “Caine’s Arcade.” If you’ve never heard of Caine, he’s the kid who built..
It’s the one year anniversary of the #OccupyWallStreet movement, and also the one-year anniversary of theviralmedialab.org…! Last year at this..
This week, despite public outcry via social media and the mainstream press, the audacious punk band, Pussy Riot (Nadezhda Tolokonnikova,..
In 2009 I was contracted by the Portland, Oregon nonprofit Wisdom of the Elders (WISDOM) to train volunteers in Digital..
Many of you have projects you hope go “viral.” From music to documentaries, the goal is to grow and expand..
Memes are very controversial issues in many scientific research circles, as well as in certain disciplines such as psychology and..
Here in the VM Lab we’re not only artists sharing work but also scientists collecting and analyzing data through the..
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After Elizabeth and I finished our presentation on Jane McGonigal there were a few questions that were asked. We promised to blog the answers. […]
Who would think that trauma would be subject to being played with? I say we are blessed with humor and laughter being one of […]
I find the story behind SuperBetter to be quite inspirational. It's response to a real life trauma and effectiveness amongst those who have played, […]
Although Banksy is credited with being a changemaker, graffiti artists discredit him as one. The common reason is because he's stenciling, not freestyling. Personally, I […]
Perhaps the best reply to this is the meme I made. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2YKmkwcJWNfemFaVmlOclRrSzg/edit?usp=sharing That aside, borrowing Paul Kivel’s metaphor, the American ideals of heteronormativity are like boxes, […]