by Kourosh | Apr 24, 2008 | On Mind, On Technology
Well, I’m just ecstatic. The first review of Video Game Play and Addiction is in, courtesy of Adam Thierer, senior fellow of the Progress and Freedom Foundation. I’m very happy that the book is receiving positive feedback. The book began as...
by Kourosh | Mar 7, 2008 | On Mind, On Music, On Technology
<p align=”center”> </p> Music is a powerful method of communication. With any type of speech, a person may feel the urge to censor the self. And yet, it is this musical suppression that forms a chasm between sounds heard near the soul...
by Kourosh | Feb 24, 2008 | On Mind
“… If a single function can be ascribed to every form of play, in every playful species, according to this way of thinking, it is that play contributes to the growth of more supple, more flexible brains.” – NYTimes article, 2/17/2008 The...
by Kourosh | Nov 21, 2007 | On Technology
Today’s tools increasingly highlight the growing generational divide in the worlds of communication. Instant messaging and text messaging are new forces mainly to those of us in the older generations. Their use by today’s teens has been around since they were...
by Kourosh | Jul 9, 2007 | On Mind, On Technology
Video games often get a bad rap. Too often, the learning and play potentials of games are lost in a media hungry for bad news. Re-Mission is a game that indisputably has a good moral fiber that is gradually gaining some press. The game’s creators at Hopelab have...
