Comments on: How Gaming Has Become the Newest Trend in HR Recruiting, and Life

By: mp3danyul

mp3danyul — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:30:19 +0000

Brain Age is a great little game that lots of adults are getting into. And i completely agree, anything beats brickbreaker.

By: mp3danyul

mp3danyul — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:30:19 +0000

Brain Age is a great little game that lots of adults are getting into. And i completely agree, anything beats brickbreaker.

By: mp3danyul

mp3danyul — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:30:19 +0000

Brain Age is a great little game that lots of adults are getting into. And i completely agree, anything beats brickbreaker.

By: Mr. Big Stuff

Mr. Big Stuff — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:12:16 +0000

everyone should seriously check out virtualtennistour.com

By: Productivity Techniques | Twenty Set

Productivity Techniques | Twenty Set — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:50:34 +0000

[...] to foreign language courses on your drive to work. You can read on the treadmill. You can play self-improvement games while waiting for a ride. Some would call it unfocused multi-tasking, but really, how much focus do you need while taking [...]

By: Monica O'Brien

Monica O'Brien — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:27:16 +0000

That’s pretty cool. I think people kind of expect this sort of stuff in Silicon Valley, but I live in Chicago. Still work for a software company though…

By: thebaglady

thebaglady — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:30:24 +0000

Great post. My husband is a game developer and of course his company gave him a couple free consoles. I did notice that some startups here in the Silicon Valley list “game room” as one of the benefits. In one of the companies I worked at we often played in the conference rooms.

By: Monica O'Brien

Monica O'Brien — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:50:35 +0000

Thanks for the comment Thirtyplus. Vogue has great articles on all sorts of topics. Of course, they are better known for their gorgeous fashion spreads, and I can’t say I don’t read it for that too.

I actually blogged about Nintendo before they found me. And the funny thing is I’ve spent way more on Nintendo products than they’ve sent me, so I think it all evens out .

By: Thirtyplus

Thirtyplus — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:32:54 +0000

WE totally need a game room at my company.

Glad to see neuroscience is infiltrating even Vogue — albeit at the more basic levels.

Like the blog!

P.S. Nintendo just totally bought you

By: Monica O'Brien

Monica O'Brien — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:39:57 +0000

RohoMech, thanks for the comment. I think Nintendo is pretty cool too for targeting the casual gamer segment. It was completely untapped before now, and Nintendo has the “family” image to do well in it… which they clearly are, from looking at Wii sales. That’s why I was happy to support the company when they came to me last month.

I think you bring up an interesting point – the social reach of video games. I never thought about it that way, but that’s really where the industry is trending. Thanks again!