Jugglers don’t get paid very well – and sometimes the balls hit them in the head. That quote is supposed to remind us of the dangers of trying to do too many things at once. Thirty years ago, I was working as an engineer in aerospace, and I swear that […]
Blogs
I post here often, as does Maria Burns Ortiz, our Chief Marketing Officer and our intern/ research associate, David Berning. Occasionally, we get a post from Dr. Erich Longie, our senior cultural consultant and Dennis De Mars, our senior game developer. A team we rarely have represented is our artists, […]
Pictures from Fish Lake – watching the game as it’s ...
We’ve had a busy few weeks. As we recently posted, we received a USDA Phase II grant for $450,000. Of course, being notified you’ve received the grant and getting the money deposited in your account are two different things. The last couple weeks started with our CEO and accountant starting […]
Spirituality – and how we know we chose the right ...
Years ago, a client who had called me four times in three days to give me a contract, ended her last call with, “You must be independently wealthy that you don’t want this money I’m trying to give you.” Actually, I was on an American Indian reservation that, at the […]
One BILLION Dollars: Or why we are selling our game ...
A post on “toxic lies about start-up culture” by Shanley Kane really got me to thinking about our company. One of the lies she challenges is that meetings are evil, so you should have as few of them as possible. Our staff spans seven cities in three states, so getting together […]
Meetings are not evil
Following the great success of our Northern California and Las Vegas meetups, we’re thrilled to be hosting another teacher/educator/Kickstarter backer meetup in Los Angeles. (Here’s a link to the PDF version if that’s preferable.) See you there!
Come to our LA Meetup on Sept. 14
Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to watch my boss give a keynote presentation on statistical analysis to a collection of brainiacs in San Diego. Walking into the conference that afternoon, I was unsure whether or not I would understand a single sentence from the day’s discussions. More nerve-racking […]
The Intern Diaries: The Dumbest Guy in the Room
The problem with many educational games is that they are designed in someone’s office without regular interaction with actual teachers and students. I was teaching third grade at Four Winds in 1988 when they built their first computer lab. The students’ first visit to the lab was to take a […]
Real Teachers: The 7 Generation Games Difference
First of all, if you are playing Spirit Lake:The Game and looked here because you are having a problem, let me just start with this, from our readme file we finally got around to writing. STOP AND READ THIS 90% of the problems users have can be prevented by doing […]
Life of a million fixes
OK, so it’s not so much a world tour, but we’re on the road A LOT lately as we’re busy promoting and working on our games. And while we’re on the road, we’re hoping to meet up with you. Whether you’d like to have us demo at your school, you’re […]
7 Generation Games World Tour
Word about our game is getting out. On Saturday, 7 Generation Games was the subject of a feature story that ran in the Jamestown Sun newspaper in Jamestown, ND. From the story: [7 Generation Games] has received more than $500,000 in federal grants to develop these educational games. It has […]
Press: 7 Generation Games in Jamestown Sun
We’ll be sending all of our pre-release purchasers a link to a new update this week, just because we want you to have it. What this update includes: Self-install for Windows (no more extracting files, creating your own shortcut). Plus a nice little buffalo icon on your desktop. More sound […]