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  • I make games for kids, I play games (mostly for kids), and I write about games (as well as some other stuff, again, mostly for kids). I'm also working on my dissertation on kids and games. Throw that all together, and I hope this will become a moderately interesting adventure about kids, games, technology, education, and research.

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The Amanda Project

I’m obsessed with books, particularly young adult novels, which some might consider weird given my chosen career of making interactive products. Still, books are cool. So I was particularly excited to discover The Amanda Project. It’s planned to be a series of novels, but it’s also an interactive community where users can post their own stories, some of which will become parts of the published novels.

The premise for collaborative story telling is great. Amanda disappeared, but she left clues with her friends, including you and me. So now we can share the clues she left with us as well as read the other clues and piece together the mystery. Nice, huh?

Their first book is available in stores and for free online. Read Invisible I. (Or better yet, buy the book and support a great group!)