The Technical Wizard – You’ve prepared a dazzling PowerPoint, Prezi or Keynote which will blow their socks off. However, you completely rely on it, so if there’s a technical fault, the audience doesn’t get a presentation. All socks remain firmly in place. The Rambler – You’ve prepared some great material, but you have too much of it and didn’t rehearse properly. You speak without any […]
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At its finest, I believe that stand-up comedy is the supreme form of entertainment, beating theatre, film and live music hands down: it’s story-telling, improvisation and audience interaction, in what can feel like a one-off event. The best comedy venues don’t have windows (and are often in basements), to form an environment free of distractions, that feels
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Just Play Along Educational games are sometimes not very good and a bit cringeworthy, rather like the word used to describe them: ‘edutainment’ (just typing that word makes me feel slightly uncomfortable). This can be because the fun has been compromised for the educational aspect. However, ‘gamification’ (shudder) is quite popular as a concept, and the goal
Games can be divided into two styles of play: Strategic: slower moving, requiring preparation e.g. board games and mobile puzzle games. Reaction-based e.g. sports, video games. (I realise that sports and video games can also have strategy and that board games and puzzle games can also have reaction-based gameplay. These are generalisations, so just go with
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I love video games. Hang on, let’s qualify that: I love a few high quality video games.* I simply don’t care about the rest. Despite #2, I will defend this misunderstood genre. Do What? A game’s objective is to entertain, while a presentation’s objective is to inform and persuade. A great game will also
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