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  • Turns out my non-gamer colleague had Wii Fit Plus – and apart from the obligatory (and packaged in with console) Wii Sports, this was the only game she had.

    Why the Wii is so successful 2010

  • It seemed very odd to me that a complete non-gamer would have the same immediate reaction as most hardcore gamers I've seen, and yet when I saw it my first thought was simply "Hey, cool!"

    Accessibility, Accessibility, Accessibility SVGL 2009

  • I find myself hard-pressed to believe that a non-gamer will feel more involved in an FPS title using that plastic nightmare than by simply making the motions for aiming and shooting.

    In Defense Of The Classic Controller SVGL 2009

  • Turns out my non-gamer colleague had Wii Fit Plus – and apart from the obligatory (and packaged in with console) Wii Sports, this was the only game she had.

    2010 February « By Tor's Words Of Wisdom 2010

  • I'm not sure how applicable it is to all genres, but I imagine a non-gamer playing the New Mario Bros. game.

    Accessibility, Accessibility, Accessibility SVGL 2009

  • Recently on Offworld, One More Go columnist took a longer look at Jason Rohrer's famed five-minute memento mori art game Passage (above), to get "ammunition needed to convince yet another friendly, clever, skeptical non-gamer about the potential of the medium."

    Boing Boing 2009

  • We really think that a non-gamer is just someone who hasn't found a game that they've liked yet, which is very feasible because the emotional spectrum in video games has been relatively narrow.

    Video Games: The 21st Century's Fine Art Frontier 2010

  • Ms. SANTIAGO: Yes, and include and be more inclusive of global audiences as a whole, you know, really break down this barrier between what's a gamer and a non-gamer.

    Video Games: The 21st Century's Fine Art Frontier 2010

  • Ms. SANTIAGO: Yes, and include and be more inclusive of global audiences as a whole, you know, really break down this barrier between what's a gamer and a non-gamer.

    Video Games: The 21st Century's Fine Art Frontier 2010

  • Ms. SANTIAGO: Yes, and include and be more inclusive of global audiences as a whole, you know, really break down this barrier between what's a gamer and a non-gamer.

    Video Games: The 21st Century's Fine Art Frontier 2010

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