Click-to-Load Protection
Social content from Facebook can track you on non-related web pages, whether or not you have a Facebook account. We found a way to protect users instantly.
First-Party Trackers
How do you explain first-party trackers without using the term "first-party trackers"?
Fire Button
I rewrote DuckDuckGo's Fire Button onboarding dialog, which helped increase app retention and Fire Button usage.
ISTE 2019 AR Experience
How do you combine storytelling with augmented reality to create a one-of-a-kind experience?
Classcraft's Story Mode Landing Page
Working with our lead designer, I rewrote the Story Mode landing page to address user comprehension gaps about the feature.
OnEducation Podcast | Classcraft's Devin Young and Stephanie Carmichael
I chatted with OnEducation about Classcraft's Story Mode, a feature we launched at ISTE 2019.
5 incredible student-designed games and experiences
The ETC Festival showcased some of Pittsburgh’s best student-designed games and experiences using technology such as virtual reality, mobile devices, and occasionally the more bizarre.
Girls and STEM: 'We can solve this problem,' says ISTE 2017 keynote speaker
In her keynote session at ISTE 2017 in San Antonio, Girls Who Code CEO Reshma Saujani discussed how America is stricken by a huge problem: We don’t have enough girls or women in computer science.
A principal's perspective on World of Warcraft in school
We spoke to Principal Brian Fox about how Suffern Middle School ended up using World of Warcraft at his school — and how game-based learning has made a difference for their students.
7 ways video games fulfill student needs in education
These are seven psychological mechanics built into games that we can use to make the school experience more engaging for kids.
Life Is Strange Poignantly Captures the Joy and Pain of Having a Best Friend
From the pages of my journal … this is Blackwell Academy, one day at a time.
Lisa makes a monster out of you
Through the final battles with the dozens of people you never thought you’d kill, Buddy “is crying deeply.” It’s only a status effect, meant to reduce your accuracy. But everyone seems to be crying. No one can stop for long.
Nintendo Girls Club-a hub of fashion, cuteness, and mixed messages
Nintendo is the family-friendly modern game company. So when it introduces a YouTube channel called Nintendo Girls Club, few bat an eye. Only the ladies of Kill Screen aren’t so sure. Is this club for girls a good thing, or is Nintendo living in the stone age?
Blind, disabled, and gay: How one game journalist deals with barriers and prejudice
Robert Kingett is a gay games journalist. He’s also fully blind in one eye, suffers from cerebral palsy, and stutters. That can make life difficult, and gamers aren’t known as the most welcoming bunch.
Inside the twenty-year collaboration that brought us Psychonauts, Full Throttle, and Broken Age
Most game developers hire musicians who come and go. Rarely do composers stick around long enough to become the Bernard Herrmann to gaming’s Alfred Hitchcock.
How Twin Peaks finds new life in the world of Deadly Premonition
Cherry pie and coffee. You could place that order at any diner in America, but one is special: the Mar-T Café of North Bend, Washington, which became the Double R Diner in Twin Peaks.
Beware Of Sharks: The Death-Defying Story Behind The Smash Mobile Game, Ridiculous Fishing
Mobile developers struggle every day to survive in an increasingly crowded market. They cast their lines in murky waters, cross their fingers, and hope players will bite.
What it means to be a ‘whale’ — and why social gamers are just gamers
The word “whale” isn’t a flattering term, and neither are the numbers associated with it. These are people, not just customers.
Solving a Wii mystery: The fate of the awesome toy WeeWaa
When Zoink Games debuted its trailer for WeeWaa in 2009, eyes lit up. This was the next great kids’ game for the Nintendo Wii that even adults would want to play.
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