Pitching and presenting games

Today we have the game project course kickoff at Media lab. Here's the handouts of a talk I prepared based on my own experiences, Samuli Syvähuoko's Game Developer Magazine article and Daniel Kahneman's book Thinking Fast and Slow. 

Here's also the links from the slides for your convenience:


TED talks about cognitive biases and manipulation, by excellent speakers
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man.html

Lessig’s style of presenting
http://www.ted.com/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity.html

Syvähuoko’s Game developer magazine article
http://gamedeveloper.texterity.com/gamedeveloper/fall2011cg#pg51

Steve Jobs presentation techniques
http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/08/steve-jobs-presentations-technology-meetings-09-tips_slide.html

Sell Your Ideas the Steve Jobs way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q-wvAIeUgk

Steve Jobs demos the Machintosh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0FtgZNOD44

The original pitch of the Muppet Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KorhvVQRUM


Kahneman’s book
http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374275637/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348063450&sr=8-1&keywords=kahneman+thinking+fast+and+slow

Voice123, pretty good and affordable voiceovers.
http://voice123.com/

An article about one sentence summaries
http://www.rachellegardner.com/2010/06/the-one-sentence-summary/