As the year winds down, many people take part in year-end giving. In fact, reports have shown that 40 percent of annual giving is done in the month of December alone. We at 7 Generation Games would like to extend an opportunity to help us provide “Spirit Lake: The Game” […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
Wondering what to get as the Christmas countdown gets shorter and shorter? “Spirit Lake: The Game” is a perfect gift. And between now and Dec. 25, you can purchase “Spirit Lake: The Game” for just $9.99! If that’s not enough to convince you, here’s just a few of the many […]
Get in the Holiday “Spirit” By Giving “Spirit Lake: The ...
It doesn’t matter if you’re shopping for someone with a list that stretches from here to the North Pole or someone with an elf-sized list, we’ve got just the gift that will keep you off the “worst gifts given” list. And to help you check off some of those names […]
“Spirit Lake: The Game” Makes A Perfect Gift
Wishing you a wonderful holiday season.
Happy Holidays From 7 Generation Games
One of the questions I get asked a lot is “How do you get so much done?” I sometimes think that growing up without advantages can be an advantage. For example, when I was a kid, I never had my own room. I always shared it with my sister, or […]
The Secret to Productivity: Don’t Be Easily Bothered
In developing an educational video game, we wanted to obviously come up with a game that worked as far as improving kids’ math scores and that hit on all the key concepts that students are expected to know. But we also know that in order to get kids engaged, we […]
Kids Like Our Game
Our staff has been on the road most of the last few months. This summary is just since September. AnnMaria met with schools in Kansas City (MO), Spirit Lake (ND), Turtle Mountain (ND), San Bernardino (CA) and Baldwin Park (CA). Our game was installed in one school and one community […]
On The Road Again – And Again, And Again (Or ...
This week, we attended a two-day event for winners of the USDA Small Business Innovation Research awards. In a nutshell, the SBIR awards are given in two phases. The first phase is $100,000 for eight months to develop a prototype. That’s the money USDA gives you, you can spend more […]
What Happens When You Get a Group of Innovative Companies ...
[NOTE: In keeping with the theme of “Getting to know us”, here is a post from our lead cultural consultant, Dr. Erich Longie, originally posted on the lastrealindians site.] Dakota values bring me a satisfaction with my life that I could not find anywhere else. I first met my nephew, […]
Being Dakota Starts With Living Your Values
We talk a lot about what we’re doing on this blog. But we figured it would also be great to talk a bit about who we are. When we were coming up with who to feature first, our illustrator Gene Wilson jumped right to mind. Gene’s drawings will appear in […]
Meet the Team: Artist Gene Wilson
My name is Dr. Erich Longie. I was born and raised on the Spirit Lake Nation of which I am a member. I still reside on Spirit Lake because like most Indians my age, living someplace else is not an option. The Rez is my home, it’s where my family […]
Our Cultural Consultant on Cultural Content in Spirit Lake: The ...
Earlier today, in looking up something relatively unrelated using Google, I stumbled across a forum thread blasting our game. I won’t give them the honor of linking/using their name, but the back-and-forth included comments accusing our game of racism, denigrating (although they didn’t use such a big word) Native American […]