Testimonials - Integral Academic Research
"Moses Silbiger has been doing a breakthrough exploration on the untapped territory of designing integral-developmental video games as ‘Trojan horses’ for catalyzing human development through what I call the ‘Conveyor belt of Growth’.
His research points into a significant and timely needed re-integration of the ‘worlds’ of entertainment (arts), technology (science), and integral development (morals) into new levels of inter-dependence through novel and proactive interactive-entertainment applications..."
- Ken Wilber
Contemporay philosopher, creator of the AQAL Integral Approach & author of 25+ books
Founder of the Integral Institute
"Moses Silbiger is talented in many respects. I've worked closely with him in an integral research context, where he demonstrated initiative, thoroughness, creativity, and vision. I've really enjoyed collaborating with him and find his grounded open hearted demeanor and his quick mind to be refreshing and engaging..."
- Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, Ph.D.
John F. Kennedy University professor, scholar-practitioner, consultant & author
Founder of the Integral Research Center
Projects
As the founder of the press play to grow! initiative, Moses Silbiger, M.A. has been involved in a couple of emerging projects in conjunction with a few friends, partners and supporters.
Moses is currently writing a book and articles about applying integral-developmental psychology and coaching concepts into game design, providing INDENTRO video game consulting services to game designers and video game studios, and co-designing video game concepts based on his academic research and INDENTRO framework.
Sustainability & Video Games
The press play to grow! initiative has been involved in a couple of emerging projects based on the creation of conceptual designs of specific video games based on the INDENTRO framework.
Among these ventures, Moses Silbiger has been organizing an international sustainability project in partnership with three game designers:
Rusel DeMaria
Game author, designer and consultant
Richard Cabelka
Game designer, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Robin Potanin
Game designer, University of Adelaide, Australia
The purpose of this project is to create the conceptual design of an unprecdedented multi-platform video game system (MMO, ARG, iPhone, Online Social Networks) based on concepts and applications of Integral Sustainability, Ecology and Developmental Psychology. This proposal has been supported by the State of the World Forum, Integral Life and the Integral Institute.
INDENTRO Sustainability Video Game
CODE S.U.S. - Sustain . Unite . Survive
A (r)evolutionary and self-revealing hero’s journey to transform an increasingly critical global situation into a more sustainable, united and pro-survival future for humanity in the 21st century and beyond...
Board of game advisors composed by renowned game designers:
Tracy Fullerton, Ph.D.
USC professor & author, director of Electronic Arts Game Innovation Lab
Ian Bogost, Ph.D.
Georgia Institute of Technology professor & author
Drew Davidson, Ph.D.
Director of ETC, Carnegie Mellon University
Jesse Schell, Ph.D
Author & professor ETC, Carnegie Mellon University
Board of integral sustainability advisors composed by renowned integral thinkers and experts:
Ken Wilber
Philosopher, pundit & author
Sean Esbjorn-Hargens, Ph.D.
JFK University professor, consultant & author
Beena Sharma
Project manager & consultant Cook-Greuter Associates
Robb Smith
CEO Integral Life & entrepreneur
Paul Ray, Ph.D.
Anthropologist, sociologist & author (Cultural Creatives)
Emilia Queiroga de Barros
VP of the State of the World Forum
Presentations - Academic Research
NEWS! (March 20, 2010)
Moses Silbiger is invited to present the INDENTRO framework applied to the CODE S.U.S video game project at the Integral Theory Conference 2010 (Pleasant Hill, CA, July 29-August 01, 2010)
Since 2008, Moses Silbiger has presented his academic research based on the Integral Methodological Pluralism (IMP) in various conferences, articles, interviews and lectures.
Consulting Services & Presentations
If you are interested in knowing more about our consulting services geared to game designers and video game studios, as well as about scheduling presentations, interviews and lectures related to applications of the INDENTRO framework in video game design, please contact us!
Conferences & Awards
Conferences
Integral Theory Conference 2008* and 2010 (upcoming)
* Conference Award: Recognition of Academic Achievement for Honorable Mention paper in the category of Integral Research
Games+Learning+Society 2008
Meaningful Play 2008
Interviews & Discussions
Interviews
Ken Wilber & Moses Silbiger, AQAL journal, Feb. 2008
Ken Wilber & Moses Silbiger, Integral Life & Integral Naked, Aug. 2008
Ken Wilber & Moses SIlbiger, JITP journal, Nov. 2009
Tom Huston & Moses Silbiger, EnlightenNext Magazine, Oct. 2009 (in revision, to be published in 2010)
Discussions with integral experts
David Zeitler, M.A., John F. Kennedy professor & gamer
Gail Hochachka, Ph.D., John F. Kennedy professor
Alden Gannon, ex-Microsoft, CTO Aliveware & gamer
Corey DeVos, Integral Life writer & gamer
Robb Smith, CEO Integral Life, entrepreneur & gamer
Discussions with video game experts
Daniel Erickson, lead writer at Bioware, Austin, TX
Tracy Fullerton, USC professor, director EA Experimental Lab
Rusel DeMaria, game author, designer & consultant
Gordon Walton, co-studio director, Bioware, Austin, TX
John Romero, game designer, creator of game Doom
Ian Bogost, game designer and GIT professor
Articles & Papers
Articles
Journal of Integral Theory & Practice - JITP
(academic article in revision to be published in 2010)
Ken Wilber.com Blog, July 2008
Integral Life & Integral Naked, August 2008
Meaningful Play Conference 2008 website, Oct. 2008
John F. Kennedy University Newsletter, July 2008
