Is the Structure of Current Schooling in Conflict with Video Games?

Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutesMemento Mori | Virtual World Learning and Whyvillle. The G4C Rant (Games for Change) has become quite a thing, at least for those who follow such things. Memento Mori comes from this year’s. How can/do games promote learning? and What … Continue reading

You’ll ‘Want To Protect’ The New, Less Curvy Lara Croft

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesYou’ll ‘Want To Protect’ The New, Less Curvy Lara Croft. Really? REALLY?!?! So, I have to ask, who buys this shit? And I don’t care how good the interaction, graphics, or audio. How can you claim brownie points for making … Continue reading

Quickie Game Review: Frosty freakout

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrosty freakout. OK. This one’s better than the last one. The time element comes into play when you start making your ice cream – the image of what you are supposed to make fades.   There’s a time limit, but … Continue reading

Quickie Game Review: Ice cream game

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve been checking out a lot of games recently for various reasons, and it occurred to me that I should keep a record of them. I’m putting them here because they might be of use to someone else too.. Ice … Continue reading

Gamasutra – Features – The Top 10 Things The Game Industry Can Learn from Film Production

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWell worth the read: How do we utilize these ideas to make higher quality games faster, cheaper? Let’s review! Pre-Production: Develop solid game concepts before production crews are brought in Vet concepts in a similar way to the film script … Continue reading

Question of the Day: What is the most important ” ingredient” to create and sell a successful educative video game????

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is a discussion that recently started on one of the LinkedIn lists I’m on. It’s a really good question, but one without a simple answer. Suggested answers have included: There isn’t one thing – games are complex. Must be … Continue reading

Game-Education.Com – Home

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new place to check out if you’re looking for information on game education. Game-Education.Com – Home. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike … Continue reading

Cool – Texting of the Bread

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteTextingoftheBread.com. How come no-one told me they’d re-skinned this again?! I *still* think Typing of the Deadwas one of the best typing tutors ever made, but this one might actually less push-back from teachers (assuming of course, teachers even acknowledge … Continue reading