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Phases for Developing an Educational Game

Here is a design process you can consider when developing an educational game for use in a school setting. A work plan for the development of an educational game prototype can be divided into three phases. To create the prototype, a team should use an iterative design process involving feedback from subject matter experts, students […]

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Jesse Schell’s “gamepocalypse” talk–setting the stage for Gamification and the Counter Argument

A movement in brewing to change all you do in your corporate and personnel life into a game. Check out this talk by the author of “The Art of Game Design” and absorb his concepts of games and gamification. Of course there are always counter arguments. Here is a a Slideshare counter argument: Sixty-two Reasons […]

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Google Goes Gaming?

There have been a number of interesting development in term of Google and social game purchases and game related initiatives. Here are some recent highlights; Google purchased a company called Slide, an app developer that works with popular social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to create community-driven entertainment applications. The deal is worth a […]

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Major Video Game Development Contest Focused on STEM Announced

This week President Barack Obama launched a new “Educate to Innovate” campaign. This initiative aims to increase science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) literacy among students in US educational institutions. As part of that initiative, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), Microsoft Corporation, and […]

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Learn about Somali Pirates and Capitalism with This Interesting Game

Here is a chance for you to step into the role of a  Somali Pirate in Wired’s Cutthroat Capitalism. The folks over at Wired have created an interesting game to “teach” people stories in the news, the idea is that someone can better understand the news story of the Somali pirates by understanding their motivation […]

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