Knowing ‘X’ does not imply knowing ‘Y’
Earlier this spring, I had a lovely conversation with a fellow game researcher and enthusiast (Jostein Hassel) about how digital games are related to non-digital games. I learned a lot from this...
View ArticleTime to End the Honeymoon for Game Studies
It’s not often that we get to see a new discipline be born and grow up these days, but that’s exactly what we have with Game Studies. Although there were indeed people looking at and writing about...
View ArticleWhat, EXACTLY is the problem with getting to play the bad guy in Medal of Honor?
Video Games – In Medal of Honor, Role Playing Includes Taliban – NYTimes.com. Real live soldiers are dying for the cause of freedom (not to mention piles of innocent bystanders), yet having the freedom...
View ArticleEA says single-player games are finished?
Frank Gibeau from EA says: I volunteer you to speak to EA’s studio heads; they’ll tell you the same thing. They’re very comfortable moving the discussion towards how we make connected gameplay – be it...
View ArticleViolent games not to blame for youth aggression
Finally! A study that looks for the keys where they were lost rather than under the streetlight. Violent games not to blame for youth aggression. Ferguson found that depressive symptoms were a strong...
View ArticleThe Ludologist » Gamification Backlash Roundup
Nice summary. The Ludologist » Gamification Backlash Roundup. For me the most important comment is this one: Sebastian Deterding’s Pawned. Gamification and Its Discontents: “Games are not fun because...
View ArticleDoes everything really need gamification?
Gamification Summit 2011 San Francisco. This seems to be the hot, hot, hot topic these days. There are conferences, books, and companies jumping on the bandwagon to bring you apps and more that can...
View ArticleGamasutra – Features – The Top 10 Weird Children Of Video Games and Neuroscience
Gamasutra – Features – The Top 10 Weird Children Of Video Games and Neuroscience. Here are the highlights: 1. People with no memory can remember playing Tetris 2. You can use the same drug to treat a...
View ArticleDo You Think Videogames are Toys?
The way things are labelled inevitably affects how they are perceived. If you think of videogames as “toys”, it paints a radically different picture than if you think of them as a medium for...
View ArticleGame Taxonomies Are a Mess, and Other Classification Exercises
One of our assigned readings in my Theories of Games and Interaction for Design course this week has got me thinking again about game taxonomies. Lieberman, D. (2012). Designing digital games, social...
View ArticleReverse Design: Final Fantasy 6 – 1
Last month there was a discussion on one of the forums I belong to about the value of analysing games, particularly when one is interested in games for learning. There was at least one person who did...
View ArticleGaming is good for you | Nick Jr. Parents
From the article: Videogames have got a bad rap over the years. Linked with violence, isolation, sedentary and antisocial behavior – if you believe some of the more hysterical media sources, videogames...
View ArticleTurns Out, Play is Play, Even If It’s a Videogame
Well that’s nice to hear. Children get the same value from playing videogames as they do from other forms of imaginative play. A Surprising New Study On How Video Games Impact Children. However, the...
View ArticleThe Calm and The Storm: Simulation and Games – Why All Games are Simu…
My keynote from last year at the The 24th IASTED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation. The Calm and The Storm: Simulation and Games – Why All Games are Simu….
View ArticleThe Virtue of Failure – Designing Games You Can’t Win for Learning
Thought I should upload a few of my more recent talks. This one is from the CNIE conference in May 2014 that I did with Dana Ruggiero. [P] Presentation Ruggiero, D. & Becker, K. (2014) The Virtue...
View ArticleThere’s STILL Trouble in River City, Apparently
APA Says Video Games Make You Violent, but Critics Cry Bias. It’s disappointing, but really not surprising to see the APA come out with a pronouncement like this. It is pretty clear that the approach...
View ArticleIf you are a teacher, especially in Higher Ed, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes I’m not going to add anything to this post, as it deserves to stand on its own. I’ll comment in another post. By Margaret Dorsey (I know this is really long, but if...
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