Ludogogy Games-based learning. Gamification. Playful Design

Unlearn what play should be

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15th September 2020 0

Until I was 17 years old, I was a hardened gamer. Platformers, strategy, beat’em up, FPS… I loved them all. But one day, without really knowing why, I got bored of video games and ended […]

The Push and Pull of Strategy Games

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7th September 2022 0

Although boundaries between genre and platform have gradually decreased, strategy games have been consistently popular for decades. […]

Climate Change-Catalyzed Simulations in the Anthropocene – Going Back to the Future with Jurassic Park?

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17th April 2020 2

Water stress, searing heat, refugees, displacement, geopolitical uncertainty. In talking to innovative colleagues in the serious games space in The Hague this past week, the wargaming of the future is complex, and multidimensional—and climate change […]

The Metaverse is the Game

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6th June 2023 0

‘What is most important to consider in building the metaverse?” My answer is very simple. It’s the basic concept that, ‘The Metaverse is the game’. […]

Why, and Why Not to use Simulations in Learning

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6th October 2022 2

The earliest learning simulations were wargames. Modern simulations grew out of combatants’ need to understand past strategies, and to develop and test new ones […]

Board games to engage in systems thinking

Systems thinking is one of the competencies that enable us to understand the complexity of global and networked structures and their outcomes. The interconnectivity between countries, companies, and people creates a net of relationships that [...]