Ideas
People as Pieces – Social Mechanics in Games
What are ‘Social’ mechanics which use players themselves as ‘pieces’ in the game, manipulate player dynamics and relationships, or otherwise ‘play with’ people? […]
Month: July 2022
Application
The What and Why of Empathy in Games
Intellectual understanding is often not enough to prompt action. It seems we need emotional’tools’ for that. Empathy is often cited as chief among these. […]
Ideas
Socializing Games
Rarely are games alone the catalyst for students reaching their learning outcomes. How do players use, play, and develop from a socialized gaming environment? […]
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Five Ways to Keep Kids Learning in the Holidays
The key, according to many experts is to allow self-directed activity – and not to act as some kind of entertainments manager for your kids. […]
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The Game of You – Quests
In (the game of) real life you play your ‘Employee’ character, but also ‘Parent’ or ‘Ska Drummer’ characters, each with different ‘stats’, skills, and allies. […]
Ideas
What is the core value of metaverse?
The meaning of the metaverse is still hard to define, although the word was created more than thirty years ago. Is it devices, avatars or the space itself? […]
Ideas
Off the Shelf Social Constructivist Learning
GBL is a Constructivist approach in that gives learners tools to construct their own learning, usually through ‘solving’ some kind of central problem. […]
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Using Off The Shelf Games for Learning
Bespoke learning game design fits your learning outcomes precisely, but can be costly. An off the shelf game can be a cost effective and high value alternative. […]
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The Game of You – Character Sheet
Te first of a series of fully customisable RPG ‘real-play’ tracking sheets to help you gamefully track progress to big life and work goals […]
Application
RPGs to Level Up in Life
While D&D is not a Quantified Self (QS) game, you’re not playing yourself, the mechanisms and experiences within RPGs have definitely informed the QS movement. […]