Live sessions
MyCelium Playtest – June 8th
MyCelium started with a simple idea – prompted by a report on some research which shows that fungi can communicate using up to 50 ‘words’. […]
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MyCelium Playtest – June 8th
design process
The Museum of Me – Paul Darvasi Interview
Join me in conversation with Paul Darvasi PhD, about his innovative SEL curriculum, The Museum of Me, and The Ward Game, an immersive experience of a novel. […]
Ideas
Games are Just Invitations to the Magic Circle
Are ‘magic circles’ only found in games and play, or is that entering magic circle, means the activity you are taking part in is, in some way, playful? […]
design process
Speculative Learning Game Design (and Mushrooms)
This is design itself as a form of play, and there is just one simple rule that you need to follow to make ‘speculative’ design like this work to a brief. […]
Ideas
Water Closets and the Gamification of Learning
The WC tells us that excrement is waste, for which the solution is disposal. The way many adults view Play shares characteristics of the water closet mindset. […]
Ideas
Can we Train Yomi through Learning Games?
Yomi is a Japanese term meaning “Knowing the mind of the opponent”. It uses knowledge of the game and the opponent’s options to discern their most likely move. […]
Ideas
Gaming in the Workplace
The ‘all work, no play’ approach means that we miss out on the many ways in which play could bring benefits to us in business. […]
Design Challenge
Games Design Challenge – 11th April 2022
The idea is to give a challenge that will be interesting, but not too time-consuming, to get creative juices flowing, and make games design a regular practice. […]
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Gift Horse Download
The Gift Horse invites you to tune into the animal which has attached itself to you – and find out more about it and yourself. […]
Live sessions
1000 Blank White Cards – Ideation Session
Games are a ‘safe space to fail’. We often hear this in Games-based Learning circles. On 19th April, I definitely found myself hoping this was true. […]
Live sessions
Deckible App – 100 Decks in your Pocket – Demo
100 Decks in your Pocket is just what this app gives you. If you use decks for facilitation, ideation, or anything else, you’ll want this on your phone […]
Ludogopedia
A Brief History of Role Playing Games
The varied options for character creation and development give us limitless opportunities for facilitating learning which puts us in other people’s shoes. […]
Ludogopedia
Learning Powered by the Apocalypse
The potential for using these games is immense. We can create games for our learners to play, but we can also invite them to create their own. […]
Ludogopedia
Flow Theory in Games and Learning
The term ‘Flow’ is often used in reference to games, as well as in learning settings. It’s an important concept within both contexts of games-based learning. […]
Ideas
What Makes an Experience Interesting?
When I play games, there is a total shift in consciousness for me. This is about far more than the ‘fun’ that we all experience when playing a game we enjoy. […]