learning topics
The Push and Pull of Strategy Games
Although boundaries between genre and platform have gradually decreased, strategy games have been consistently popular for decades. […]
Failure
Review
Review – A Book About How We Learn From Failure
One of this book’s greatest strengths, is that it focuses on one aspect of play in learning, and gives space and time to be really thorough in exploring it. […]
design process
The Effects of Win/Loss States on Learning
Most games are designed as zero-sum. Where one side wins and the other inevitably loses. But we all know that life, and learning, is far from zero-sum. […]
Ideas
Die Trying – Learning through Failure in Games
In other words, learners have to feel secure and brave enough to lose. What’s the best way to create flexible, emotional resilience to making mistakes? […]
Ideas
2048 – Making Failure Motivating
This article is part of a series I wrote some time ago when I was in the process of designing a business sustainability boardgame and was documenting the design process. A couple of days ago […]
Ideas
Glass Cliffs and Brick Walls
The Privilege of Learning from Failure I had a simple premise for a book: People learn the most when they fail People fail the most when they play games Therefore, games are the best way […]