Application
Role-play-based education
Role-playing leads to a change of perspective: We take on a specific point of view and become more sensitive and empathetic as a result. […]
Simulations
Ideas
The Metaverse is the Game
‘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’. […]
Application
Simulations vs Games
Games and simulations are often mentioned together. They do share some of the same characteristics; but games and simulations are different from one another. […]
Ideas
Why, and Why Not to use Simulations in Learning
The earliest learning simulations were wargames. Modern simulations grew out of combatants’ need to understand past strategies, and to develop and test new ones […]
Live sessions
StratEdge Strategy Simulation – Live Play Session
Stratedge is a strategic simulation designed and built by NowEdge to support learning outcomes around strategic thinking and implementation. […]
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. […]
Ideas
Unlearn what play should be
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 […]
design process
The next big thing: paper planes and bits
Formal education kills team work. Alright, I hope that got your attention. Now let me share my experience with designing serious games to teach students at the University of Economics Krakow (UEK) 21st Century skills […]
learning topics
Climate Change-Catalyzed Simulations in the Anthropocene – Going Back to the Future with Jurassic Park?
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 […]