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One of the key components in a structuralist view of games, as promoted by Suits, McGonigal and others, is that they contain goals. However it
Sid Meier the creator of the civilization series of games when asked what is a game answered “A game is a series of interesting choices”.
I walked into work this morning while listening to the lectures on a set of bluetooth headphones. I sat under a tree outside my office
In constructivist fields of education one of the tools that is used frequently is roleplay. In fact Batner (2006) argues that they are the best
Before reading the following blog please take a look at the video below and follow the instructions it gives. The selective attention test shows how,
For those of you who don’t know the story of Tom Sawyer white washing the fence you can read it here. In the story Mark
What follows is a process for designing a learning game based on a classroom learning activity. This process is based on the view that there
I recently read a post on Lifehacker about how a guy had “gamified” his life by setting up a points system to incentivize behavior. In
In the academic world this question pops up fairly regularly. It stems from the view of games as pastimes and inconsequential in comparison to the
How do I gamify an activity? This post is a theoretical case study of how to gamify a simple workplace activity. We will be using
In the field of ESL/EFL it is common to see “board games” where the students roll a dice and then answer the questions in English
A presentation once asked the question, what is the difference between a game and an activity in an educational environment? The presenter went on to
Will Eisner is recognized as one of the grandfathers of modern comic books. His book comics and sequential are some of the best written introductions to the
The comic above was taken from “Caveman“, a great series by Tayyar Ozkan. This strip was first published in Heavy Metal, and is one
“Everyone alive is in fact engaged in playing elaborate games, while at the same time believing themselves to be going about their ordinary affairs…..Whatever occupation
In 2006, Chris Anderson wrote “The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More“. In it, he detailed how the advent
At first glance the comic above seems to be chaotic and an example of someone cheating at a game. Of course, this would be an
There is something very appropriate about using a comic book to look at the habits of society to demonize youth culture. I say this because comics
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