Becker Video Game Design

10 year old's environmental game made with Kodu earns her a place at 2012 White House Science Fair

A battlefield game anticipates strategic importance of Arctic region's resources

"he Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), and The Guildhall at Southern Methodist University are proud to announce that Closure was awarded the top prize at the third annual Indie Game Challenge. The winning team was named on the closing night of the annual D.I.C.E. ™ (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit at the Red Rock Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. " Also category winners listed.

Chris Robertson on building Microsoft's new game design studio in Canada

"This article concerns the design of self-contained digital games for the life-long learning context. Although the potential of games for teaching and learning is undisputed, two main barriers hamper its wide introduction. First, the design of such games tends to be complex, laborious and costly. Second, the requirements for a sensible game do not necessarily coincide with the requirements for effective learning. To solve this problem, we propose a methodology to the design of learning games by using game design patterns and matching these with corresponding learning functions, which is expected to reduce design effort and help determining the right balance between game elements and learning. First empirical results indicate that such a methodology actually can work."

"Abstract. Sophisticated Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) instruments as training simulations and Serious Games (SG) do not provide knowledge content in an explicit form, but propose interactive solutions for learners to build their own skills and competences in close to real situations. The present research makes an overview of the processes of knowledge transfer and content development in SG. In the first place, there will be analyzed and proposed methods how to elicit and embed expert knowledge into design of SG and training simulations. Therefore in the first place we will discuss the problem of expert knowledge elicitation for building SG. In the second place we will review how learning content can be integrated in SG design, and will identify various SG elements and components that can transfer knowledge to the players. Finally, some practical implications will be discussed, derived from the experience in TARGET FP7 EU funded project."

Forthcoming book features chapter "Digital Games For Health Behavior Change: Research, Design, And Future Directions"

14 of 25 titles launched on Sony's new Vita console are reviewed here

video game design to teach computation and simulations

Train2Game students collaborating with Epic Games

Models of game design applied in gamification and prospects for the future

Evaluation of a six week course

A discussion of frustrations with not being able to make the next level and see other parts of the game, with examples

Profile of former Ubisoft Games executive and his new mobile games company

Consideration of how Massachusetts will attract video game companies in light of the PAX East announcement and 38 Studios high profile departure to Rhode Island in 2010

Designer for well-known games such as Fallout3 and The Elder Scrolls V is remembered

"we theorize the unique storytelling potential of mobile games while describing our experience attempting to harness that potential through the design and implementation of our hybrid-reality game University of Death."

Survey conducted in Summer 2011 of Japanese game developers with at least three years industry experience

FORT WALTON BEACH - Video games are not just for fun any longer. A local business recently received a contract to develop a new serious video game for the Army. Goldrush77.com/Caruth Central Business Advisory & Education Service, which recently moved into a new 3,000-square-foot office on Mar Walt Drive, was contracted to develop instructional design programs and a video game for training purposes. ... One of the main purposes of the game will be to help the Army work with groups that may not want its help for fear of retaliation from enemies. (20 new positions available)

Silicon Valley's 'Best Kept Secret' Prepares Digital Art Students to Enter In-Demand Animation, Gaming, Audio and Engineering Career Fields SUNNYVALE, CA - February 21, 2010 - Cogswell College, one of the world's leading regionally-accredited institutions offering a unique curriculum that fuses digital arts, engineering and entrepreneurship, is holding an Open House on March 10, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at its Sunnyvale campus. (Had not heard expression "black collar" before)