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This is not so much a big "G" game, or a game in any genre, but a game that explains the basic concepts of video games, or how game works. Very very nifty for understanding how rules, motivation, goals, and other basic game mechanics function in a video game.

Glad to see so many of you on the list. If you running out of game possibilities or want to expore more, here is a list of 47 FREE games available through STEAM, there is no cost to have an account, but whatever you do don't lose your STEAM password, it is very difficult to get it back... trust the "grasshopper98" on this. They have quite a few games I am looking at for possible use in my classroom. Some can be played within STEAM and others need a free-download to play, but may need strong graphics, ram memory and high-speed internet, others will work just fine within STEAM. No I haven't played them all. [Wink] So many games so little time.

This article is from 2005, but there is some interesting material reviewed. Of course, the article mentions Jim Gee. One part that I found interesting was where Jim Brazell, a consulting analyst at the Digital Media Collaboratory, basically says that the only way someone can make an effective simulation game is to understanding thoroughly that which is being simulated. Thus, creation of games has the "potential to lead to new knowledge and new ways to do things through emergent behavior." This is the first time I've seen such a clear description of how game design can be used to build knowledge.

Big "G" Games | Games Based Learning MOOC

This is a nice site where they did look at emotions in a game, this isn't seriously scientific but it does show what players get out of games.

AMAZING I CAN'T WAIT, a mix of reality and alternate reality, it is of course the evolution of games. ! Pac-Man on Steroids. Count me in, the answer to the complaint that all MMORPGers do is sit at a computer! I am anxious for this game to launch. I would be a player.

Example of cooperative board game. SPACE ALERT

This is Mind Erasure (aka Sherry Jones) here!  Here is my final curated project of every activity I have done in Games MOOC II. This page is created for earning the Networked Educator Badge.

Starting to learn a cooperative board game.

Explanation of the game

"It's a cooperative team survival game. Players become crew members of a small spaceship scanning dangerous sectors of galaxy. The missions last just 10 real-time minutes (hyperspace jump, sector scan, hyperspace jump back) and the only task the players have is to protect their ship. On 2 CDs (or Scenario cards if you don't have a CD player available) are ten minute long soundtracks that represent central computer announcements about the presence of various threats. These vary from space battleships and interceptors to different interstellar monsters and abominations, asteroids or even intruders and malfunctions on the spaceship. Players have to agree who will take care of which task and coordinate their actions (moving around the ship, firing weapons, distributing energy, using battlebots to deal with intruders, launching guided missiles, etc.) in real time to defend the ship. Only a well-working team can survive 10 minutes and make the jump back to safety."

The Games MOOC Awards! So awesome  :D

This goes back to where I live, Higher Ed, and addresses some of the basic steps in introducing a games based curriculum. It's a little bit more of an overview than I'd like, but some of the content is solid.

Discussion of the growth over the years of the Runescape MMO game, including mention of the changing game mechanics underlying the game.

Just in time for Halloween, courtesy of the History Channel, and interactive online game that involves reading, strategy, problem-solving, critical thinking, and following directions -- as well as being immersive!