Game Based Learning Research

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.

link to shivtr post

Link to shivtr Week 1 forum post

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

How I used Professor Layton and the Curious Village in my class Related post: http://gamesmooc.shivtr.com/forum_threads/1257139?post=6841372#forum_post_6841372

Big "G" Games | Games Based Learning MOOC

An Adventure + Platform + Philosophy Game that is good for teaching argumentation (in terms of major and minor claims). Claims all support a main thesis.

An Adventure + Strategy Game that is very easy to play (master it quickly). Good for teaching logic, classification and division writing, existentialism

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.