Contents contributed and discussions participated by Bryan Alexander - Gaming and the liberal arts

Apple blocks simulation game from Apps Store - 12 views

pockettactics.com/...ion-apple-denies-endgame-syria

games development iOS

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Should colleges create simulation games as iOS apps, if this kind of blockage can happen?

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Bryan Alexander on 10 Jan 13

Is the Play store more open?

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Bryan Alexander on 11 Jan 13

Sounds like a potential Play/Android advantage. Then there's the Web.

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Bryan Alexander on 14 Jan 13

Good point. Perhaps we'll see phones hew to apps, and tablets cleave to the Web.

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Creative uses of computer games - 2 views

www.popsci.com/...-great-gaming-experiments-2012

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Nice set from 2012.

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Nuclear power plant simulator - 0 views

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Easy to start teaching tool.

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Reacting to the Past, 2013 conference - 0 views

reacting.barnard.edu/duke-2013

conference gaming education

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Gaming relativistic effects - 2 views

gamelab.mit.edu/...a-slower-speed-of-light

pedagogy simulation game

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Teaches player some aspects of traveling close to the speed of life.

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University Offers Class on Skyrim and Medieval Scandinavia | HackCollege - 2 views

www.hackcollege.com/...university-class-skyrim.html

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Money isn't everything, but not having it sure can but a dent in everything. In college, your money is thin and the things you can spend it on- trips, food and drinks- are everywhere. So with that in mind, here are five ways to stretch your money further. 1.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Money isn't everything, but not having it sure can but a dent in everything. In college, your money is thin and the things you can spend it on- trips, food and drinks- are everywhere. So with that in mind, here are five ways to stretch your money further. 1.</div>

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Tell Me How This Ends - 2 views

tellmehowthisends.com

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Be the President. Learn the cost of war with Iran.

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The Great Shakeout - 1 views

www.shakeout.org

simulation game

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Gaming an earthquake for public safety.

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Budget Hero, Election edition - 2 views

www.publicinsightnetwork.org/budgethero

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Good game to demo.

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EteRNA - RNA-folding game - 0 views

eterna.cmu.edu/eterna_page.php

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A bit like Fold-It.

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Debating Emancipation, Online! - 0 views

www.lincolncottage.org/...offcampus.htm

game simulation history

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Materials for a game about Lincoln's slave emancipation policy.

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Abraham Lincoln's Crossroads - 1 views

constitutioncenter.org/lincoln

game simulation education history

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Lincoln presidential game.

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Utah Game Forge - 2 views

www.utahgameforge.com

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Utah Game Forge is an independent publisher for games developed at the University of Utah

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U. of Utah to Help Students Publish Video Games - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Highe... - 0 views

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Many universities offer programs that teach video-game design, but the University of Utah has taken the unusual step of creating a company to help its students bring their electronic amusements to market. The company, Utah Game Forge, opened in May and just released its first game, Heroes of Hat!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Many universities offer programs that teach video-game design, but the University of Utah has taken the unusual step of creating a company to help its students bring their electronic amusements to market. The company, Utah Game Forge, opened in May and just released its first game, Heroes of Hat!</div>

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Learning about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through simulations: The case of PeaceM... - 3 views

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games game simulation pedagogy

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Peacemaker (2008) is a computer game produced by ImpactGames, in which players seek to bring about a successful negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the guest blogpost below, Dr. Ronit Kampf (Tel Aviv University) and Dr. Esra Cuhadar Gurkanyak (Bilkent University) examine the impact of the game on the attitudes of Israeli, Palestinian, Turkish, and American students,...

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Peacemaker (2008) is a computer game produced by ImpactGames, in which players seek to bring about a successful negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the guest blogpost below, Dr. Ronit Kampf (Tel Aviv University) and Dr. Esra Cuhadar Gurkanyak (Bilkent University) examine the impact of the game on the attitudes of Israeli, Palestinian, Turkish, and American students,...</div>

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SPENT - 1 views

playspent.org

simulation Game economics homelessness

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Urban Ministries of Durham serves over 6000 people every year who struggle with poverty and homelessness. Spent is an interactive game created by McKinney that challenges you to manage your money, raise a child and make it through the month getting paid minimum wage after a stretch of unemployment.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Urban Ministries of Durham serves over 6000 people every year who struggle with poverty and homelessness. Spent is an interactive game created by McKinney that challenges you to manage your money, raise a child and make it through the month getting paid minimum wage after a stretch of unemployment.</div>

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Breakaway Game-free online football/soccer game - 1 views

breakawaygame.com

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A free internet game about football/soccer designed by Champlain College students at the Emergent Media Center with the UNFPA and Population Media Center

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US Navy energy policy game - 2 views

portal.mmowgli.nps.edu

simulation games MMO

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Sequel/built on their pirates games.

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Greek financial policy choose-your-own-adventure - 2 views

crookedtimber.org/...-would-your-plan-for-greece-be

games interactivefiction IF

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So, what would your plan for Greece be? - Crooked Timber

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The evolution of the analyst: turning tactical analysts into strategic thinkers - 4 views

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simulation pedagogy collaboration

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The post below is courtesy of Tom Fisher of Imagenetic simulations, who writes about his recent work developing a simulation for use in training financial intelligence units in strategic analysis.-RB I knew we were on to someone when, mid-course, a student approached me with a problem. Tom, we've got a problem.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The post below is courtesy of Tom Fisher of Imagenetic simulations, who writes about his recent work developing a simulation for use in training financial intelligence units in strategic analysis.-RB I knew we were on to someone when, mid-course, a student approached me with a problem. Tom, we've got a problem.</div>

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