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Persuasive Games: designs, builds, and distributes videogames for persuasion, instruction, and activism

Research: braincells that help us navigate by using videogames in the research

Ian Bogost - videogame theory, criticism, design

"Monkey is a brand spanking new programming language that allows you to create apps on multiple platforms with the greatest of ease.Monkey works by translating Monkey code to one of a different number of languages at compile time - including C++, C#, Java, Javascript and Actionscript. Monkey games can then be run on potentially hundreds of different devices - including mobile phones, tablets, desktop computers and even videogame consoles. Monkey saves you time and allows you to target your apps at multiple markets and app stores at once, potentially mutiplying sales several times over."

Playable fictions are interactive stories in which one is positioned as a protagonist who makes game choices that have consequence in the fictional world. Further still, we often find ourselves engaging in struggles and developing understandings that shape player's worldview outside of the game.

A taxonomy of play

Gaming in Education Blog

Video Games as Learning Tools

Brock Dubbels

Urgent Evoke: engage students to be socially responsible by playing games

Aion: called the "prettiest" game available

Study proves conclusively that violent video games makes more aggressive kids

Admongo: a game for kids 8 - 12 yrs old teaching about advertisements and their meanings - to be good consumers starts with awareness

The Education Arcade: MIT's lab to move learning games fwd

understand the work of the Nobel Prize winners through games

meta-analysis: violent games increase aggression and render them less caring in kids - regardless of age, gender, or culture.