Whoa. Of course we bought one of these - there are ways to use the camera and the no-glasses 3D do augmented reality things. Amazing.

Not specifically education, but it definitely hits on some big issues in game motivation. Lots of useful and interesting articles.

This is peripherally related to motivation, but it does hint at the motivational structure of the game. Interesting that something as simple as "girls like food" resulted in one of the greatest games ever.

Awesome article about Miyamoto - the man behind Mario. Has some really interesting stuff about how he (and Nintendo by extension) creates compelling narratives and characters.