For any of you still in the Boston area, this looks like a fun chance to check out the GAMBIT lab and test some games.

The Cambridge Science Festival is coming up. Kick it off with a free visit to the MIT Museum near Central Square on April 20 to play test the MIT GAMBIT Lab's newest games. This should be one fun learning experience.

This may be of more relevance to me, since I'll be living in France soon, but I thought you all might find this bit about a serious game school interesting.

This should be an interesting online presentation and discussion about how serious games may improve higher education. It's free! May 11, 2012.

Here's a good tutorial if you're interested in Unity.

This is an interesting chat transcript from a discussion that touched on violence in games and various benefits of gaming. Some studies were referenced.

A new serious games organization that might be worth checking out.

Some interesting suggestions from a creator of serious games.

An interesting take on how FarmVille became so popular.

This article talks about the need for a "language" that signals a plot twist or intended setback in a game versus a failure caused by player inadequacies (the latter loses the player). 

I thought you all might enjoy this in-depth look at a game that didn't live up to expectations.

Another guide for designing educational games with flow.

This is the TED Talk Dede showed in the shopping class. Not everything Tom Chatfield says is correct. It's useful to keep this in mind, though.

Spongelab is a relatively new addition to the game-based learning crowd. They have some games worth checking out.

A pretty harsh review of the Zelda series. I don't agree with everything here, but it's thought-provoking.

I posted this on the TIE Facebook group too, but it definitely belongs here. EdWeb's Game-Based Learning Community is vibrant, active, and populated by some really great names in serious game development and education. You should all sign up!

This is an interesting series of math games that try to teach a spatial approach to math with no equations, symbols, or language (at least at the start). There's an option to try out some of the games on the left. The state of California has been hosting a huge study using ST Math in numerous low-performing K-5 schools, and the preliminary results make it look pretty good. I'd be interested to hear what you think of these games--do they look intrinsically integrated to you? Could you see yourself learning the math concepts from these games--even if this were your first exposure to those concepts?