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  • Growing up Gaming

    Let’s start with this: There is an interesting message here, there are likely many people out there who think like this – people for whom the ideas from the Matrix are not really that far fetched. But the take home message is that we have come to a point that games have matured to a…

  • WOW – “Kids” are using Science

    Clearing out my stared items, I caught this story from Wired – How Video Games Blinded Us With Science – that talks about Constance Steinkuehler and Sean Duncan’s work (Scientific Habits of Mind in Virtual Worlds) that examined the discussions of WOW players and found that 86% of the conversation was targeted at at figuring…

  • Epoch – Thought Controlled Gaming

    I saw this on Daily Planet a few months ago, but I finally found some information online and the lead out to post. If there are games of any quality using this, it could be a real bonus when combined with the alternative interface to the Wii.

  • Spore on iSlates

    I saw this on the Engadget coverage, but now Gizmondo has a better post – Spore is coming to the iSlates. It won’t be the full game, as is the case for most of the mobile versions of the game, but it is coming.

  • Journo Quest

    Neverwinter Nights seems to be the game that keeps giving to the education realm. The first project using the game that I became aware of was ScriptEase – developed here at the U of A and now there is Journo Quest. Both use the game engine to tell stories. But where the U of A engine is trying to…