Tag: COTS
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Mini Games… are there any left to make?
Well, I’ve been at my new position at Athabasca for only a day and a half and I’m already getting into the groove of things… or so I would believe. Why do I say that? Well this is a new venue, but I’ve got an old problem to deal with. A prof wants interactivity, I’m…
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Silly Spore Science
A while ago, my brother and I were talking about some of the games that are playable with little ones around and just about every one that came up was Wii only. Then this weekend, he noticed that his XBOX 360 had updated after not having network access for almost three months. The new interface…
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More than meets the mind
Going through a bunch of starred articles and found this quote from Virtual Learning Worlds: I’m not sure why educators have this preconception of a learning game being a perfect standalone learning experience. Instructors don’t solely rely on a lecture in a classroom, they often have electronic support like video, images, or slides, they have…
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Endless Ocean
Hopefully this will be the start of many new simulations on the Wii; Endless Ocean, (Youtube) lets you dive and discover the ocean as created by the game’s publisher. It also acts as a screen saver. If this takes off, this could be a great little COTS title to get kids to start to get…
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On Will Wright and Spore
It seems that there is significant interest for Spore from people outside the gaming world. John Seabrook of the New Yorker has an article that profiles Will, what he’s done and what Spore is going to be. If we need more evidence that gaming is going main stream (and I don’t think we do) this…