Monday, January 19, 2009 H809 research Practice based research in educational technology (H809) In good news, I have managed to get myself some part-time work! I'm quite excited about it not just because it's a chance to gain so...
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 engagement frustration learning open-ended gameplay PC user-generated content. Spore (PC) It's time to talk about Spore . Designed by Will Wright (who gave us Sim City and The Sims ) and produced by Maxis there has been a l...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 controls episodic game Humour PC physics games wii Overdue games update I'm on a break for the holidays so thought it was about time I wrote something about what I've been playing over the last couple o...
Thursday, December 11, 2008 engagement learning physics games Physics games Ok, so this isn't the 'games I've been playing' roundup I've been meaning to do but I've got a rotten cold at the mo...
Monday, November 17, 2008 Alternate reality fun learning My thoughts on alternate reality gaming Lately, I've been doing a bit of thinking about Alternate Reality games . I was introduced to them last year but in the last few months ...
Monday, October 27, 2008 conference educational games research European Conference of Game Based Learning I was in Barcelona last week for ECGBL. This was my first proper conference and though I wasn't presenting it was pretty cool to be able...
Sunday, August 31, 2008 controls engagement frustration immersion learning meaningful experience PS3 research Portal (PS3) I finally finished Portal . It's a first person action/puzzle game, where an AI called GLaDOS challenges you to get through each of the ...