Below is an essay I wrote for an exhibition at the 2008 Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, Ithaca College. I curated a collection of nonfiction video games and am giving a couple of talks on the topic (April 2 @ 4PM and April 6 at 1PM, in case you are interested). For a list of […]
Alternate Realities, Simulated Risks: Games, Politics, Action
March 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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Video Games, Authority, and Problem-based Thinking
August 14th, 2006 · 12 Comments
[UPDATE: Raph Koster has replied to this post over at his blog, and Gus offers some interesting thoughts as well.]
The September 2006 issue of Harper’s Magazine (contents not online, unfortunately) has a piece titled Grand Theft Education: Literacy in the Age of Video Games. It is a conversation between Jane Avrich (author and English teacher), […]
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