PlayStation 2 Quiz Game to be Used in British Schools
When I was in school, we’d sometimes play “quiz shows” based on popular television game shows using paper and the chalkboard to keep track of things. With the advent of Microsoft’s PowerPoint, the...
View ArticleExerGaming Kicks into High Gear with New Study & Product
There was discussion this week on the Serious Games listserv about ME2, a virtual world from Irwin Toy aimed at kids that links to a real world pedometer (tagline: You are the power!). The more...
View ArticleResistance is Futile … All Will Become Gamers
Here’s a nice article from Rob Fahey, former editor of GamesIndustry.biz, over at Times Online. Fahey makes several interesting points, including many factoids that would fit nicely in research...
View ArticleWii Go to School: Academic Uses for the Popular Console
The latest issue of Edutopia has an article by Laila Weir on Wii-learning: teachers finding academic uses for the Wii in their classrooms. Rather than using a game designed purely for educational...
View ArticleFree Math Games & Activities at Education.com (and Some Interesting Articles)
Taissia Belozerova over at Education.com dropped me an e-mail about my article Magnificent Math Sites, that ran in the Summer, 2005 issue of TechEdge. Taissia pointed out that Education.com has a...
View ArticleOne (Video Game) Controller to Rule Them All: Game Technology Invades the...
Military reporters were buzzing this week about the new Universal Control System (UCS) from defense contractor Raytheon. The device is designed to control unmanned aerial vehicles (AEVs), and borrows...
View ArticleStudy: Roommates with Consoles May Cause Lower GPAs
One of those lovable academic rapscallions at The Irascible Professor, namely Dr. Sanford Pinsker, recently discussed a paper by Ralph Stinebrickner, over at Berea College, and Todd Stinebrickner, over...
View ArticleThe Rise of Photo-Realistic Animation
The bar keeps bumping up higher for quality animations in a videogame. Word came out this week that Afrika, a new safari photo hunt game for the PlayStation 3, would provide ultra-realistic shots of...
View ArticleLatest Nielsen Findings Show Interesting Video Game Statistics
We’re always hungry for more data on video games, the more recent the better. The good folks over at Nielsen have been recording console use for some time. They figure if an activity is taking place...
View ArticleResearch on Benefits of Children Playing Videogames
Some interesting new studies and projects have come out recently showing beneficial links to videogame playing for children. Linda A. Jackson, professor of psychology over at Michigan State University,...
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