Category: game based learning
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Review, Seven Levers for Social Change through Games: From Settlers of Catan to Autonomía Zapatista. Issue 17 of Game Environments Journal
Ready to change the game? Look no further than ‘Seven Levers for Social Change through Games’! This thought-provoking article by Cati Hernández, Noemí Blanch, Pablo Garaizar, and Emiliano Labrador offers a fresh perspective on the potential of games to promote critical reflection, empathy-building, and collaborative action for social justice. From Settlers of Catan to Autonomía…
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Writing As Therapy, Sure, But Gaming as a “Self-Care” Ritual? Here’s Why
Just like a daily multivitamin or a cup of tea, games have become a form of self-care for many individuals. In a fast-paced world filled with stress and anxiety, taking a break and indulging in a game can have a profound impact on one’s mental and emotional well-being.
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The Widow’s Call and the Toad: An Interactive Fiction Southern Gothic
Hailed as a journey through grief, isolation, and the human experience, The Widow’s Call and the Toad is a choose-your-own-adventure in which you’re actions drive a plot that challenges you to tease out the mysteries of your haunting experience and assemble clues with the help of Toad, the boy next door who until now has…
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How I’m adapting Jacques Ranciere’s “The Ignorant Schoolmaster“ into the Curriculum.
Ranciere’s “The Ignorant Schoolmaster” (1987) is a seminal work in the field of education and has been widely discussed and debated within the realm of game studies. The book presents a unique approach to teaching and learning, in which the teacher is seen as an “ignorant schoolmaster” who is able to lead their students to…
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A Reader Responds to Persona 5: Gaming as a Rite and Site of Passage (New Series on Meta-Psychology, Social Cognition, and Individuation)
In Persona 5, the main characters are a group of high school students who discover that they possess the power to enter a parallel world called the “Metaverse,” where they can confront and overcome the distorted desires of adults. Through their experiences in the Metaverse, the characters undergo a process of individuation, which is the…
Nicholas Andriani Rankin 