Tag: role-playing
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Japanese Myths in Dungeons & Dragons
D&D is if anything a playground for brewing cocktails of legendary stories. Stories steeped in a broth of human experiences that penetrate the greater depths of our psyches. I don’t know about you, but that’s half the incentive — to try on new ways of being, seeing, and moving through the world. I’ve long had…
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Self-Determination Theory in the State of Game Studies – Motivations for Video Game Play and Political Decision-Making: Evidence from Four Countries
This week I read over several papers on motivation design and encouraging participation among students. You see, games require motivated participants involved in an objective voluntarily. That’s a hell of a triumph! One of the articles that stands out hails from a multinational survey on decision-making and player motivation -> Game Studies – Motivations for…
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Coming Soon: Trails of the Guard – Interactive RPG Designed for the US National Forest Service
Tentative Title“Trails of the Guard: The Ranger’s Journey” Player/LearnersTarget Audience: Aspiring rangers, trail keepers, environmental science students, and individuals interested in forestry and outdoor management.Engagement Strategy: Interactive gameplay that simulates real-world trail maintenance and forestry management challenges. Subject AreaFocus on trail maintenance, forestry management, and sustainable environmental practices. Learning ObjectiveCognitive: Enhance players’ understanding of environmental…
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Being Jobless, Taking Quests, and The Art and Value of Writing Spec Scripts Evolving Existing Franchises. Part 1 of WorldBuilders and LoreKeepers
As I continue down this path of joblessness in search of the next gig, I find myself taking bolder steps—contacting studios that, in the past, scared me due to their sheer industry prowess. I applied and interviewed with Pokémon, wrote several scripts for Blizzard Entertainment, Larian, and Sebastian. I’ve translated preliminary test documents for Sega…
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They Shall Be As Fetching As They Are Deadly: A Reader Responds to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Oh, The Mash-Up Novel and the tedious relationship between Cultural Production and Cultural Preservation. Pride and prejudice and Zombies… is as important as Pride and Prejudice itself? Let the discussions begin!
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How I’m adapting Jacques Ranciere’s “The Ignorant Schoolmaster“ into the Curriculum.
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in asian studies, augmented reality, east asia, east asian studies, education, English, game based learning, game studies, gaming, instructional design, interactive fiction, japan, japanese language, japanese literature, Kansas City, narrative design, Narratology, philosophy, reading, serious games, user research, videogames, virtual realityRanciere’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…