Learning Games

Links Collection

• Can we reliably measure the general factor of intelligence (g) through commercial video games? Yes, we can!
• Video Games Play May Provide Learning, Health, Social Benefits, Review Finds
• Pegi
• Brain Gamer
• Videojuegos en clase: La educación del futuro
• El videojuego es parte de mi escuela
• Los videojuegos son un cañón láser cargado de futuro
• Balance Game design
• Action video games improve brain function more than so-called ‘brain games’

Resources

• Where to find html5 games or promote your own

Opinion

• The sometimes fatal attraction of video games
• ‘Video games are something to educate yourself about, to embrace’
• No necesitamos juegos educativos, sino educadores que puedan jugar
• Violent Video Games and Real-World Violence: Rhetoric Versus Data.
• ¿Se pueden crear ciudadanos virtuosos controlando la cultura?
• La violencia en películas y videojuegos ¿vuelve más violenta a la sociedad?
• The Wrong Way to Talk About Violence in Movies
• The Lester Bangs of Video Games
• Violent Video Games: Myths, Facts, and Unanswered Questions
• Video games aren't anarchic – they treat us like naughty children
• Discourses on video games from noxious objects to redemptive devices

Videogames and politics

• The Guardian Cities: Skylines challenge – can I build the world's greenest city?
• The Guardian Cities: Skylines challenge – can I build a truly anti-capitalist city?

Special Games

• Depression Quest
• TIS-100
• Implexa

Real Experiences

• [1] Quest to learn
• DMA
• Darren Wershler
• Aprende y juega con EA
• Assassin's Creed

Examples of videogames

• Tetris and the brain
• Super Mario
• Portal

• How else Heart.Break() turns players into coders