Category Archives: fun

Further thoughts on : Expositur project (Fuchs and Eckermann)

Posted on May 25, 2008 by

Fuchs, M. (2001) Expositur – A Virtual Knowledge Space (Theory). Retrieved May 25, 2008 from Syl.Eckermann website http://syl-eckermann.net/expositur/theory.html I came across some additional information written by Mathias Fuchs about this project that raised a few more ideas worth quickly sharing. … Continue reading →

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Alternate Reality Games and an idea for mobile gaming

Posted on March 5, 2008 by

Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) take a cross media approach to game play and attempt to bring the action more into the player’s day to day life. Wikipedia says that: An alternate reality game (ARG) is an interactive narrative that uses … Continue reading →

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Guitar Rising – the line between games and learning tools blurs a little more

Posted on February 11, 2008 by

I’ve mentioned games using Guitar styled interfaces before – Fret Nice being one example and the entirely awesome Guitar Hero series of course being another. Guitar Rising looks like it may well take this a step further with PC based … Continue reading →

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Playing: Team Fortress 2 on Xbox Live

Posted on January 7, 2008 by

My feeling with games in education is that it’s important to actually get out there and play them to understand best how the elements that make them so engaging actually work. Having done the Portal thing, I was ready to … Continue reading →

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Essential game elements: good writing and great puzzles – Portal

Posted on January 2, 2008 by

I went out and treated myself to an Xbox 360 during the week and based on the growing mountains of praise, the first game I bought was the Valve bundle The Orange Box. This includes Half-Life 2, a couple of … Continue reading →

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