Have you ever wondered what would really happen if Mario ate every mushroom he came across? Or if you jumped off a 200ft building Assassin's Creed style? Don't even get us started on Surgeon...
Tag: gamification
PAX West 2016 – Gaming in the Classroom: How Play Can Improve Our Schools
Games have the power to drastically improve schools and classrooms. Games of all sorts – board, card, role-playing, video, and beyond – can transform student engagement, heighten learning, and...
PAX East 2013 – Gamification and Learning: Does Education Need Some ‘Stinking’ Badges?
There have been success stories and colossal failures when it comes to applying principles of gamification to various different fields. However, schools and education could greatly benefit from some...
PAX East 2012 – Educating Through Play: The Future of American Education
Our educational system is broken. It is based on a model that was designed for a time before the combustion engine, much less the personal computer or the Internet. Games inherently...
You may know her work from the I Love Bees ARG that launched with a little game called Halo 2. You may also have seen her TED speech or read her book (“Reality is Broken”) where she describes...
PAX East 2012 – If I Hear “Gamificiation” One More Time I’m Going to Scream
Love it or hate it, if you haven't heard the word "gamification" this past year you must be dead. Or a zombie. Heck, it was a short-listed to be added as Oxford dictionary's "Word of the Year"! So...