Playing History: Video Games and the Humanities
At CHNM Dave and I are in the early stages of planning and developing a collaborative directory for freely available history games and interactives. In my experience, finding serious/educational games on the web is a haphazard and ...

Apple Games profiles Sid Meier
Apple Games has posted an article about one of my favorite game developers, the great Sid Meier, designer of Pirates! and probably the best game ever made, Civilization (although in my humble opinion, Alpha Centauri is the best Civ, ...

Do Mobile Games Have a Place in the Classroom?
In the book, Klopfer makes a new argument for the untapped potential of mobile learning games which would use the strengths of a mobile platform - that is, "its portability, context sensitivity, connectivity, and ubiquity. ...

Popjax Launches Branded Video Trivia Games With Heavy Metal ...
Two of the most popular things to do on the Web are play games and watch videos. Popjay, a startup backed by Shasta Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, combines the to to create a new form of casual game: video trivia. ...

RTFA* Tuesday: Games + Cartoons = Entertainment?
Over the last few years some of the greatest forms of video game entertainment have been re-released for my nostalgic viewing pleasure. I’m talking about great cartoons like “Capatin N,� “The Legend of Zelda,� and “Super Mario Bros.� ...

Old School Lucas Arts Games on DS
Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Loom, The Secret of Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck's Revenge, and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis are just a few games brought ...