Category Archives: Games

Resources: Games for health and education

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Priscilla

The Center for Digital Games Research holds the searchable Health Games Database where you can find “hundreds of Games, Publications, Resources, Organizations, and Events – all focused on the use of digital games for health and health care.” It looks … Continue reading →

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The play perspective of videogaming

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Priscilla

Play seems to be something unreal. At first it seems intuitively clear what is meant by play; it is obvious when one is playing and when one is in earnest. The distinction between real and play seems clear, but at … Continue reading →

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Apps and Gamification

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Priscilla

Let us start off with the comment that to me, using ‘Apps’ as a distinctive category is the same sort of categorisation as ‘Books’.  It is a media-format. It might be a little more suitable for some content than for … Continue reading →

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Kunst & Kennis in VR || Hersengedrag

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Priscilla

Voor Hersengedrag.nl hebben wij ongeveer 200 mensen Virtual Reality laten ervaren met de Oculus Rift tijdens de nacht van Kunst en Kennis. Voor bijna iedereen die in de rij stond was het de eerste persoonlijke ervaring met VR.   We hadden … Continue reading →

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Broccoli Chocolate swirl

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Priscilla

When discussing coding in education (and many of the STEM topics) together with game-based learning, the chocolate covered broccoli objection is often mentioned. Meaning that changing to a game or gameful structure for these topics will not work as you … Continue reading →

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Verandering in realiteit door Alternate Reality Gaming – een onderzoek

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Priscilla

Wat is ‘spelen’ en hoe verhoudt het zich tot de rest van ons leven en onze realiteit? Huizinga (1938) en Caillios (1957) waren de eersten die uitgebreid nadachten over een geschikte definitie. Spel is afgebakend als een activiteit die vrij … Continue reading →

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