serious gaming

Saturday, August 1, 2009
Features

Libraries Got Game

8:00AM Brian Crecente | There are, perhaps, few more disconsonant scenes than of the austere silence of the library and the boisterous play of video games, but a growing movement is starting to put the two under one roof. More »
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Friday, March 6, 2009
Culture

Librarians Explain: Why Video Games At the Library

5:00AM Brian Crecente | Why exactly should libraries carry video games? Or music or movies for that matter? Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of free gaming, but I can’t help but question the increasing multimedia nature of libraries. More »
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
News

Wii Fit Helps Paralysed Girl Walk Again

7:00AM Brian Crecente | A 10-year-old girl left paralysed by a virus four years ago is learning to walk again thanks to her doctors and a copy of Wii Fit, the Herald.ie reports. More »
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Saturday, January 3, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Culture

Play Pinball, Learn About Farts

7:00AM Brian Crecente | I’ve seen plenty of edumacational games and I’m always delighted to explore how they surreptitiously teach people as they play a game. But this is the first time I’ve played a edu-pinball game. More »
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Math Blaster Brings Edutainment to this Generation… Finally

6:30AM Brian Crecente | Classic edutainment franchise Math Blaster is making it’s way to the DS this spring thanks to a publishing deal with Majesco Entertainment. Math Blaster in the Prime Adventure combines adventure gaming with mathematical puzzles that has you fighting off an army of robots… robots with math skillz. The game will put your addition, subtraction and multiplication skills to the test and includes four player battle mode and challenge and adventure modes. I applaud this, seriously. Just the other day, while attending a dinner with Ken Levine and some other folks during PAX, I got into a discussion with a group of them about educational games for next gen consoles. I think that the three platform owners should get behind bringing a few educational games to their various downloadable game systems. They should do this for two reasons. More »
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