Cleo Missing

http://www.cleo-missing.com Cleo hasn’t been seen for a few days. A friend is worried. A website is built and a public call for information about Cleo is announced…  So what has happened to Cleo? Actually, in real terms nothing has happened… in fictional terms, its up to the visitors to this cyber-soap site to decide. Was […]

The ethics of PvP

I’ve just been introduced to a video of an event that took place in the virtual gamescape of World of Warcraft. You can watch the same video here: http://tinyurl.com/lcuct (Be aware some of the text included on the video might fall into the “explicit lyrics” category) I found it incredibly absorbing and was fascinated by […]

Books that relate – Gaming and Learning

There are a range of books relating to the development of learning systems drawing on understandings found in gaming systems…  What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Gee http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1403965382/dramabooks Mark Prensky’s “Digital Game-based Learning” http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000894JZ/dramabooks Simulations and the Future of Learning (Clark Aldrich) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0787969621/dramabooks