"In this latest Persuasive Games feature, Ian Bogost takes a look at the recently launched Wii video game console from Nintendo, and offers how it and its innovative controls could feasibly be used as a platform for serious games."
Next-gen console articles
IGN published the following articles yesterday. Both provide a little insight into the expectations on the next-gen consoles.Xbox 360: The One Year RetrospectivePlayStation 3 Launch Review
Educause articles of interest
Here's some articles/resources that might be of interest to some:Seven Things You Should Know About YouTubeSeven Things You Should Know About FacebookAre College Students Techno Idiots?Disconnects Between Library Culture and Millennial Generation ValuesAre Video Games Evil?New Media and Learning in the 21st CenturyGames in Higher Ed: When Halo 2, Civilization IV, and Xbox 360 Come... Continue Reading →
CQ Researcher discusses educational value of video games
For those who have a subscription, there is a new article in CQ Researcher that addresses the educational value of video games. The abstract:More than three-quarters of American youths have video-game consoles at home, and on a typical day at least 40 percent play a video game. Some academic scholars claim playing games is good... Continue Reading →
Video games with cooperative gameplay
I've been looking for a list of games that offer cooperative gameplay in order to find some games that my wife and I can play together. Co-op games are games where multiple players (most often, two) can work and play together as teammates. I wasn't satisfied with what I was finding with a web search,... Continue Reading →
IBM offers training in virtual worlds
From Serious Games Source:Officials from major technology firm IBM have announced that the company is adopting the use of video game and virtual world technologies as a means to train new employees as well as acclimate new hires to the company's cultural values, decision-making regimens, and required technical skill sets. The program, called IBM@Play, will... Continue Reading →
Busy Gamer News & Reviews
Here's a blog that is devoted to giving relevant information to busy folks who like to play video games. As a father of two, a husband, and an aspiring musician, playing video games often gets put on the backburner. Busy Gamer News is a blog devoted to "news and reviews for gamers who have a... Continue Reading →
50 Greatest Games
It seems like these days the "Greatest Games" list are a dime a dozen. However, that did not stop Simon Byron and Ste Curran from writing a book about it. The book, published this week, is called 'Game On! From Pong to Oblivion: the 50 Greatest Games Of All Time'. Next Gen Biz has a... Continue Reading →
Top 100 video games ever
IGN has just released the top 100 video games of all time. The list is available here. IGN's methods for selecting those games are as follows: Our criteria for creating this list of your picks for the Top 100 Games of All Time are as follows: All games had to receive at least 1,000 reader... Continue Reading →