The other Chad, of Hidden Peanuts, has responded to a comment that I made on his blog when I asked his opinion of the next-gen gaming consoles.     His   two cents about the next-gen game consoles can be found here.   He writes: For me, Nintendo is the obvious winner. I mean come... Continue Reading →

The Curmudgeon Gamer did a little bit of number crunching, and has some nice bar graphs of the historical prices of gaming consoles. The data is for consoles released from 1976 to the present and includes relative and absolute costs. Take a look, and see if you think the Playstation 3's $500-600 price tag is... Continue Reading →

The use of computer and video games for learning - a review of the literature by Alice Mitchell and Carol Savill-Smith.   I haven't read this yet, but it appers to be an interesting read.   From the summary: The use of recreational computer and video games, particularly by young people, is commonplace. It is... Continue Reading →

Digital Game-based Learing: It's Not Just the Digitial Natives that Are Resless is a very interesting article in the March/April issue of Educause Review. The author, Richard Van Eck, outlines: why DGBL is effective and engaging, how we can leverage those principles to implement DGBL, how faculty can integrate commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) DGBL in the... Continue Reading →