Friday, January 4, 2019

New book on GeoGames and GeoPlay

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Long time no posts, but my sabbatical in 2017 allowed for finalizing our new book GeoGames and GeoPlay. Hope it will be a good read for ever...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

A GeoGame success story

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Back in 2012 I asked where the great location based games were.  http://osu-geogames.blogspot.com/2012/03/where-are-great-location-based-gam...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

Designing games of science - a meandering and complex path

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A short yet insightful look into the complex task of designing good science learning games is provided by Elizabeth Pennisi in this recent w...
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

GISuser.com Feature – Epic Win: Using GIS and Gaming to Save the World

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I feel a certain sense of accomplishment today. I read through this piece about GIS and gaming  by Troy Lambert that caught my eye as intere...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015

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Thanks for this pointer by National Geographic Education Blogger Sarah Zeglin.  http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/04/ga...
Friday, August 28, 2015

Alliance megagame - a huge board in-person GeoGame

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Here's a great example of a map-based, almost realistic, geopolitics/economy multiplayer game. It is interesting to think of how this...
Thursday, October 3, 2013

The Importance of Spatial and Visual Thinking

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Kirk Goldsberry, professor of Geography at Michigan State University, makes a nice argument in this Harvard Business Review online post  abo...