CUNY Academic Commons | Carlos Hernandez (he/him) | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/carlos/activity/ Activity feed for Carlos Hernandez (he/him). Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 eb0e7640851605a289ef1c11446508a6 Carlos Hernandez (he/him)'s profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/955358/ Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:57:58 -0500 84b82f833d4c58ac535f8cca7efb4121 Carlos Hernandez edited the blog post Encyclopedia of Mechanics in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/01/20/encyclopedia-of-mechanics/ Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:24:25 -0400

Let me begin by saying thank you to all the presenters, participants, and attendees of the inaugural CUNY Games Festival! We’re pretty darn pleased with how it turned out and hope to see you at the next one.

I received a few questions from educators during the conference about game mechanics–specifically, how to learn more about them. It’s…[Read more]

]]> b676a418dbf70c8fe9d4bad1d617a3a1 Carlos Hernandez edited the blog post Are You Really Going to Argue That Reality ISN'T Broken? in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/07/26/are-you-really-going-to-argue-that-reality-isnt-broken/ Fri, 14 Aug 2015 16:21:04 -0400 I’ve been noticing some backlash against Jane McGonigal’s book Reality is Broken. Interestingly, many of the jeremiads launched against it, and the idea of “gamifying” reality that it proffers, have come from game designers, game theories, and avid game players. Outsiders seem to be able to take McGonigal’s claims with the requisite…[Read more]

]]> efb78a4e207cd6ba77e4a600e6104e08 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) commented on the post, This Week in Digital Humanities and Pedagogy, on the site The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy http://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/this-week-in-digital-humanities-and-pedagogy-5/#comment-1298 Thu, 07 May 2015 13:44:15 -0400 As a follow-up: Apple Watch games! Here’s a review of a game that is made specifically to play with the watch:

http://boingboing.net/2015/05/07/lifeline-astronaut-game.html

]]> 7031e6779f209195a0b3d6612a48424e Carlos Hernandez (he/him) joined the group Latina/o Studies at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/302993/ Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:34:28 -0400 ddc843b7ebbaa072aaa900b3ab7d7720 Carlos Hernandez started the forum topic Volunteering to Help with the CUNY Games Festival in the group Digital Humanities Initiative http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/digital-humanities-initiative/forum/topic/volunteering-to-help-with-the-cuny-games-festival/ Tue, 07 Jan 2014 17:58:30 -0500 The CUNY Games Festival is looking for a few volunteers to help us keep the event running smoothly. We need help only for part of the day on January 17: personing the registration desk, providing information to […]

]]> dc43eac7ed96078717fb486ff41cd221 Carlos Hernandez edited the blog post Does Practice Make Perfect (Games)? Last Week's Practice Conference @ NYU in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/23/does-practice-make-perfect-games-last-weeks-practice-conference-nyu/ Sun, 24 Nov 2013 01:31:41 -0500 ThumbnailTl;dr–if you’re at all interested in game design and can attend only one conference a year, make Practice that conference.

The Practice conference began as all conferences should. With […]

]]> 8f0bf6631c2213ae0a110ea355c7be51 Carlos Hernandez replied to the forum topic Game Development Vendors In/Near NYC? in the group CUNY Games Network http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/games-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/game-development-vendors-innear-nyc/#post-15478 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:18:40 -0400 Hi Jill–

I have been working with Sortasoft Games for years, and I can tell you that Joshua DeBonis (founder) is one of the finest game creators I’ve ever met. He has tons of experience working with clients […]

]]> 23bfd78ca393a045a7628bb04fab3a55 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) joined the group The Group for Group Admins https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/197929/ Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:41:25 -0400 620f47a3314e846330bede2fdfc29ec8 Carlos Hernandez wrote a new blog post The Best of Raph Koster's Web Site in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/07/24/the-best-of-raph-kosters-web-site/ Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:20:31 -0400 Thumbnail

If you’re interested in game design, you should know Raph Koster. Full stop.

Koster made his reputation working on Ultima Online and augmented it through his work on Star Wars Galaxies (where he worked as […]

]]> 589cd20786ffef08f5368fda55d7c176 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/76251/ Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:10:56 -0400 63350be422f5f399ec1f7eacc44bf16b Carlos Hernandez wrote a new blog post TableTop: an Ad Hoc Introduction To Boardgaming Goodness in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/07/07/tabletop-an-ad-hoc-introduction-to-boardgaming-goodness/ Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:03:41 -0400 Thumbnail

At BMCC, our president has recently sponsored a games library, allowing us to buy an excellent variety of board games to test and possibly use in our classrooms, as well as to provide inspiration for our own […]

]]> 3219aedba9111f243ad9b24a65647cdf Carlos Hernandez (he/him) wrote a new post on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/10/26/next-game-based-learning-fig-nov-1-bmcc/ Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:54:25 -0400 ThumbnailHey gang–our next Game-Based Learning Faculty Interest Group will take place on Nov. 1 @ Studio 2 @ BMCC from 10-12noon. Here’s a happy poster to entice you to come!

Here is a link for a PDF for nice printing. Help spread the word!

FIGNov1 Poster

]]> 25b08a0d0856f2d49f6f8261367735e9 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) wrote a new post on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/10/19/comma-nd-and-conquer-battleship-grammar-mod/ Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:35:05 -0400 I will upload the resources/assets I used for this lesson in the near future, but I just wanted to report the INCREDIBLE response I receive from my students for this exercise. Here is what I did: first, I gave students a short grammar lesson on commas, maybe a half-hour. Then I distributed a 7×7 grid […]

]]> 71254c6016c6536bf5e5fe5ce447ae21 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) commented on the post, Valve has high hopes for its ‘non-sucky educational game’ , on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/10/16/valve-has-high-hopes-for-its-%e2%80%98non-sucky-educational-game%e2%80%99/#comment-103 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:21:43 -0400 I’m following them now and will keep the group apprised of any non-sucky coolness they generate.

]]> b8f752875d1ca015c30acd2305483197 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) wrote a new post on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/09/19/play-a-game-help-scientists-crack-hiv/ Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:28:43 -0400 Thumbnail For the first time in recorded history, gamers have made a positive contribution to the advancement of science. Playing a game called Foldit (specifically created to reveal the structures of amino acids), players created a model of a “monomeric protease enzyme” that can now be targeted by scientists with retroviruses. From the AFP article :

To the astonishment […]

]]> 4772af38231dfb6a9a15a593989eae72 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) wrote a new post on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/09/02/bmccs-game-based-learning-group-friday-9-sept-featuring-college-president-antonio-perez/ Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:09:05 -0400 Thumbnail

]]> 887e4a03b30aa7b5a8e18e22a6d9d957 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) commented on the post, College Quest scores an Epic Win at BMCC, on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/07/15/college-quest-scores-an-epic-win-at-bmcc/#comment-75 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:00:31 -0400 Jason–I’ve never seen a study to that effect, but I think that games, like almost any work of art, come with an expiration date. That is, you’ve seen what there is to see and you’re ready to move on to something new. I think your question is deeply tied to the idea of aesthetics, so […]

]]> 63ea51073685b43b1ca24a461e9897e5 Carlos Hernandez posted on the forum topic Games Network Meeting Flyers in the group CUNY Games Network http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/games-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/games-network-meeting-flyers/#post-5384 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:57:36 -0400 Hey folks: Please find attached to this message a flyer for BMCC’s Faculty Interest Group on Game-Based learning. It will take place Friday 9 Sept. in room S501B at BMCC. Our special guest will be none other than our college president, Dr. Antonio Pérez, so it promises to be a great meeting. See you there, […]

]]> 9fb57e0a9dea27cbc2145852eecbd493 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) posted a new activity comment https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/53880/#acomment-54377 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:01:00 -0400 Welcome, William! I hope you can make the BMCC FIG on game-based learning next Friday. Our president, Antonio Pérez, will be there! It will take place at BMCC (see the post above for more info.

In reply to - William Ashton joined the group CUNY Games Network ]]> f44a6056b97b7d4b1e5cdd6e8c23cf8f Carlos Hernandez (he/him) posted a new activity comment https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/54351/#acomment-54376 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:00:08 -0400 Welcome, Jason! I hope you can make the BMCC FIG on game-based learning next Friday. Our president, Antonio Pérez, will be there!

In reply to - Jason Schneiderman joined the group CUNY Games Network ]]> 11d5c65e9992c1316646f88a1e8ba3cf Carlos Hernandez (he/him) commented on the post, College Quest scores an Epic Win at BMCC, on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/07/15/college-quest-scores-an-epic-win-at-bmcc/#comment-45 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:42:10 -0400 D’oh, just noticed yours was the third comment, Tori–well, you still won. 🙂

]]> aa632f2bc9cb52bfd304a486394446cc Carlos Hernandez (he/him) commented on the post, College Quest scores an Epic Win at BMCC, on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/07/15/college-quest-scores-an-epic-win-at-bmcc/#comment-44 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:41:19 -0400 Tori, I think you just epically won this thread–and on the first comment, no less!

]]> 1680999efbef6fa3727d3c293fa36a90 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) wrote a new post on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/07/15/mcvideogame-the-other-side-of-business-gaming/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:44:05 -0400 ThumbnailIn a way, it could be argued that most games teach business concepts, insofar as a great many games center on resource-management. Games as divergent as chess, Monopoly, poker, and even baseball (think about deploying the right players in the right situations) require players to manage limited resources to effect the best possible results. Add to […]

]]> 8b4fbb4bfba952a9f3150f5b7209d909 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) wrote a new post on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/07/15/games-for-educators-database-search-for-the-right-game-to-help-your-classroom/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:16:45 -0400 Just came across the Games for Educators site, a web site with a host of resources for those in K-12 education. One of its most useful features may be its searchable database of games. Search by age of learners, subject matter, the skills they impart (e.g. social skills, math, etc.) and even the environment best suited […]

]]> 89075565350efd37b480fa0ae56ac503 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) wrote a new post on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/07/15/rhetorical-peaks-the-potential-and-the-problems-of-teaching-the-humanities-through-games/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:54:29 -0400 I learned about Rhetorical Peaks at the Humanities Gaming Institute I attended last year. To my mind, it’s the most realized game so far made when it comes to trying to duplicate the kind of critical thinking instructors try to teach their students. Thing is, it can’t be played independently; it needs to be played in […]

]]> 2b46eed76acedde91dd9bb42ac4b3369 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) wrote a new post on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/07/15/free-rice-its-not-just-for-vocabulary-anymore/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:22:01 -0400 ThumbnailMany people know Free Rice as a vocabulary-building program with a humanitarian bent: every time you get a question right, you donate 20 grains of rice to the World Food Programme. Now, however, Free Rice covers a host of subjects : grammar, math, geography, and, my most recent discovery, fine art. You are given a famous painting and are […]

]]> 3b177e71422db7f8d46d3edc39ff2c41 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) wrote a new post on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/07/15/portal-2-its-not-just-for-entertainment-anymore/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:46:17 -0400 ThumbnailBoth installments of the Portal games have been lauded for the educational value of their physics-based puzzles, but now Valve is working to make education a more explicit goal of the games.   On June 22, Joystiq reported that Valve will be adding authoring tools to Portal 2 , thereby making it possible for, say, instructors to create […]

]]> 487a164e877d07a9c14daceba6b8bf0c Carlos Hernandez (he/him) wrote a new post on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2010/12/14/icivics-citizenship-sandra-day-oconnors-way/ Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:04:03 -0500 Thumbnail iCivics is the suite of games Sandra Day O’Connor, working with James Gee, has sponsored in order to try and inspire a generation of students about how America works. It’s one of the most high-profile educational games out there, and one that therefore bears careful scrutiny as a model. So I would like to put out a […]

]]> 6852b5fb942ee2bc6303f238535991c2 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) wrote a new post on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2010/12/14/for-crown-and-colony-the-revolutionary-war-your-way/ Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:54:30 -0500 ThumbnailLeah Potter has served as educational and historical consultant for Mission U.S., a series of games meant to teach middle-school students about American history. The first episode, “For Crown or Colony?” is now live and ready to play . Early reviews are favorable, including this one from storied game designer Greg Costikyan at Play This Thing!, where the byline […]

]]> 3fe81a3d756d78947f1772c7d0f1fcc6 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) wrote a new post on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2010/12/14/the-motherlode-of-game-based-learning-research/ Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:31:27 -0500 ThumbnailCGN’s own Frank Crocco discovered this treasure-trove of a bibliography for game based learning a while ago, and we’ve just been waiting to migrate the site to put it up. And so, without further ado, here is Advanced Distributed Learning’s Exhausive Bibliography of game-based learning.

]]> 329546c059b34ed0fd988da141bac7a3 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) wrote a new post on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2010/12/14/developmental-writing-the-rpg/ Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:08:52 -0500 Thumbnail Students in Frank Crocco’s Developmental Writing class know that they’d better show up, and on-time, lest they run out of hit points and fail the adventure that is English 095. Frank has created a D&D-style student-progress sheet that he has experimented with in a few iterations of his Developmental Writing course. We’re going to get […]

]]> 37713df882e91e2c1e3f700e07d96c19 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) wrote a new post on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2010/12/14/science-fiction-the-game/ Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:56:26 -0500 Thumbnail The CUNY Games Network’s own Joe Bisz offered up this photograph of his students playing the Battlestar Galactica Board Game (known affectionately by its fans as “BSG”) at the end of his course in Science Fiction literature. To my mind, science fiction instruction could never be complete without including games, for two reasons: 1) Science […]

]]> 26bec95dbff4f63e5ebd6a1886d061ee Carlos Hernandez (he/him) and are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/4953/ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:12:43 -0400 Carlos Hernandez and George Otte are now friends %s

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]]> 1f6016e346774163ec4e9e5a2354ef7d Carlos Hernandez (he/him) wrote a new post on the site Kate Jenkins http://carlos.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2009/10/11/on-fun/ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:12:58 -0400 carlos wrote a new blog post: On Fun %s

This is going to be a short post that perhaps, as I tease out the idea, will become a longer post — or heck, maybe an academic article, eventually.
Over at Offworld, that spin-off of Boing Boing that concentrats on happenings in the game and video game world, Jim Rossignol has posted about the evolution of […]

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