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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]

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]

“In the following conversation with Gee, we discuss literacy, systems thinking, education, socio-economic inequality, and, of course, video games.”

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Games Can Advance Education: A […]

Study With the Best: Geek Subculture Through the CUNY Lens – YouTube.

Recently, CUNY TV requested to interview members of the CUNY Games Network. The segment below aired on Sunday, March 30, 2014. Fast-forward […]

Call for Papers: Edited Collection on the Cultural Influences of Role-Playing Games
 

Since its initial publication in 1974, the iconic role-playing game (RPG) Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) has spawned hundreds of […]