The Leisure of Serious Games: A Dialogue. By Geoffrey M.
Rockwell, Kevin Kee Abstract This dialogue was performed by Dr. Geoffrey Rockwell and Dr. Kevin Kee1 as a plenary presentation to the 2009 Interacting with Immersive Worlds Conference at Brock University in St. Keywords: serious games, play, education, Socratic dialogues, theory. “Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either.” - Marshal McLuhan GEOFFREY ROCKWELL: Dear Kevin, I'm sorry to have to disappoint you. But don't be dismayed, I am possessed by a playful spirit, let us call it a Socratic "anime ludens", that insists that someone at the end of the day, before the wine, speak for games themselves, which all the rest of you take so seriously.
“Making games educational is like dumping Velveeta on broccoli. So Kevin, help me out in the spirit of Socratic play. You think a great deal about the improvement of youth? JAET4-1_Dondlinger.pdf (application/pdf Object) Grand Theft Childhood? Quick Links for Parents ☛ watch Dr.
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Will Wright makes toys that make worlds. Games at Sploder - Make your own Online Games Arcade, War Space & Platformer Games. Object-oriented programming. Overview[edit] Rather than structure programs as code and data, an object-oriented system integrates the two using the concept of an "object".
An object has state (data) and behavior (code). Objects correspond to things found in the real world. So for example, a graphics program will have objects such as circle, square, menu. An online shopping system will have objects such as shopping cart, customer, product. The goals of object-oriented programming are: Increased understanding.Ease of maintenance.Ease of evolution. The overall understanding of the system is increased because the semantic gap—the distance between the language spoken by developers and that spoken by users—is lessened.
Object-orientation takes this to the next step. In addition to providing ease of maintenance, encapsulation and information hiding provide ease of evolution as well. History[edit] Fundamental features and concepts [edit] A survey by Deborah J. Benjamin C. Creative Tools for the Creative Age. Research FUSE Labs - Kodu Game Lab. An overview of Kodu.
(Click to play) Kodu lets kids create games on the PC and Xbox via a simple visual programming language. Kodu can be used to teach creativity, problem solving, storytelling, as well as programming. Anyone can use Kodu to make a game, young children as well as adults with no design or programming skills. Since Kodu's introduction in 2009, we have visited the White House, teamed up with great groups like NCWIT and DigiGirlz, inspired academic research and been the subject of a book (Kodu for Kids). Kodu for the PC is available to download for free. Create Your Own Game - Make Your Own Game - Design Your Own Game. Gaming to re-engage boys in learning: Ali Carr-Chellman on TED. Business 7 TED Talks on the need to encourage entrepreneurship Could unemployment be a factor that leads to terrorism?
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