Monthly Archives: November 2012

Postal 2 – Spiel mit Tabus

Ich möchte hier kurz ein Spiel vorstellen, dass beinahe alles beinhaltet was bei Videospielen angefeindet wird: Übersteigerte Gewaltdarstellung, Ausdrücke, Rassismus/Diskriminierung, jede menge Klischees und Sexismus. Einzig bei Sexualität und Nacktheit wird, sofern überhaupt enthalten der Zensurstift angesetzt. Wahrscheinlich ist dies aber gewollt und Kritik an … Continue reading

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Erste Spielidee

Es wird Zeit meine Idee mal ein wenig in Worte zu fassen, da ich mich vom hundertsten zum tausendsten entwickle und die Gefahr besteht, dass ich mich in eine Idee zu sehr verrenne. Um meine Idee komplett nachvollziehen zu können, … Continue reading

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Sanna: What kind of learners (players) may be found using the game?

Richard Bartle (1996) proposed in “Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades. Players who suit MUDs.” a gamer taxonomy in Multiplayer-Online-Games: Achievers (reaching a specific goal, levelling); Explorers (exploring all localities, mechanics, possibilities of the game); Socialisers (empathising, sympathising, grouping, connecting); Impositiors (mastering … Continue reading

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Sanna and Ville: Learning Theories from a Design Perspective

As an addendum, since the link to the three learning paradigms presentation was a bit ‘soft’ in its depiction, here is a much better structured and researched text by P. Ertmer and T. Newby (1993), “Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism. Comparing critical … Continue reading

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Sanna: Starters for turning a social network into a GBL-environment

I recommend, though with some caveat because of its commercial tilt, the text from Bunchball (2010), “Gamification 101” (Dropbox); as well as a basic intro to the three well-known learning paradigms of the 20th century (Addendum: For a more scientific, … Continue reading

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Ville: Examples on Augmented Reality

I’m quoting Ville’s comment here, because I think his video clip examples are worth of attention to the whole course; it’s a hint on “Neue Medien – neue Spielräume” / “New media – new gaming environments”… Ville said: “My interests … Continue reading

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Welcome to the seminar “Games as medium”…

Hello Sanna in Helsinki and Ville in Copenhagen, welcome to our blog! I will try to summarise your (project) interests in one sentence, please correct and differentiate this first impression if necessary…: Sanna’s project ideas deal with social media as … Continue reading

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Sheldons 3 Personen-Schach

Dr. Dr.  Sheldon Lee Cooper (Jim Parsons) aus der Us-Sitcom “The Big Bang Theorie” schafft es das ohnehin schon sehr komplexe Spiel Schach noch zu verkomplizieren… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_LXSyDvLxE[/youtube]

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