A friend asked me this morning, “Does your post about playing nurse mean you think gamification is a bad idea?”…
I’ve been trying to pull together my thoughts on gamification, but I haven’t figured out how to pick out a…
Recent reading: Worth Dying For, Lee Child How the University Works, Mark Bousquet The Informationist, Taylor Stevens Honeybee Democracy, Thomas…
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted, mostly because of family medical issues. When you’re writing a dissertation while…
Recent reading: Truth and Beauty, Ann Patchett The Social Animal, David Brooks Absence of Mind, Marilynne Robinson Sacred Games, Vikram…
Back in 1995, I was a college freshman. One night I was sitting around the dorm with some friends (including…
Six years ago, my partner and I decided to host our first Passover Seder. Although we spent the official Seder…
Recent reading: Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Peggy Orenstein Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, Richard Arum My Freshman Year:…
Daniel Solis has issued a challenge: can you design a game that will still be played in a thousand years?…
I recently spoke to a group of secondary school students about game design. They had some great questions about games, but…