Category Archives: Education

Book Review: Coming of Age in Second Life by Tom Boellstorff

Posted on May 11, 2017 by

I’m a few years late with this, but I recently had the chance to read Coming of Age In Second Life by Tom Boellstorff, an anthropological ethnography of the Massive Multiplayer Online World Second Life. I know this might be … Continue reading →

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Vice’s “The Invisible People: Why Asians Need to Be Better Represented in Video Games”

Posted on August 9, 2016 by

Vice News posted an article by Khai Trung Le entitled “The Invisible People: Why Asians Need to Be Better Represented in Video Games” that discusses the the lack or representation and misrepresentation of Asians in video games. It’s an interesting … Continue reading →

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Apple Rejects Game About War-Stricken Gaza, Citing it as a Non-Game

Posted on May 20, 2016 by

Apple’s appstore has seen some backlash over their rejection of game about a girl in war-time Gaza looking for her family. They rejected the game on the grounds that it  doesn’t meet the criteria of a what constitutes a”game” for … Continue reading →

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An/Other: A Game That Simulates Everyday Racism

Posted on May 4, 2016 by

Video Game designer Jordan Sparks has created a game that simulates what it’s like to be black living in Toronto, Canada. The game “An/Other” is Spark’s attempt to demonstrate how racism is embedded in society through the interactive medium of … Continue reading →

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Block’Hood: Can a Video Game Change How We Design a City?

Posted on March 9, 2016 by

Releasing tomorrow as an early access title on Steam is Block’hood,  an isometric neighborhood-building simulator. The game gives players more than 80 types of blocks to create unique and ecological neighborhoods and promotes players to find the optimum solution to … Continue reading →

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UC Davis Creates an Interactive Game To Discuss Its Future

Posted on February 23, 2016 by

Tomorrow at 11am  UC Davis is launching Envision, an interactive video game designed to allow students, faculty, and associated members to come together to discuss and chart the university’s future. The game will be live for 36 hours, during which … Continue reading →

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FBI Releases Anti-ISIS Propaganda Video Game

Posted on February 12, 2016 by

There’s been a lot of strange games released for all sorts of peculiar reasons: PETA’s anti-Animal Abuse Pokemon game and Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015 come to mind as two particularly strange games with questionable motives. However, these games  fail in … Continue reading →

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