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The Thrill of Discovery: Curiosity and Gaming

Only a Game has an enlightening look at some old (early '80s) research on gaming, long before it was the 'next hot area' for study. Thomas W. Malone was looking at the educational possibilities of games when PacMan was the height of advanced (coin-op) games, and the piece looks at two of his papers and what they can still tell us about games today (or should be telling us about good game design). What Chris Bateman thinks is almost criminal is that more people haven't referenced his research: More »

2:30 PM on Sun Apr 27 2008
By Maggie Greene
2,603 views, 17 comments

Latest by Parsifal: "Curiosity killed the cat- But satisfaction brought it back." Too many people forget that second part;p more »