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more about #edutainment Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Looks nice... has some stuff suggested by Daniel Floyd here - [xspblog.com] more » mstegman: Dear AJ, Thank you for the post! I'm Melanie Stegman, project manager of Immune Attack. I just wanted to say 1. FAS and I have always thought ... more » Hey_Blinkon: I'm a scientist. You'd think I'd be into this, but.... it's sounds like work. :) more » Merricat: So does Chris Rock do any voiceover work on this one? more » Knoxximus ver. 5.66: As a medical professional, I can appreciate this, and would love to take it for a spin. more » ihatko: Seeing the trailer doesn't make me wanna play that game. At all. In this day and age, the polish factor of gameplay video is a good indicator of the o... more » Nebetsu: It's like that Invader Zim episode when Zim is in the nanobot and Dib is controlling the nanobot and they're fighting in Dib's body. :P more » bigman88zz: this should have been done in a manner similar to rez. more » Yossarian: ADA Announces the Release of Their New Action Video Game. The American Dental Association, is announcing the release of a fully 3D action video game ... more » Matt doesn't have a witty tagline: In the mid-90s, my friend got his hands on an Intellivision and a big stack of games at a garage sale. We spent a long time trying to figure out how t... more » torara: Silly FAS! Cell biology has always been cool. more » Rampage: That cartoon movie with Bill Murry is like this too. As far as the game itself, seems like a great way to get teens to stay interested in class. I'm ... more » chopstyx: Come on AJ, no reference to "Microcosm", the mega-hyped, ultra-expensive game from Psygnosis that was one of the first games to use FMV? It sounds *e... more » Kamatari+: I remember my first educational game. Math blaster (or something like that) the first edition. Good times. more » n00b_pwner: Who needs maths when you have a calculator? more » anabbeynormality: I think games can be an excellent learning tool but I am really unimpressed by the examples of how the DS is used to teach. I'm sorry but Nintendogs i... more » Hamsfork: I'm pro-games used for teaching, but since every school already has a computer lab, why in the hell should they spend money on a bunch of Nintendo DSs? more » LucasReis: I don´t know what to think about this. Maybe the "reward system" would be better, like someone said at the study "complete your math lesson and then ... more » Ryodestined: Well the point of the DS is that it's cheaper than laptops to put at every desk in every class room. Eventually, all school materials will be digital... more » bluetom00: Great article. I'm coming at this from the perspective of a college professor who thinks games are as meaningful a medium of expression as movies, fi... more » -
#forscience
Video Game Makes Cell Biology "Cool"
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) borrowed a page from Fantastic Voyage and Innerspace to make an educational video game about cell biology called Immune Attack for 7th-12th graders in the U.S. More » -
#newsupdate
DreamBox Succeeds At Tricking Kids Into Learning Math
Seven months ago, DreamBox Learning launched its math-based edutainment site for kids between kindergarten and second grade. Today, it's making virtual headlines with success stories. More » -
#feature
Nintenducation – A New Take On Edutainment
It's a great time to be in grade school, if you live in Japan or Great Britain. Several dozen schools in both countries are putting Nintendo DSs in K-12 classes. More » -
#edutainment
New Nintendo Patent Looks Like Picture Pages 2.0
A new patent application Nintendo has filed in the U.S. tips its hand to a potential new focus for the game-maker, and no, it is not core gamers. More » -
#news
DreamBox Tricks Kids Into Learning Math
I have to hand it to this little web start-up company: it’s a gutsy strategy to deceive schoolchildren with a game called “DreamBox Learning K-2 Math.” I’d have thought Math Blaster was subtler edutainment. More » -
#education
Wii Music Coming to Classrooms
Nintendo is teaming with The National Association for Music Education to get the Wii and Wii Music into schools, the two announced today. More » -
#surveysays
Nintendo: Children Afraid Of Math, Math Trainer Can Help
A survey conducted on behalf of Nintendo to help market Personal Trainer: Math for the DS finds that one in five children believe they're more likely to become famous than excel at math. More » -
#urinethegame
Urine The Video Game: Clicking And Dragging To A Healthy Tinkle
From the makers of Gas Attack, a pinball machine that teaches about flatulence, comes Urine the video game. More » -
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#gasattack
Play Pinball, Learn About Farts
I've seen plenty of edumacational games and I'm always delighted to explore how they surreptitiously teach people as they play a game. But this is the first time I've played a edu-pinbal game. More » -
#gamedesign
Outgrowing Games: The Rebuttal and Challenge
A few weeks ago, designer Brice Morrison talked about how a game designer outgrew games; since kicking off a flurry of discussion, he's returned to GameSetWatch with some in-depth answers to common questions and a challenge. -
#education
Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo Talk Edutainment
So last month I picked a pet peeve to harp on and on and on about. I wanted to know why it is we don't see more educational video games for this next-generation of consoles. Why no awesome Math Blasters or Reader Rabbits or Typing of the Deads for the Playstation 3, Wii or Xbox 360. One thing I learned is that there are a few of those out there, but I still wanted to hear from the three console holders on the top. So I emailed Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony to see their take on number of prepared questions. All of which lead to my final question: Why not give away an educational game on your console? More » -
#review
Wild Earth: African Safari Review: A-Wiimoweh
In the jungle, the quiet jungle, the lion sleeps tonight... He also roars, scratches, paws the ground, stalks prey, and kills other members of the animal kingdom, and you can snap pictures of it all with Wild Earth: African Safari for the Nintendo Wii. Released in 2006 as Safari Photo Africa: Wild Earth for the PC, the family-friendly nature and innovative controls of the Wii made the edutainment title a prime candidate for a port. You step into the shoes of a photojournalist taking pictures for a nature magazine in Africa's Serengeti National Park, getting up close and personal with all sorts of exotic plants, animals, and their feces. More » -
#edutainment
Link Teaches Geometry
The BBPS reports that a crafty New York math teacher has been using Link and his triangle-loving ways to sneak a little edu-ma-cation into his students. Am I the only one slightly confused by the description? More »
