For some time now, as today’s youth have turned ever more to the detailed, immersive environments of video games, adults have tended to observe from a distance. They are perplexed by the apparent pleasure children experience doing nothing more than sitting in front of a screen, absorbed in the events of a virtual world. This […]
It’s the year 2000. I’m sitting in my Year 8 history class back in Essex, England, studying Ancient Rome and its achievements. The teacher then hits us, unsolicited, with a proposal that we were not expecting… ‘The film ‘Gladiator’ is out. A very accurate piece of cinema in my view. I suggest you go and […]
Gaming is where creative freedom truly flourishes Our capacity for imagination is a very rare thing indeed. It is the creation of something not previously in existence, the genesis of which stems from a desire for something better, more original or different. When imagination is applied to entertainment, we enter the realm of fiction. Rather […]
One such area is technology in education. There seems to be two streams of thought at play: 1) Games and technology are related to cyber bullying and addiction, and therefore should not be discussed in an inclusive context, or 2) that all games are the same, and therefore no value can be found in any […]
Our love of stories is insatiable and transcends the medium through which they are delivered. And of them all, gaming has proven to be the most innovative and successful. Red Dead Redemption 2 – the highest grossing entertainment release of all time – is one of the most critically lauded and globally adored games in […]
The instinctive reaction to anyone who says computer games can be used to learn? I don’t think you really need me to state it out loud, but it isn’t usually an eruption of unfettered support. Let’s consider, however, what may actually be shared by the traditional pursuit of the intellectual (reading) and the pursuit of […]
Rather than complaining about children gaming, parents and educators should be capitalising on this resource. Gaming has gotten a pretty bad reputation overtime. Games that dramatize war and violence, espionage and intrigue, fantasy and science-fiction – or all of the above – are what is conjured up in the minds of most adults today when […]