Barry Joseph is being interviewed. Game designer. Got interested in games because of Pedagogy. Wired Magazine - emergence of A.I. Video game companies were making money quicker than Hollywood. Super Smash Brothers. All characters from all Nintendo games battle each other. Appeals to all ages. Each chose a different character with different skills. They matched their personalities and developmental level. Hard for an adult to play the game because of the quick tracking of visual elements. Kids understood it with no issue.
How do you connect Super Smash Brothers to school? Global Kids program. What is possible with games. How can they be engaging and educational? Games that students can learn global issues while learning to develop a game.
Games-based Learning - Card game call Terra Source - build food chains. Worked with museum exhibits. Made game in the class and then sold it in the museum shop.
In museums you can only go so deep before you have to move on. Games allow viewers to extend the learning and further explore concepts. (Gutsy Game - human body exploration and microbes).
Game design needs to combine concepts: content and engagement
Exploration, reflection, design, history, science - integration possibilities are endless.
Game design can also be integrated to teach content. Students show their learning through development of game based on content.
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