Games Education

  • I tried out a new exercise last semester and wanted to provide a quick write-up. I used a loose ‘scavenger hunt’ framework to encourage Thesis students to go out and expand their creative horizons. It worked pretty well! Certainly better than I expected(/feared), so thought I ought to document it a bit. Background A medical…

  • It feels like I ought to mark the occasion? I’ve been feeling reflective the past few months because it’s been 10 years since I joined the ‘games industry’. That’s a long time, so I’ve been looking back and thinking about what I’ve been doing in the past decade. In the fall of 2015, I started…

  • I really enjoyed Joey Schutz’s article from last month To Kill a Dragon: Video Games and Addiction. Joey is a colleague of mine I’ve known for a few years and I really admire his work- He’s a thoughtful designer and I appreciate reading his thoughts on games and game design. This piece touched on some…