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What Game Designers Want to Be When They Grow Up

The rock stars at game conventions today aren’t necessarily the ones who engineered the zombie mode in the latest Call of Duty. They’re the brains behind games being played on elementary school computers across the country.

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Learning Grammar with a Joystick and Math with a Mouse

A great educational game is not the technology equivalent of broccoli drenched in ranch dressing. It doesn’t try to mask the benefits of learning behind a veneer of entertainment. Like the best video games, educational games engage players and work with them to create a rich, integrated experience.

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Daily Scoop: Nonprofits & the Next U.S. President, Trends In Gaming for Good, and More

Daily Scoop headlines for Monday, October 15, 2012.

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How Mobile Games Can Help Improve Sanitation

Report explores how to use mobile phones and games to help people in the developing world improve their sanitation practices

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