I’m lucky enough to be doing a fascinating piece of R&D into games-based learning at the moment – working with two academics at Exeter University to test games in PSHE lessons, centred around historical erotic objects. We’ll be writing up the process and conclusions on the project website conversation-pieces.net.
Pipe Trouble is a nice small game out of Canada that looks to get the player to balance competing interests around natural gas pipelines. The gameplay is laying pipes from a limited selection of parts, against a timer. There are some lovely moments where you’re just waiting for some protesters to get …
It’s one of those great Civ moments where the metaphors of game design come together to offer a sly commentary on the …
A sensible essay by Nick Foster, puncturing some of the handwaving around 3d printing, and what it’s good for. Spoiler: 3D printing …
This is a delightful list by Matthew Herbert of the sounds his house makes, and the emotional resonances they contain. This probably …
“What we’ve found is that you don’t even need the elastomer backing,” Rogers says. “You can use a rubber stamp to just …
..there are friends for all seasons. … The ones who succeed have a way of making us try harder. I love talented …
This isn’t the first time Chalayan has investigated dresses which change – his most famous collection to nineties fashion students like me …
Grace Dent on the survivors of the pop system, and the price extracted from its young avatars. See also models and …
“My concern comes from direct experience. The very first wearable computer system I put together showed me real-time video on a helmet-mounted …