gaming | Liam O'Donnell

Squashing bugs in Ganked for preview and pre-order

by liam | Sep 22, 2013 | gaming, video games, writing news

September is always a busy time for teachers and when add publishing a book to that mix, things get hectic. But fun. A lot of fun. Earlier, I posted about creating the cover for Ganked and what I learned about creativity. Now that the cover is done, I thought I was...

Cube World: the next video game your students will be talking about

by liam | Aug 15, 2013 | education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, media, Teacher's Guide, video games

This coming school year, teachers and parents could be hearing talk of a brand new game inspired by Minecraft, but adding role-playing game (RPG) elements that so many kids (and adults!) love. That game is Cube World. It’s currently in Alpha mode and not...

Two quick ways to secure your Minecraft server

by liam | Aug 5, 2013 | education, gamebasedlearning, Teacher's Guide, video games, virtual worlds

As Minecraft continues to storm through the world of gaming, education and everywhere else, one thing is for certain: everybody wants to create their own server! I think that is a great thing. I’ve run several servers since early 2011, through my GamingEdus...

GamingEdus Minecraft Project on DMLCentral

by liam | Jul 9, 2013 | appearances, education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, literacy, Teacher's Guide, video games, virtual worlds

About a month ago, I had the honour of speaking with the legendary Howard Rheingold about the GamingEdus Minecraft project I launched with some amazing teachers and the folks at EDGE Lab at Ryerson University. Our chat was for a larger piece for DML Central, about...

Interview: GamingEdus and Autism at Squag.com

by liam | Jul 2, 2013 | appearances, education, gamebasedlearning, literacy, media, video games, virtual worlds

Last week, I chatted with Sara Winters from Squag.com about the GamingEdus Minecraft server and some of our amazing players who are on the spectrum. In case you don’t know (and I didn’t until Sara contacted me), Squag.com is a curated online experience...