gaming | Liam O'Donnell

Spore’s teaching potential

by liam | Feb 13, 2008 | education, gaming, literacy, media

Like millions of other gamers around the planet, I am totally excited for the release of Will Wright’s new life-building game Spore. Up until this morning, I just thought of it as being a cool new sim to mess around with, but after reading a tweet from...

MinyanLand to sell free-market gospel to kids

by liam | Feb 6, 2008 | education, gaming, literacy, media, virtual worlds

In the wake of the sub-prime mortgage disasters in the US, the crashing of stock markets around the world, and the already upon us, I mean, approaching recession, it’s refreshing to know that those kooky free market, pull yourself up from your bootstraps,...

Sneaking a peak at Metaplace

by liam | Jan 31, 2008 | gaming

I just spent the last hour hanging out with Raph Koster and his crew and about 90 other keeners during the Metaplace developer’s chat and demo and all I can say is “Wow!” During the chat, the gang a Metaplace answered burning questions like...

Treadmilling in Mythos beta

by liam | Jan 25, 2008 | gaming

I am always up for exploring a new video game, so I was very pleased to be invited to the private beta-test of Mythos, the new mmo from Flagship Studios, the original developer of the Diablo franchise of games. I barely remember signing up for the beta months ago, but...

NASA seeking info on educational mmos

by liam | Jan 18, 2008 | education, gaming, literacy, media, virtual worlds

[via Virtual World News] NASA sees potential for virtual worlds as learning environments. The organization has just announced a Request for Information about developing an massively multiplayer online learning game. This is what I was talking about when I asked...