Linguist James Gee is the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University and an advocate for video gaming in education. Before participating in a panel on how games can transform our schools, he sat down in the Zócalo green room to talk about his bad habits—today, the word “situated”; in the past, smoking cigarettes—and why cats are better than kids.
Pak Mann Arcade, on Colorado Avenue in Pasadena, seemed to be on a downward slide for its entire existence. It was always skanky. Sweat- and Big Gulp-soaked linoleum. The place smelled like …
Video games have practically limitless potential to teach our children about everything from math and history to gender roles and spatial skills—but we’re still figuring out how to harness their …
We may have passed the era in which the word “gamification” caused venture capitalists to rush to their checkbooks, but games still have some fight in them. Some people think …
Guitar Hero, Rock Band, and numerous other immersive games have connected people to music in a new way. Some have even found themselves tapping into musical reserves they didn’t know …
Last week’s Supreme Court decision striking down California’s ban on selling violent video games to kids is no victory for free speech. In fact, the majority decision, authored by Justice …
In the early 1980s, spurred by the incredible popularity of Atari, Space Invaders, and Pac-Man, everyone seemed to be talking about video games, if not obsessively playing them. A …
Video games have practically limitless potential to teach our children about everything from math and history to gender roles and spatial skills—but we’re still figuring out how to harness their …
Guitar Hero, Rock Band, and numerous other immersive games have connected people to music in a new way. Some have even found themselves tapping into musical reserves they didn’t know …
What if people all around you are playing a game?
“One of my favorite things to do is to have a secret mission when you go to events like this,” …
