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Gameplay Report #3 – Timberborn
For this report, I’d like to introduce you to Timberborn, a game I discovered through Steam. As PC gamers know, Steam is a fantastic platform not just for popular AAA titles, but also for discovering quirky and creative games from indie studios. In the documentary, Video Games: The Movie, one of the commentators mentioned how…
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GamePlay Report #2 – Ingress
For my next gameplay report, I’d like to discuss a game that I’ve been playing on and off for several years. It’s a mobile strategy game that relies on locatoin awareness and augmented reality to make shapes on the actual map. Game and Platform The game is called Ingress, and it is made by Niantic.…
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GamePlay Report #1 – The Oregon Trail
For my first gameplay report, I would like to report on a familiar educational game. Actually, I believe it would be considered one of the first ‘edutainment’ titles out there. It’s the first digital computer game that I ever played in a classroom. It’s called The Oregon Trail. I remember playing The Oregon Trail in…
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Welcome to Learn-Geeky.fun
This is the new blog/website that I’ve established to discuss education and chart my professional development. My name is Aaron Schwartz, and I’m a Professor of Instruction for the Ohio Program of Intensive English at Ohio University. I teach English to International Students who are preparing to enter the university. This includes courses in writing,…