Fantasy Faire will run in Second Life from April 18 - May 5, 2019
Events run through April 29 with an additional week to visit the simulations and shop.
ISTE Games & Sims Network’s monthly Ethics & Games webinar with Sherry Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ej-qvi425YRecording
https://youtu.be/7Ej-qvi425YThis month, Sherry Jones covered the The Talos Principle which is First-person puzzle game set in multiple worlds.
Ethics & Games: The Talos Principle by
Que Jinn, on Flickr
ISTE Games & Sims Network did a Hangout on
LitRPG.
It is new or developing literary genre that your students might be reading.
The upcoming movie based on the book, READY PLAYER ONE, is an example of LitRPG where the main character is inside a game or virtual world.
The overarching theme is usually fantasy or science fiction. Recording
https://youtu.be/AZMz2rW_Kaghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZMz2rW_Kag&feature=youtu.beYou can either watch the video or look at the slides to see its components are. Slides
http://bit.ly/introlitRPGslides
Intro to LitRPG by
Que Jinn, on Flickr
Brainstorming/Visioning Meeting for Metagame Book Club
Wednesday February 14 at 8 pm ET/6 pm MT
READY PLAYER ONE 2018 sign [Autosaved] by
kaezenovka, on Flickr
On Friday February 23 at 3 pm ET/1 pm MT
We will be holding a Rapid Response Hangout
The topic will be Net Neutrality with a discussion of FEB 27 Operation #OneMoreVote
Hangout Link
https://youtu.be/_L8wVC2xTTo
Net Neutrality Part 2 by
kaezenovka, on Flickr
The ISTE Games & Sims will be doing the Ready Player One book club! The online book club will run March 12 - April 8, 2018
Yes, the group purposely timed our last week to be the week that the movie comes out! That way we are all caught up and ready to compare the movie with our imaginations and see what wins out. :D
We do have a sign-up ready
http://bit.ly/readyplayeronesignup
Ready Player 101 Playground by
Que Jinn, on Flickr
This monthly series provides in-depth discussions that offers an in-depth analysis of 1 game's narrative/aesthetics/mechanics level by level, Explain how the game's design imparts and/or promotes certain ethical values and Introduce 1 or more ethical theory that demonstrates or counters the game's ethical values (ex. discuss whether the game's imparted ethical values are regressive or progressive for the betterment of society.)
ISTE Games & Sims by
kaezenovka, on Flickr
We had an ISTE Games & Sims Network hangout with Sherry Jones @autnes doing her inaugural Ethics and Games webcast on Fallout Shelter.
Ethics and Games by
kaezenovka, on Flickr
Fallout Shelter Mobile game
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bethsoft.falloutshelter&hl=enFallout Shelter Game
http://www.falloutshelter.com/ #FalloutShelter
Hangout link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVPQTq6mgU8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVPQTq6mgU8This webinar has been indexed - so click on “Show More” underneath video on YouTube so you can see how it was divided up.
This monthly series provides in-depth discussions that offers an in-depth analysis of 1 game's narrative/aesthetics/mechanics level by level, Explain how the game's design imparts and/or promotes certain ethical values and Introduce 1 or more ethical theory that demonstrates or counters the game's ethical values (ex. discuss whether the game's imparted ethical values are regressive or progressive for the betterment of society.)