June 2012
11 posts
Hellabeast.: Steam for Schools: Valve is Teaching... →
hella-beast:
Valve wants to explore the world of edutainment — a word that Valve’s Managing Director Gabe Newell uses to express the lack of distinction “between games and educational games.” Last year, at the Games for Change Festival, Gabe expressed that games could very well be educational tools. He…
Link Roundup: Hitman: Absolution Trailer →
hyrulechozo:
The trailer for Hitman: Absolution caused a lot of controversy and sparked a long-overdue conversation about rape culture in videogames. This article at the Border House rounds up all of the relevant articles written on the subject in the last week, with quick blurbs for your convenience. If the trailer made you angry, or if you can’t figure out why it made people angry, this is a...
