environmental — News in Games-Based Learning

While scholarly analysis of TTRPGs often focuses on player's experiences of role playing as human-like agents, scholars of TTRPGs recognize that role-playing games simulate "Worlds" or "Places"7 - or, alternately, though TTRPG scholars rarely use this language, "Nature" or "Environments." Tabletop RPGs may not be "Virtual" worlds in the sense of a highly-realistic, highly visual, high-polygon representation of the natural world.

gamesDave EngDecember 30, 2022Video games, educational, environmental, gameplay, tabletop, newsComment

Gamification, past habits may impact future eco-friendly tendencies differently

Green consumer habits may not be impacted by gamification practices, but people who purchased environmentally friendly products in the past are likely to continue to do so, according to a team of researchers, who theorized that adding gamification techniques to a consumer's eco-friendly purchasing habits would perpetuate green consumerism.

gamificationDave EngJune 10, 2022Gamification, motivations, environmental, green consumerism, gamifying, newsComment