Mind/Games #1: Reducing Implicit Bias with Games
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Here's a little more (okay, a lot more) to digest along with your turkey (or tofurkey) this year...
23 November, 2011
Education
Game Day at Lebanon Public Library!
Attention NH/VT Upper Valley kids! The Tilt team is heading to the library, and we're bringing our games with us! On November 12th, we will bring many classic games (such as Set, Uno, and Apples to Apples) as well as our own mid-design stage games for...
07 November, 2011
Building Spatial Skills Through Puyo Puyo Games
Puyo Puyo games are simple puzzle games that require the player to rotate falling pairs of objects to build combos of four or more of the same color. If the objects aren't matched, they stack up and if they reach the top, the game is...
26 October, 2011
Why So Few? Hmmm?
Our entire team has read the research report by the Association of American University Women (AAUW) that offers compelling evidence to help explain what is going on in the US with science, technology, math and science and women. By the way, in 1885, a group...
17 October, 2011
Flagella Lookin’ Fly & Mary @ Microsoft
A couple of months back, Microsoft and the Games for Learning Institute(G4LI) challenged the public with the educational holy grail: "Can you make learning fun?" Tiltfactor, as the team of intrepid explorers that we are, rose to the challenge, and birthed Flagellla. Flagella was Tiltfactor's response to...
27 July, 2011
Thinking about Gaming as a Gateway to Computing and IT Careers
In a time when women are increasingly prominent in fields such as medicine, law and business, why are there so few women scientists and engineers? The situation in Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology fields has prompted a variety of investigations into how we might best...
24 May, 2011
Tiltfactor announces Postdoc Position, 2011-2013
The Digital Studies initiative at Dartmouth College is seeking applications for postdoctoral position in Learning Sciences and Assessment. The Postdoc will be affiliated with The Tiltfactor Laboratory (https://tiltfactor.org), the leading game design research group in values-conscious design. Tiltfactor at Dartmouth College designs, creates, and studies games....
18 May, 2011
POX: SAVE THE PEOPLE now sold out
Wow! In less than two months, we are SOLD OUT of the 1st edition of our POX: SAVE THE PEOPLE Game! But do not fret! The Tiltfactor team is publishing a 2nd edition. Pre-Order Edition 2 now! Expected ship date 9/1/2011. We'll have some at...
13 May, 2011
Context Providers Book Launch
Please join the editors of Context Providers - Margot Lovejoy, Christiane Paul, Victoria Vesna – and contributors Mary Flanagan and Ellen Levy for a brief introduction to the book, followed by a reception at The New School, New York. Context Providers Conditions of Meaning in Media Arts edited by Margot Lovejoy Christiane...
16 March, 2011
Games for Learning Competition
Dartmouth's Tiltfactor is a partner in the Games for Learning Institute, centered at NYU. We're launching a game competition and invite you to participate!...
16 November, 2010