Video Games

Education

Game on for collaborative learning

Video games, collaborative tasks and explicit instruction are helping neurodiverse children learn crucial social skills

Education

Playing for participation

eSports has been touted as the future of sport in a post-COVID-19 world, but schools are uniquely placed to foster learning, collaboration and skills in gaming clubs

Sciences & Technology

You wouldn’t hit a dog, so why would you kill one in Minecraft?

Violence against humans in video games has long been controversial – but what about violence against animals in the virtual world?

Politics & Society

Building a national broadband for everyone...even gamers

Recently, the National Broadband Network’s (NBN) CEO blamed ‘gamers’ for slow speeds in parts of the network, saying they’re using up too much data, but is this fair?

Education

Move over Shakespeare – what students can learn from studying videogames

Are videogames the missing element in the English curriculum?

Sciences & Technology

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided unleashes potential of eye tracking

The next instalment of the popular franchise shows the infinite possibilities for eye mechanics in gaming and real life

Sciences & Technology

Kinecting with the orang-utans

Watch the video: Computer and gaming technology is about to let orang-utans take charge at Melbourne Zoo

Sciences & Technology

The moral dilemma: Monopoly or Zombies

Games offer an exciting way to explore your morality in a realistic way