Free search and download videos

worldvideogallery.com
Search & Download Videos:



Loading... IMPORTANT :: YOU MUST SAVE THE FILE AS ".FLV"
Change the file name from "get_video" to "video.flv"


http://www.edge-online.com/blogs/the-power-tangential-learning The third entry in my series of video "lectures," made in association with EDGE and game designer James Portnow. Format inspired by Zero Punctuation reviews. For the first time, NOT made to be presented in a classroom. I can be reached at floydo_animation at yahoo dot com.

Tags:

Comments to “Video Games and Learning”
  1. Winn Says:
    Oh Yeah there are countless examples of this ,for me in any Modern media. Learning about Ayn Rand and Objectivism from Bioshock and the Incredibles and learning about Japanese myth from Naruto. Awesome video
  2. Trowbrydge Says:
    this is very interesting lol could tangential learning be used in anime aswell im a big anime and video game fan
  3. Melvyn Says:
    yep, AOE got me interested in history in the first place, and now I am majoring in history with damn good results and showing off time~
  4. Gildas Says:
    The Ages of empires games did this with a relatively complete in-game "encyclopedia" about all the nations we can control, tactics, history ect. Interesting.
  5. Aviva Says:
    Oh man, I learned so much about the Classical and Medieval Ages from the Age of Empires games. Even up to this day I still remember.
  6. Mackayla Says:
    I support this kind of idea very much. I do this all the time. For example, because I'm an anime nerd, after finding out certain series were based off of classic chinese books like Romance of the Three Kingdoms, i went out and read the book.
  7. Freeman Says:
    another example is pokemon and its breeding system, it got me to understand more about heredity and genes..
  8. Faunia Says:
    this is so true...Persona 3 has a sort of encyclopedia in it of all the personas which were inspired my several different myths
  9. TAHKEOME Says:
    This is actually a good way to make an game
  10. WETHERBY Says:
    You assumed that I would leave because of learning? You have offended me!
  11. Katrina Says:
    i feel smarter already
  12. MIKA'IL Says:
    yea ur right, movie saving private ryan made me look after omaha beach, this got me play game medal of honor airborne and for now, i now much about world war 2
  13. Boudicea Says:
    Exactly! Assassins creed got me interested in the Knights Templar, and i learned that Altair is a star in the Aquila constellation!
  14. Wilona Says:
    I suppose it may be a leap to say, but I can attribute my interest in programming to the tangential learning capabilities of video games. In fact, I'm even a Computer Science major solely because I've played video games.
  15. Lufti Says:
    Very,VERY well said. I hope to god that he's involved into gamemaking, at least like Yahtzee is, bringing his own awesome ideas into reality by making great, albeit small games. It would be awesome if a game featured something more important, some issue that is important to us in a way like Call of Duty is about World War 2. I've also noticed an interesting thing, the states of Maine, Wyoming, South and North dakota, are permanently stored in my memory, just because of the Red vs Blue webseries
  16. HAKEM Says:
    man this guy sure knows how to say something really smart KUDOS !!
  17. Norbert Says:
    Cool video.
  18. Atrayu Says:
    It's an interesting concept that I've been exposed to before. It really isn't that bad, and I wouldn't mind if game developers started incorporating little slabs of info into the games.
  19. Annalisa Says:
    good job 5
  20. Vardon Says:
    Valve certainly did it in Half-Life 2. References to dark energy, quantum entanglement, that sort of thing... There are more, but I can't think of them at the moment....
  21. MADALINA Says:
    this is last thing on the priority list of the devolopers, kinda sad. im pretty sure there is a few people that want to accomplish this.
  22. Perry Says:
    The tangential learning idea put forth here is so true. I was able to do a presentation of medieval siege weaponry almost entirely from playing Age of Empires II; I even used screenshots from the game in my PowerPoint.
  23. POL Says:
    Hmm. Very good. I hop that game designers put this into their concepts too.
  24. Ryann Says:
    Playing Super Smash Bros Melee has introduced me to game theory and competitive gaming as a whole. Sure, not completely useful, but it's still interesting.
  25. GAY Says:
    awesome video, and now I am interested in finding more information about the Sephiroth !

Leave a Reply


Bookmarks

                

Ads